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#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the National Association of Baseball Leagues for refusing her contract on the ground women could not be baseball umpires.

She resigns after her first game as an umpire, citing the level of harassment she received on and off the field.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OtD 13 Jan 1947, 15,000 workers declared a general strike in Mombasa, Kenya Colony. Three quarters of the labour force did not show up to work, bringing Mombasa to a standstill. The strike lasted twelve days https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8477/mombasa-general-strike

#OtD 28 Jan 2011 in response to the protests which began the Egyptian Revolution a few days earlier, the Egyptian government shut down internet and cell phone networks across the country, further fueling anger. The day became known as the Day of Rage https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12514/egyptian-day-of-rage

#OtD 12 Jan 1989 punks were identified as the main problem in a "youth analysis" by the East German govt. Punks were surveilled, arrested and beaten, had their mohawks cut off, movements restricted and badjacketed if they refused to be informants https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8402/ddr-punk-problem

#OtD 12 Jan 1989 the first meeting of the Hornsey and Wood Green local anti-PollTax group was held in North London. Attendees voted to support the mass non-payment campaign https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8401/wood-green-against-the-poll-tax

#OtD 12 Jan 1964 the Zanzibar revolution occurred when the Black African majority overthrew the ruling Sultan and 200 years of racist Arab minority rule, which had been preserved and strengthened during British occupation which ended in 1963 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8398/zanzibar-revolution

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“A man ready, willing and able to walk bravely into familiar genre territory and then ingeniously rearrange everything that makes it familiar, Scotsman Alan Sharp proved himself an astute chronicler of America’s dark heart, and captured it with a stunningly honed outsider’s eye.”

—FilmInk celebrates author & screenwriter Alan Sharp (1934–2013) – born #OTD, 12 Jan

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#Scottish #literature #cinema #film #AlanSharp

#OtD 12 Jan 1981 100s of teachers in Guam walked out on strike demanding a 30% cost of living pay increase. US colonial authorities fired most strikers and arrested dozens, and after 58 days, the strike was defeated. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7734/guam-teachers-strike