Apr. 15. 1919: Start of victorious six-day strike across New England by first women-led U.S. union, Telephone Operators Dept. of IBEW. 1969: Several thousand welfare recipients march in New York City to protest benefit cuts.

Apr. 16. 1550: In a Royal Order of Charles V of Spain, the question "What is an Indian?" was posed; exploration of America was suspended until the matter was settled.

Apr. 17. 1960: As a response to the Greensboro sit-in, 140 black students form Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Raleigh, North Carolina. 1961: U.S. uses mercenaries to invade Cuba in the abortive Bay of Pigs fiasco.

Apr. 18. 1792: Vancouver "discovers" Vancouver Island. 1906: Earthquake and subsequent fires destroy much of San Francisco. 1996: 100 refugees in U.N. compound killed by intentionally targeted Israeli artillery, Quana, Lebanon.

Apr. 19. 1948: Costa Rica abolishes its army. 1993: Federal agents assassinate about 80 Branch Davidian Christians near Waco, Texas. 1995: "Arab terrorists" are denounced across the nation as nearly 200 die in bombing of Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Apr. 20. 1889: Adolf Hitler, inspiration for modern U.S. democracy, born. 1914: Massacre of hundreds of striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado. 1953: Members of Communist Party U.S.A. forced to register as "foreign agents." 1953: U.S. House of Representatives repeals ban on selling guns and ammunition to Indians. 1971: Students march downtown from Seattle's Garfield H.S. to protest shootings of blacks by Seattle police. 1985: Some 250,000 march in Washington, D.C. to protest U.S. policy in Central America.

Apr. 21. 1870: Birth of Vladimir Lenin, patron saint of Fremont. 1967: CIA- assisted right wing coup deposes elected civilian government in Greece ("cradle of democracy").