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18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

18th July 2020
Tagged as: Civil Rights, Cleveland, Ohio, Riot, United States

Riots broke out in the in the predominantly African-American community of Hough in Cleveland, Ohio.

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10th February 1355: St Scholastica’s Day Riot began in Oxford between ‘town and gown’

10th February 2020
Tagged as: Edward III, Fighting, Medieval, Mob, Oxford, Riot, Student, University, Violence

Tensions between university students and the locals of Oxford had been building for some time before violence broke out.

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24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

24th December 2019
Tagged as: Alcohol, Christmas, Jefferson Davis, Military, New York, Riot

Cadets sought to continue the annual tradition of drinking homemade eggnog on Christmas Eve.

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11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston, MA

11th June 2019
Tagged as: Boston, Immigration, Ireland, Riot, Street Fighting, USA, Violence, Yankees

On June 11^th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as Yankees.

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18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

10th February 1355: St Scholastica’s Day Riot began in Oxford between ‘town and gown’

24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston, MA

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12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time

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27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1956: Million Dollar Quartet record at Sun Studios

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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