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1997 Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by New York City police
1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard 1991 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 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1979 President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga 1966 Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos 1964 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans 1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1947 Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked 1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin 1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1912 Josef Gabcik, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, attacked Heydrich 1888 Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs 1864 British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits 1863 Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC 1861 Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians 1857 Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) 1777 General George Washington's troops attacked British at Germantown, Pennsylvania 1774 Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary 1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians 1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed 794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island |
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