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Long-term problems (more common if the heat stroke went untreated for a long time) would be dealt with later by an outpatient physician. These include poor heat tolerance, cerebellar movement disorders (balance problems, certain tremors), dementia, personality changes, persistent liver or kidney damage (requiring medications or dialysis), and/or partial paralysis.

Super excited for X-Men 97 season 2! One of the details I love about the futuristic “wasteland” looks for Cyclops and Jean is that it looks like a Mad Max version of their classic X-Factor uniforms with the giant X’s on them. Can’t wait to see how they adapt the Askanki’son arc!

Demonic figures of Guanches mythology alternatively known as Tibicena and Guacanchas to inhabitants of different islands, they were thought to be children or attendants of Guayota, an evil god of darkness and volcanoes and would hunt humans and livestock found outside at night as well as serving as familiars and servants to witches. Though largely described as being large, black dogs, idols of Tibicenas have been found shaped as boar- or bear-like animals and even Yeti-like hominids. It’s believed the indigenous Guanches of pre-European colonization would make small sacrifices to these idols to protect themselves from the Tibicenas’ nocturnal hunts, but belief in them has persisted into modern times, with sightings being recorded as recently as the mid-1900s. Oddly, in the latter half of the century, there have continued to be sightings of mysterious large dogs exhibiting strange behavior or abilities, but these all having white fur.

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In 1944, French pilot Jean Maridor aerial rammed into a V-1 bomb, sacrificing himself because he realized it would hit a military field hospital. #FACT

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On this day, 15 July 2009, construction workers in South Africa building stadiums for the 2010 World Cup won their strike for a pay increase. 70,000 workers walked out more than a week earlier on indefinite strike for a 13% increase, claiming they would strike until 2011 if necessary. They settled for 12%. More info in this article from the time: http://libcom.org/news/nationwide-strike-south-african-world-cup-building-sites-09072009 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1476174305901048/?type=3

On this day, 15 July 1984, the group which became Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) held their first meeting at founding member Mark Ashton’s flat on the Heygate Estate in South East London. The meeting was advertised in the newspaper Capital Gay, and called for lesbians and gay men “interested in solidarity work… to set up an organisation” to support a nationwide strike of mineworkers in opposition to a pit closure programme of the Conservative government. The meeting began at 4 PM, and was attended by 11 people. The group would go on to grow significantly around the UK, raise huge amounts of money for the miners, and build lasting links between the working class movement and the LGBT+ community in Britain. Their work ultimately resulted in the official trade union movement, and subsequently Labour Party policy, declaring their support for gay rights, and the London Pride parade in 1985 was headed by a column of miners. Learn more about the group in our podcast episodes 27 to 29: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e23-25-lesbians-gays-support-the-miners/ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=662000145973204&set=a.602588028581083&type=3

On this day, 15 July 1989, two strikers at the Ever-Sure textile plant in Sheffield, England got married and joined the picket line with their colleagues. They had been on strike for a month for union recognition and for reinstatement of sacked workers. After asking for more information on Facebook, we found out lots more from former participants in the strike. The couple are called Cheryl and Daryl Clarke. The strike lasted for around 13 weeks, and was unsuccessful. A number of other strikers were sacked over the course of the dispute, and their jobs given to scab replacements, although they were later paid some monetary compensation. So, if you see this Cheryl and Daryl, happy anniversary! https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/2035474746637665/?type=3

On this day in 1979, the US President Jimmy Carter made a televised address that has become known as the 'crisis of confidence’ or 'malaise’ speech. The address came during an energy crisis which had its roots in the 1973 oil embargo, which led Carter to conclude that America needed a focus on conserving energy and the use of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar. Carter also encouraged people to be more responsible in their use of gas and electric. It was in this environment that the President made his July 15th speech, which he had spent many weeks preparing at Camp David. He identified a 'crisis of confidence’ throughout the nation in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. The reception to the speech was initially favourable, but came to be seen as a scolding lecture where Carter was blaming the American people for the crisis in his emphasis on over consumption and consumerism. The address has since become identified with the general period of 'malaise’ that characterised America in the 1970s, with a flagging economy, uninspiring politicians, heightened racial tensions and seemingly endless war; however Carter never actually used the word in his speech. Jimmy Carter lost his re-election bid the year after this speech in 1980 against charismatic Republican challenger Ronald Reagan.

On this day, 15 July 1942, British military scientists exploded an anthrax bomb on Gruinard island in Scotland near a group of 15 sheep. 13 of the sheep eventually died. It was one of a series of biological warfare experiments carried out on the uninhabited island which had been requisitioned by the government during World War II. The experiment fed into Operation Vegetarian, a plan to drop linseed cakes laced with anthrax in fields in Germany to infect and kill cattle. Five million of the cakes were produced, but as they were only to be used in response to a German biological attack which never materialised, they went unused and were destroyed after the war. Prime minister Winston Churchill also ordered half a million anthrax bombs from the US. Gruinard island remained contaminated and uninhabitable until the 1980s, when a group calling themselves “Operation Dark Harvest” began demanding the government decontaminate it, and left contaminated soil outside the Porton Down military research facility, as well as another package of uncontaminated soil outside the Conservative party conference. Later in the decade decontamination efforts began and in 1990 the island was declared safe, although some scientists caution that it may still be dangerous as anthrax spores can live for hundreds of years. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1761878157330660/?type=3

On this day, 15 July 1902, the ‘Leckhampton Stalwarts’ led a march of 2,000 people from the centre of Cheltenham to Leckhampton Hill, where they tore down a cottage built by the new quarry owner. The Stalwarts were led by Walter Ballinger, a clay-digger, who was styled in the press as ‘The King of the Common’. The others were William Sparrow (road sweeper), Charlie Burford (labourer), Leonard Luce (painter), and John Price (tailor). The hill was quarried for its limestone for nearly 400 years, and for most of that time local people used the hill for recreation and travel. Piano merchant Henry Dale bought the quarries, as speculation, in 1894, and his first act was to post notices closing the paths and rights of way over the hill. He built a cottage for his foreman, Cratchley, which blocked a right of way and filled in a ‘pit’ where working people held a fair every Easter. Frustration came to a head in 1902 when at least 2,000 people marched on the hill and tore down the cottage, watched by the police who stated it was done ‘with no unnecessary circumstances of disorder.’ Tramway cottage was rebuilt and the Stalwarts set out to tear it down again in 1904 but the Riot Act was read and the ‘Stalwarts’ arrested and sentenced to hard labour. In 1927, Dale’s quarry company went bankrupt and the council bought the whole hill. It was designated as common land and today it remains open to all. We have lots of anniversaries today, too many to post here. For all of them, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1167285883456560/?type=3