THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 30
May 30 in history
What happened on May 30: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1925 and 1971, each linked to the map that shows it.
— May Thirtieth Incident
30 May 1925 — A crowd protests the killing of a worker at a Japanese mill. British-officered police fire on it on Nanking Road, killing eleven. An empire-wide strike wave follows, giving the Canton government a mass movement. Nationalism has become the strongest force on this map.
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— La Conferencia de Mujeres por la Raza
28–30 May 1971 — More than 600 Chicanas gather at the Magnolia Park YWCA in Houston for the first national Chicana conference. Its resolutions call for free abortion and 24-hour childcare. The meeting divides over whether feminism weakens the Chicano movement.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE PROTEST AND CHANGE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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