"Che Guevara's Avenger" was shot dead on this day in 1973. After the assassination of the legendary revolutionary by CIA-backed commandos in the Bolivian jungle in 1967, Monika Ertl embarked on a mission of revenge.

Her relentless pursuit culminated on this day in 1971 when she successfully shot and killed right-wing Bolivian colonel Roberto Periera in Hamburg, Germany. Read on to find out the whole breathtaking story.

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality."

-Ernesto Che Guevara

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On this day, 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police attacked the home of Black liberation and environmentalist group MOVE with automatic weapons, then dropped a bomb on it, killing five adults and six children, destroying 61 homes in the predominantly Black neighbourhood, and making 250 people homeless.
Almost 500 police officers fired over 10,000 rounds of ammunition into the house, which was filled with women and children, while other officers blew holes in the walls with explosives. The police commissioner then ordered the house to be bombed, which they did using an improvised device made from C4 given to them by the FBI.
Only two people survived the blast and ensuing fire: Ramona Africa, and Michael Ward, aged 13. While no officials were prosecuted, Ramona Africa was subsequently jailed for seven years on riot and conspiracy charges. The incident occurred during the tenure of Philadelphia's first Black mayor, a Democrat named Wilson Goode.

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