2006 ETA terrorist group declares ceasefire against Spain
2005 IRA issues a statement ordering the end to the armed campaign against the British
2001 US launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
1998 Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton is thrown out of court
1998 Pope John Paul II condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba
1997 New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988
1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
1997 Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1996 O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"
1996 Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures
1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India
1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
1995 Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
1995 Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins
1995 Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning
1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
1994 European Campaign against Racism "All different, All equal" begins
1994 Norway votes against joining European Union
1994 European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria
1994 U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti
1994 Richard Johnson takes 10-45 for Middlesex against Derbyshire
1994 Pre-trial hearings open in LA against OJ Simpson
1994 Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham
1994 Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler
1994 Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning
1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
1994 Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
1993 Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st U.S. state
1993 U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti
1993 U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa
1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
1993 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon
1993 U.N. authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
1993 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy
1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1993 Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
1993 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racism
1992 300,000 demonstrators against racism in Berlin
1992 Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia
1992 Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr. Mudd
1992 U.N. votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
1992 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
1992 U.N. imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
1991 Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning
1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment
1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa
1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1991 LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders
1990 Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14
1990 U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq
1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
1990 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1990 U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1989 "Day Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS
1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
1989 A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning
1989 New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules
1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
1989 U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1988 Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime
1988 Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA
1988 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
1988 Netherlands soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against U.S.S.R.)
1988 Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon
1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities
1987 Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
1987 Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank
1987 Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1987 Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins and 3 secs
1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
1987 Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
1987 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
1986 Iran offensive against Iraqi islands of Shatt al-Arab
1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1986 Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
1986 General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile
1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
1986 U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
1986 U.S. and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix
1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1986 US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1985 President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa
1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games
1985 U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
1985 South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites
1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
1983 Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps
1983 Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
1983 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile
1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned)
1983 George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)
1983 Pine Tar Game: Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)
1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral U.K. nuclear disarmament
1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
1983 Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87
1982 President Reagan proclaims war against drugs
1982 U.S. imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union
1982 Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning
1982 Iran offensive against Iraq
1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
1982 Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM
1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
1981 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missiles
1981 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism
1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism
1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime
1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
1981 U.S. ends grain embargo against U.S.S.R.
1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
1980 Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24
1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
1980 Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
1979 Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
1979 Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
1979 Marocco offensive against Polisario
1979 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy
1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York
1979 Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
1979 Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
1979 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto
1979 New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers
1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
1978 Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against New York Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period
1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb
1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb
1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
1977 U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
1977 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain
1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
1976 Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland
1976 Don Bolles, U.S. journalist (against Arizona), dies
1976 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
1976 Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
1975 U.S. lightens trade embargo against Cuba
1975 Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman
1975 Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
1975 W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2
1974 Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
1974 Det Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Caps
1974 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley
1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
1974 House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon
1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against New York Yankees
1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1974 Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia
1973 MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya
1973 San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
1973 5-mo oil embargo by Arab states against U.S. and Netherlands begins
1973 Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts
1973 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution
1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7
1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
1972 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer
1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
1971 President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes
1970 New York Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG
1970 Jordanian King Hussein moves against PLO guerrillas
1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1970 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
1969 Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball
1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War
1969 New York Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos
1969 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th
1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel
1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG
1968 Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
1968 Pope Paul VI encyclical against On regulation of birth
1968 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago
1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou
1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks
1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
1968 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
1967 Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
1967 Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
1967 A's drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley
1967 Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1967 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1967 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
1966 Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
1966 U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
1966 U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1965 British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
1965 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C.
1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka
1965 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
1965 Viet Cong offensive against U.S. base Da Nang, begins
1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
1965 U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong
1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
1964 Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos
1964 Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla
1964 AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville
1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins
1963 Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans
1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
1963 American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes
1963 John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression
1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cin for 10 yrs
1962 Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48
1962 Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
1962 Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II
1962 U.S. promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
1961 Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1961 Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans
1961 Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
1961 President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin
1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails
1960 Demonstrations against premier Lumumba
1960 Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies
1960 San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies
1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US
1960 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
1959 "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances
1959 "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances
1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
1959 Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1958 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row
1958 French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
1958 President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
1958 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
1957 New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
1957 U.S. senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
1957 Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
1957 Sen Strom Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
1957 Peter Webb, NZ cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980
1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
1956 Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion
1956 Revolt against Stalinist policies begins in Hungary
1956 Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1956 Death penalty against KPM-director Leon Jungschlaeger
1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white
1955 Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends
1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus
1954 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule
1954 Algerian Revolution against French begins
1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer
1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit
1954 Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam
1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
1953 Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
1953 Peter McEvoy, British actor, Against the Innocent
1952 Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin
1952 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
1952 Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss
1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
1951 Azmat Rana, cricketer, one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980
1951 Swiss males votes against female suffrage
1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1951 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR"
1951 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1950 Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague
1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
1950 French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
1950 U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea
1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins
1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
1949 Jeff Bridges, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stay Hungry, Against All Odds
1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
1948 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
1948 Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52
1948 Larry Carlton, rock composer, Against All Odds, Who's the Boss
1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis
1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo–te begins
1947 James Woods, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Salvador, Against All Odds
1947 Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
1946 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg
1946 International Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals
1945 Trial against NSB-leader Mussert begins
1945 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1945 U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II
1945 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague
1945 Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks
1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1945 U.S. offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers
1944 Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"
1944 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu
1944 Paris police strike against nazi occupiers
1944 Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers
1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
1944 Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!"
