Berkman, Alexander

Russian-US anarchist

1870 - Born on the 21st of November in Ovsei Osipovich Berkkan in Vilnius, Lithuania.

1892 - Convinced that a violent act was needed to electrify the anarchist movement.

     - Attempted to assassinate Henry Clay Frick, a wealthy industrialist.

Convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to twenty-two years' imprisonment.

1906 - Berkman was released from prison.

1908-1915 - Berkman contributed to Goldman's paper Mother Earth, and founded the Ferrer Center.

1914 - Began collecting dynamite they had obtained from Russia.

1936 - Berkman committed suicide just weeks before the outbreak of the Spanish Revolution.