Look back young ones, look back 92 years. 92 years to this VERY day. What do you see? Is it perhaps, one of the most historically significant events in the modern world? Why yes it is.
This day, 92 years ago, the October Revolution began. "But", you say, "it's the OCTOBER revolution, we are currently in NOVEMBER. You MUST be wrong." Huh! YOU, my dear, are wrong. See, it was October in Russia but for the rest of us it was November simply because Russia was still using the Julian calendar, whilst the rest of the world was using the updated Gregorian calendar. Russia was a little behind, as it was in most other areas.
Anyway, this was DAY 1, of 10 days of Bolshevik takeover. This is what happened:
-Trotsky distributes arms to Red Guard
-Petrograd Garrison rebels against the Provisional Government claiming that it is a "tool of the enemies of the people"
-Systematic capture of key communication, installations and vantage points
The significance?
Kerensky was powerless to stop armed uprising by the Bolsheviks.
Yep, the beginning of the most important events in our history (OK, one of the most important ones...jeez) and it's not even on the Wikipedia "on this day" list. WHAT GIVES WIKI?
Anyway, check this space (I've always wanted to say that) to find out what happens next!
(Also, I'm pretty sure that cartoon is mocking communism AND The Age, seriously is it just me or is that The Age logo on the top? Ten buck says it was in the Herald Sun...pfft!)
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