1944 Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen
1944 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan
1944 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim
1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die
1944 Det Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0
1943 Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
1943 Dutch artsens protest against nazis
1943 Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
1943 Trident conference in Washington D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan)
1943 Churchill pledges England's full support to U.S. against Japan
1943 Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry
1943 British offensive against Mareth-line
1943 Dutch RC bishops protest against persecution of Jews
1943 Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews
1943 Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
1942 Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan
1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front
1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism
1942 Riots against Jews in Amsterdam
1942 U.S. air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
1942 Salvatore "the Bull" Gravano, mobster, testified against Gotti
1942 Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1942 US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
1941 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam
1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia
1941 Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation
1941 Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
1941 Utrecht and Zaandam strike against raid on Jews
1941 February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam
1940 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis
1940 Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants
1940 German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms
1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain
1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1940 Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1939 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
1939 Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa
1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain
1939 Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia
1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia
1937 Eddie Paynter scores 322 for Lancashire against Sussex
1937 Richard Moore scores 316 for Hampshire against Warwickshire
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns
1937 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow
1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1936 Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season
1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
1935 Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews
1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1935 Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author, Against Our Wills
1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition
1934 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R.
1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700, against Detroit
1934 Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1934 France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists
1934 Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism
1933 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China
1933 Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens
1933 German judge Vogt signs deed of accusation against Van der Lubbe
1933 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war
1933 Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists
1933 Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction
1933 Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test
1932 Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables
1932 Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile
1931 German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
1931 "Against Iain" duke of Atholl, English large landowner
1931 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
1930 Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages
1930 Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956
1930 Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
1929 Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins
1929 Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG
1929 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
1928 Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC
1928 KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet
1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
1928 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
1927 Ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month
1927 Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437
1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua
1927 George Thoms, cricketer, 1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 and 28
1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
1927 Uprising against Portuguese regime of Gen Carmona defeated
1927 Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
1926 Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 against NSW
1926 Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22,348
1926 Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos
1926 Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia
1926 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
1925 NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701
1925 Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ
1925 Belgian episcopelian sspeaks against Flemish activism
1925 Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism/liberalism
1925 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied
1925 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France
1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government
1924 KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi
1924 Sheldon Allman, born in Chicago, actor, Norm-Harris Against the World
1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
1923 Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins
1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
1923 Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied
1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law
1923 KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany
1923 Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied
1923 German Republic day with laws against worker
1923 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
1923 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
1923 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
1922 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)
1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence
1922 Jim McConnon, cricketer, England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954
1921 Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox
1921 Turk and Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews
1921 Cyril Poole, cricketer, England batsman against India 1951-52
1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
1920 Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army
1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
1920 U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees
1919 Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
1919 NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1918 Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
1918 Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns
1918 White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play
1917 Lenin speaks against Kamenev, Kollontai, Stalin and Trotsky
1917 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves
1917 President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins
1916 Germany declares war against Portugal
1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
1915 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians
1914 Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity
1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I
1914 Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster
1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1914 Frank Lovejoy, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw
1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
1913 Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies
1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China
1912 Pius X encyclical Singular quadam, against interconfess unions
1911 Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39
1910 Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
1909 Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
1908 Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
1908 Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team
1906 Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa
1906 Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia
1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church and state
1905 Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
1905 Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation
1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
1905 A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia
1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian
1904 Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0)
1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game
1903 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers
1903 Dr. Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid in New York City
1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws)
1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3
1901 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox
1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians
1899 Revolt against U.S. occupation of Philippines
1896 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak,
1896 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak,
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1896 Andrei A. Zjdanov, Russian politician, against kosmopolitism
1895 Emperor Menelik II of Addis Ababa draws against Italians
1895 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1894 Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist, War Against War!
1893 Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921
1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
1888 Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria
1885 Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41
1884 Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress, Genius against Violence
1883 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Phila
1883 New York Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies
1883 Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888)
1881 Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1877 U.S. railroad builders strike against wage reduction
1874 1st Chamber accept law against child labor
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch
1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1868 U.S. Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson
1863 Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain
1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
1861 Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia
1861 Tennessee votes against secession
1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
1856 Sen Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery
1855 U.S. Court of Claims forms for cases against government
1848 Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer, Against the Grain
1848 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)
1847 Conspiracy in New Mexico against US
1841 Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan
1834 Antonius van Gils, RC theologist (against Relief), dies at 75
1831 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery
1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1825 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
1821 Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII
1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
1818 Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
1817 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia
1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1812 Failed coup against emperor Napoleon
1812 War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain
1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
1810 Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead
1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
1804 England mobilizes to protect against French invasion
1804 Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII
1799 Jakobijns plot against Napoleon uncovered
1798 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins
1798 Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg
1798 Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous and malicious" writing against U.S. government
1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
1779 Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada
1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1759 Wilbur Wilberforce, England, crusaded against slavery
1756 Gov Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians
1738 France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted
1731 Dutch people revolt against meat tax
1718 Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat, plot against Peter III
1713 Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism"
1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II
1683 Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded
1683 Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered
1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey
1679 Meal Tub Plot against James II of England
1676 Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
1668 England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1665 French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers
1657 France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1656 U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers
1648 People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin
1648 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov
1647 French cardinal Mazarin and duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan
1647 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples
1641 Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, theologist, against jansenisme
1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
1630 Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France
1628 Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
1623 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague
1610 Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 and Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1596 England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
1581 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism
1574 France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots
1570 Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1568 Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada
1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
1565 Compromise of the Nobles closes against inquisition
1563 League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II
1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
1545 English earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland
1542 Spain delegates "New Laws" against slaver |
