Apr. 8. 1712: Slave revolt, New York City. 1973: A Harris poll reports 51% in U.S. support the American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak.; only 21% support the federal government.

Apr. 9. 1874: Muckleshoot Indian Reservation established near what is now Auburn, Wash. (The casino came later.) 1947: First day of Freedom Ride, sponsored by Congress for Racial Equality and Fellowship of Reconciliation, from Washington D.C. through four Southern states. 1995: Over 100,000 at Rally for Women's Lives, Washington DC.

Apr. 10. 1919: Peasant leader Emiliano Zapata ambushed and assassinated by Mexican Federal troops. 1971: 90-year-old Jeanette Rankin, the first U.S. Congresswoman and only member of Congress to vote against U.S. entry to both world wars, leads 8,000 women in march on Pentagon to protest war in Southeast Asia.

Apr. 11. 1986: 17 arrested on felony riot charges after police tear-gas striking Hormel workers, Austin, Minn. The grass-roots Hormel strike is eventually suppressed by the company with the help of the state and the workers' own national union.

Apr. 13. 1743: Birth of Thomas Jefferson. 1996: Israeli Defense Force missiles kill two women and four children in ambulance as "legitimate target," southern Lebanon.

Apr. 14. 1986: U.S. bombs Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, in retaliation for "confirmed" Libyan links to terrorist attacks on U.S. soldiers in West Germany. The daughter of Libyan leader Col. Qaddafi is killed in the attack. 1994: Two U.S. fighter jets shoot down two U.S. helicopters over Iraq.