#Mormon settlers in #Utah, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1853, committed the #NephiMassacre. Seven men, one woman, and two children from the peace-seeking #Goshute Indigenous nation were invited into the #LDS fort. The men were beaten & shot dead; the woman and children were enslaved.

In the #TlatelolcoMassacre, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1968, the #Mexican government (with #CIA support) murdered 400 #student #protesters and savagely beat a thousand. The students were upset at money wasted on the upcoming #OlympicGames in light of extreme poverty in the country.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1937, US-backed dictator #RafaelTrujillo of the #DominicanRepublic began a #genocide of #Haitians near the border in what's apocryphally called the #ParsleyMassacre, killing up to 35,000. Demonization of Haitians often used #Vodou as a mark of identity.

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#Cryptofascist commentator #JacksonHinkle stopped pretending, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2024, that his criticism of Israel was rooted in #antiZionism, and admitted instead, quite bluntly, to his #Judeophobic and #antisemitic #ChristianNationalism. Be careful who you follow, people.

Sailing a zig-zag at 28+ knots to evade submarines, #RMSQueenMary, filled with troops for the war in Europe, rammed ageing cruiser #HMSCuracoa on #ThisDayInHistory in 1942, cutting her in half. Unable to stop and assist, QM had to leave 337 men to drown; 101 were later rescued.

The #GreatCheeseRiot began in #Nottingham on #ThisDayInHistory in 1766. Women angry at overpriced #cheese at the annual #GooseFair stole wheels of it. When some were arrested, the building holding them was attacked. Soldiers were then used to suppress the #anticapitalist revolt.

#MohammedBinSalman, de facto leader of #SaudiArabia, oversaw the assassination in #İstanbul, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2018, of Saudi dissident and #WashingtonPost reporter #JamalKhashoggi. His body was dismembered and destroyed, and the murder was covered up with US assistance.

#BalianOfIbelin surrendered the city of #Jerusalem to #SalahAdDin (#Saladin) on #ThisDayInHistory in 1187 after a brief siege. Salah ad-Din ensured the worship rights of all faiths, and aside from ransoming nobles, allowed passage to Christian lands for the remaining #Crusaders.

#YosemiteNationalPark, one of the most beautiful places on Earth, was established by Congress on #ThisDayInHistory in 1890, preserving for future generations (and saving from loggers & developers) a pristine #California forest of soaring trees and awesome mountains & waterfalls.

#Union #DirectAction has, on rare occasion, gone too far. Between 1906 & 1911 the #IW carried out 110 bombings of ironworks, mostly minor. But in 1910 on #ThisDayInHistory, a member blew up the #LosAngelesTimes building, killing 21 & injuring 100+; a record crime for #California.

We lost #KrisKristofferson on #ThisDayInHistory in 2024. Many tributes mentioned his consolation of #SinéadOConnor, a truly touching moment. But I'd like to direct you to another side of his humanity – his earnest acknowledgement of, and real concern for, the #Palestinian plight.

The #WaltDisneyWorld resort opened to the public on #ThisDayInHistory in 1971, five years after namesake #WaltDisney's death. Specifically, the #MagicKingdom opened, its equivalent to #Disneyland. The next park on the site, #EPCOTCenter, also opened on #ThisDayInHistory, in 1982.

#SenecaVillage, in #NewYorkCity, was a vibrant community of free #Black Americans and Irish & German #immigrants. In 1857 the city seized it all through #EminentDomain and evicted everyone there, finishing the process on #ThisDayInHistory, and built #CentralPark open its bones.

Ever unwilling to respect the national sovereignty of other countries, Israel on #ThisDayInHistory in 1985 carried out #OperationWoodenLeg. In it, the #IDF bombed the #PLO's headquarters in #Tunisia – the country to which #Israel agreed to evacuate the PLO when it left #Lebanon.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1946, the sentences in the #NurembergTrials were handed down. 12 #Nazis were condemned to death. Meanwhile, countless thousands of politicians, officers, commandants, & #WarCriminals were reintegrated into society and government. The Nazis never went away.

Israel invaded #Lebanon again on #ThisDayInHistory in 2024, with the #IDF proceeding to the #LitaniRiver, viewed by #GreaterIsrael advocates as #Israel's natural northern border. This was its fifth such invasion since 1978, and its sixth counting the incursions during the #Nakba.

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#AlexanderTheGreat, so-called, defeated #DariusIII, and the #Achaemenid #PersianEmpire, in the #BattleOfGaugamela on #ThisDayInHistory in 331 BCE. Alexander got lucky when the #Persian cavalry rushed to loot his supply train rather than attacking his exposed #phalanx from behind.