Nov. 6. 1813: Chilpancingo Congress declares Mexico independent of Spain. 1918: Revolt in shipyards in Kiel and Hamburg, and the creation of Workers' Councils. In 3 days, Berlin follows suit, and the monarchy is overthrown by anarchists, socialists, communists, and people in all walks of life.

Nov. 7. 1990: National Football League withdraws plans to hold the 1993 Super Bowl in Phoenix due to Arizona's refusal to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a holiday.

Nov. 8. 1897: Birth of Dorothy Day, Catholic anarchist and pacifist, co-founder of Catholic Worker movement.

Nov. 9. 1969: 78 Indians from 20 tribes seize Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, offering to buy the island from the federal government for $24 worth of beads. Occupied for 19 months.

Nov. 10. 1995: Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other human rights activists are executed by the illegal military government of Nigeria. Clinton administration refuses to pursue sanctions.

Nov. 11. 1942: Birth of Jimi Hendrix, Seattle, Washington. 1967: Three US POWs returned by North Vietnam. Tom Hayden and 30 Americans had met with North Vietnamese in Czechoslovakia in September. He then went on to North Vietnam and helped effect their release.

Nov. 12. 1815: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, prominent American feminist and suffragist, born. With Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage, she compiles first three volumes of "History of Woman Suffrage." 1983: Washington, DC: 25,000 protest invasion of Grenada and US intervention in Central America.

Nov. 13. 1933: First sit-down strike in US history begins at Hormel meat-packing plant, Austin, Minn. 1974: Karen Silkwood, anti-nuclear activist, murdered en route to meet a New York Times reporter, Oklahoma. All her documentation of safety violations disappears.

Nov. 14. 1889: American feminist journalist Nellie Bly sets out to circle the world. 1992: 200,000 Germans protest in Bonn against racist neo-Nazi violence and the deportation of asylum seekers.

Nov. 15. 1864: Sherman burns Atlanta. Later, they made a movie about how distressing this was to slaveholders. 1939: Social Security Administration approves first unemployment check.

Nov. 16. 1972: Pres. Nixon signs bill to build Alaska pipeline. The bill narrowly passed Congress only after a provision was added specifying that the resulting oil could only be sold in the US--a restriction quietly lifted by executive order by Bill Clinton in 1996. 1988: Palestine National Council declares Palestinian government in exile; over 100 nations offer recognition.

Nov. 17. 1979: The Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, orders the release of 13 female and black hostages in Teheran, citing American women and African-Americans as among the groups oppressed by the government of the United States. 1983: Formation of the EZLN (Zapatistas), Mexico.

Nov. 18. 1936: Union organizing in General Motors plants begins with Atlanta sit-down strike. 1951: Former Cubs first baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is first baseball player to oppose the draft.

Nov. 19. 1797: Birth of Isabella Baumfree, New York. Freed in 1827 by the New York State Emancipation Act. After a divine revelation in 1843, changed her name to Sojouner Truth and began speaking for emancipation of African-Americans and women's rights.