2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2014 Event A planned demonstration in Iran against recent acid attacks on women has been prevented by a show of police forces; protesters believe the women were attacked due to improper covering in accordance with the nation's dress code 2012 Event The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists; U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed as well as three others; the Cairo embassy was also attacked 2010 Event A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 2010 Event The U.N. compound in Herat, western Afghanistan, is attacked by a suicide bomber 1997 Event Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by New York City police 1994 Event Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard 1991 Event News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1990 Event Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1979 Event President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga 1966 Event Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos 1964 Event George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans 1961 Event Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1956 Event Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1947 Event Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked 1945 Event 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1944 Event Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1944 Event 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1942 Event About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin 1940 Event Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1912 Birthday Josef Gabcik, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, attacked Heydrich 1888 Event Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs 1864 Event British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits 1863 Event Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC 1861 Event Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians 1857 Event Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) 1777 Event General George Washington's troops attacked British at Germantown, Pennsylvania 1774 Event Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary 1687 Event Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1676 Event Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians 1535 Event Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed 794 Event Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
