This week in history

Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 10:00

July 13

1925: NSW Premier reinstates workers dismissed during a railways strike eight years earlier.

1985: Live Aid rock concerts held in London and other venues.

July 14

1789: The storming of the Bastille in Paris, France.

July 16

1893: 81 Australians leave Adelaide to set up the unsuccessful New Australia commune in Paraguay.

July 17

1936: Fascist uprising begins in Spain.

1952: Migrants riot over unemployment and conditions at the Bonegilla migrant camp.

July 19

1979: The Sandinistas take power in the Nicaraguan Revolution.

From Green Left Weekly, July 13, 2005.

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