Tag: Agriculture

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21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed

21st July 2021
Tagged as: Agriculture, Archaeology, Britain, Economy, Egypt, USA, USSR, Water

On the 21^st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.

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23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history

23rd August 2020
Tagged as: Agriculture, America, California, Farming, Food, Unionisation, United States

The Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, began in California’s Salinas Valley.

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18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

18th March 2020
Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

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1st October 1928: USSR introduces first five-year plan

1st October 2018
Tagged as: Agriculture, Collectivisation, Communism, Economy, Five Year Plan, Industry, Russia, Stalin, USSR

On the 1^st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.