Oct. 11. 1987: Over 750,000 gays, lesbians, and bisexuals descend upon Washington, DC for a march to demand civil rights. Now celebrated each year as National Coming Out Day.

Oct. 12. 1958: Reform Jewish Temple in Atlanta is firebombed in retaliation for Jewish support of local black civil rights activists. 1992: Rallies, protests, and arrests throughout the Western Hemisphere mark the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the European invasion of the Americas and genocide of its native peoples.

Oct. 13. 1987: About 800 arrested in Washington, DC in "Out and Outraged" action blockading the US Supreme Court on the anniversary of a decision upholding the constitutionality of anti-sodomy laws.

Oct. 14. 1976: Canadian general strike. 1981: Dock workers in Darwin, Australia, begin seven-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board "Pacific Sky" for eventual use by US military. After a week, the ship is forced to leave without its cargo.

Oct. 15. 1965: David Miller becomes first resister to publicly burn his draft card after Congress outlaws it, New York City. 1969: An estimated two million or more in US participate in first national moratorium against Vietnam War.

Oct. 16. 1996: Activists in Penang, Malaysia, stage an anti-corporate demonstration in front of McDonald's Restaurant. 1998: In a human rights and international law breakthrough, British authorities, at the request of Spain, place former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet under arrest for "crimes of genocide and terrorism."

Oct. 17. 1796: Canada passes Antislavery Act. 1950: "Salt of the Earth" strike begins in Silver City, New Mexico; strikers' wives walk picket lines for seven months during 14-month strike.

Oct. 18. 1648: First labor organization in American colonies authorized in Massahusetts Bay Colony. 1991: Massive public opposition known as the "Nevada Movement"--after the grass roots protests at the Nevada Test Site which inspired it--forces permanent closure of the primary Soviet nuclear test site, Semipalatinsk, in Central Asia.

Oct. 19. 1964: Seattle CORE announces a campaign to boycott downtown Seattle merchants for discriminatory hiring practices. 1969: Thousands of anti-Vietnam War protesters paralyze the streets of Tokyo, Japan.

Oct. 20. 1963: Between 3,000 and 5,000 rally at Seattle's Garfield High School in support of an open housing ordinance for the city. 1993: Women In Black attacked by paramilitaries during weekly anti-war vigil, Belgrade, Serbia.

Oct. 21. 1837: At Fort Payton, Florida, 75 Seminole chiefs are captured and imprisoned by US during peace talks under a flag of truce.

Oct. 22. 1963: More than 200,000 students boycott schools in Chicago to protest de facto segregation. 1968: Over 300,000 protesters mark International Antiwar Day in Japan.

Oct. 23. 1844: Birth of Louis Riel, leader of rebellions by Metis (people of mixed Native-American/European heritage) of Manitoba, Canada. 1975: The Federal Trade Commission criticizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs' failure to live up to its trust responsibility when negotiating energy contracts.

Oct. 24. 1940: The 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 1945: United Nations charter comes into effect.