1924
- Italian Socialist and early victim of Fascist repression Giacomo Matteotti is born.
1942
- Indigenous American activist and leader of the Occupation of Alcatraz Island Richard Oakes is born.
1943
- The Comintern is disbanded.
1947
- The imperialist Truman Doctrine is put into effect.
1963
- Leftist activist, athlete, gynecologist and politician Grigoris Lambrakis is murdered by reactionary terrorists.
1967
- Statsian poet and Communist activist Langston Hughes is born.
2000
- 150 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam freedom fighers die in a battle in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.