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Tag: Violence

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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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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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2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’

2nd June 2019
Tagged as: Chile, FIFA, Football, Italy, Newspaper, Sport, Violence, World Cup

Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the game’.