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19 May 1895: Cuban revolutionary Jose Martí is killed in action

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6 May 1943: The birth of Andreas Baader

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1-3 May 1929: Blutmai (or “Bloody May”)

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25 April 1974: Carnation Revolution

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20 April 1914: Ludlow Massacre

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9 April 1948 – The Deir Yassin Massacre

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6 April 2008 – Textile workers strike in Mahalla, Egypt

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30 March 2018 – Great March of Return

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23 March 1931 – Revolutionaries hanged in connection to the Lahore conspiracy case

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