Apr. 14. 1937: Bruderhof, a collectivist traditional Christian peace church, raided by Gestapo. Frankfurt, Germany. 1986: U.S. bombs Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, assassinating the daughter of Libyan leader Col. Qaddafi.

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. 1974: Kidnapped heiress Patricia Hearst is filmed participating in a bank robbery in Sacramento, Calif.

Apr. 17. 1954: Pres. Eisenhower issues memo threatening uses of atomic bomb against Red China. 1961: U.S. uses mercenaries to invade Cuba in abortive Bay of Pigs fiasco. 1986: Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, and others form the Rainbow Coalition, a progressive public policy think tank within the Democratic Party.

Apr. 18. 1775: Paul Revere goes joyriding. 1792: Vancouver "discovers" Vancouver Island, and renames it. 1906: Earthquake and subsequent fires destroy much of San Francisco. 1970: 4,000 march in Seattle for peace in SE Asia, escorted by Seattle police officers with daffodils tied to their night sticks.

Apr. 19. 1943: Jews in Warsaw begin revolt against Nazi tyranny. 1948: Costa Rica abolishes its army. 1993: Federal agents attack Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, shooting or incinerating over 80 women, men, and children. 1995: Bombing of Federal Bldg in Oklahoma City kills nearly 200, setting off hunt for "Arab terrorists" and eventually resulting in new laws suspending due process for non-U.S. citizens.

Apr. 20. 1889: Adolph Hitler, influential world leader, born. 1914: Massacre of hundreds of striking miners at Ludlow, Colo. 1953: Members of Communist Party U.S.A. forced to register as "foreign agents." 1971: Students march downtown from Seattle's Garfield H.S. to protest shooting of blacks by Seattle police.