Tag: Riot

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

24th December 2021
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 2021
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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2nd April 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot saw hundreds of women in Virginia loot storehouses and shops

2nd April 2021
Tagged as: America, American Civil War, Bread, Civil War, Food, Loot, Ricmond, Riot, United States, USA, Virginia

With the cry of ‘bread or blood!’ the women marched to the city’s market district where they broke into government storehouses and nearby businesses.

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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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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

2nd April 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot saw hundreds of women in Virginia loot storehouses and shops

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

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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