Reclaim Our History
Sep. 11. 1973: CIA overthrows democratically elected
government of Chile, assassinating Pres. Salvador Allende
and many others. Sixteen years of repressive U.S.-supported
military rule follow.
Sep. 12. 1970: Comandos Armados Liberacion bombs U.S.
Governors Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sep. 13. 1982: European Parliament votes to phase out
promotion and advertising of war toys.
Sep. 15. 1963: Six children attending Sunday School are
killed in a KKK bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.
Birmingham, Alabama. 1981: Blockade starts at nuclear power
plant construction site, Diablo Canyon, Calif. Over two weeks,
1,901 are arrested in the largest occupation of a nuclear
power site in U.S. history.
Sep. 16. 1910: Mexican revolution ends U.S.-supported
dictatorship of Portolio Diaz.
1991: Philippine Senate defeats treaty allowing
continued operation of U.S. military bases in the
Philippines.
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