1920
- Cuba gains independance from the United States of America.
1935
- Uruguayan Socialist, National Liberation Movement – Tupamaros guerilla and 40th president of Urugay José Mujica is born.
1971
- The Pakistani military murders between 10,000 and 12,000 people in the Chuknagar massacre in Bangladesh as part of the CIAsupported Bangladesh Genocide.
1976
- Journalist and leftist political activist Zelmar Michelini is murdered in Buenos Aires as part of the CIA sponsored terror campaign Operation Condor