Today in history: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. begins Freedom March

1965: In an example of nonviolent strategy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began a Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.  Here is a short bio on HistoryNet.com.

Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:

1349: The citizens of Erfurt responded to a breakout of bubonic plague by rioting and butchering 3,000 of their Jewish populace.  Read about the history of bubonic plague on HistoryNet.com.

1945: A four-day Allied bombing offensive against German cities began, while the first Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka rocket-powered suicide flying bombs made their first unsuccessful attacks on the U.S. Fifth Fleet off Okinawa and Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft was arrested by Nazi police.

1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage.

 

 

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