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4th May 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen shoot Kent State University students

  • 4th May 2022
  • Tagged as: Cambodia, Kent State, Massacre, National Guard, Nixon, Ohio, Protest, Shooting, Student, University, Vietnam

Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four Kent State University students.

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16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom

  • 16th March 2022
  • Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Crusade, England, Judaism, Massacre, Money, Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, York

Anti-Semitic attacks spread across England and reached York in March 1190.

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13th November 1002: Æthelred the Unready orders the St Brice’s Day Massacre

  • 13th November 2021
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Denmark, England, Massacre, Vikings

On the 13th November 1002, the St Brice’s Day Massacre took place when king Æthelred the Unready “ordered slain all the Danish men who were in England”.

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13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre

  • 13th April 2021
  • Tagged as: Amritsar, Army, Britain, Independence, India, Massacre, Nationalism, Violence
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/04-13-British-troops-commit-the-Amritsar-Massacre.mp3

Troops from the British Indian Army committed the Amritsar Massacre when they opened fire on nonviolent protesters and pilgrims at Jallianwala Bagh.

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16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US troops

  • 16th March 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Cold War, Communism, Massacre, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/03-16-My-Lai-Massacre-committed-by-US-troops.mp3

On the 16th March 1968, US soldiers from Company C of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade committed the My Lai Massacre.

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14th February 1929: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre committed in Chicago

  • 14th February 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Chicago, Gangster, Massacre, Prohibition, USA
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02-14-Saint-Valentines-Day-Massacre.mp3

On the 14th February 1929, seven men with connections to Chicago’s North Side Gang were gunned down in the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre.

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13th December 1937: The Nanking Massacre begins

  • 13th December 2019
  • Tagged as: China, Japan, Massacre, Murder, Nanking, Second World War, Sino-Japanese War, War Crime

On the 13th December 1937, the Nanking Massacre began at the end of the Battle of Nanking – part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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29th November 1781: Over 132 slaves thrown from the ‘Zong’ ship

  • 29th November 2019
  • Tagged as: Abolition, Britain, Civil Rights, Jamaica, Massacre, Middle Passage, Murder, Netherlands, Slavery

On the 29th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy.

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