This week in history

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 10:00

June 24

1978: The first Sydney Mardi Gras march ends in a police riot.

June 25

1876: US cavalry face the biggest defeat in their war against Native Americans in the Battle of Little Big Horn.

1955: During a three-week strike in NSW, journalists and printers produce their own daily paper.

June 26

1949: National coalminers' strike begins, causing severe electricity and gas restrictions.

June 27

1905: Mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin, Russia.

1969: The Stonewall rebellion in New York City, USA.

From Green Left Weekly, June 22, 2005.

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