2015 Event Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event Sony Pictures releases its comedy 'The Interview' today in over 300 theaters and through online channels; the film depicts an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and was initially canceled due to threats and hacking attacks 2014 Event Sony Pictures will release its controversial comedy, 'The Interview', about an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; the film was canceled after hacking attacks and threats, but Sony now seeks a wide audience for the movie 2014 Event Sony Pictures cancels release of its movie "The Interview" after hacking attacks and threats thought to be ordered by the North Korean government; the movie is reportedly a comedy depicting an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 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 2014 Event Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, is sentenced in the U.S. to life in prison for providing support to al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks; Abu Ghayth commented that hundreds of young Muslims would rise up as a result of his imprisonment 2014 Event Hamas rejects a peace deal brokered by Egypt and agreed to by Israel; Israel warned that the rejection could result in military action to stop rocket attacks from Palestinian militants 2014 Event Pope Francis gives Easter Mass in St. Peter's square; his message included prayer for peace in Syria and Ukraine, a halt to Boko Haram attacks against Nigerian Christians, and for all to care for the hungry and the needy 2013 Event Canada's Security Intelligence Service believes the presence of Al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the country may lead to possible attacks 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candiate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's reaction to the attacks on U.S. missions in Benghazi, Cairo and other U.S. embassy's was to 'sympathize' with the assailants; the President claimed the attacks were the result of protests to a movie released on YouTube months before that mocked Mohammed 2012 Event The U.S. commemorates the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and for the first time no special security alert is issued on the anniversary of the attacks 2012 Event Syria accuses Ban Ki-moon, Secretary of the United Nations, of 'encouraging attacks on the government' 2012 Event Jose Garc�a-Margallo y Marfil, Spain's foreign minister, attacks Argentina's decision to nationalize the Argentine oil company YPF 2012 Event Nearly 2,000 Malawi women protest against attacks on women wearing trousers by unemployed youths and street vendors 2011 Event Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, attacks Britain, claiming the students represent Iran's public opinion 2011 Event Memorial ceremonies are held worldwide to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks 2010 Event International shark experts are called to investigate attacks on tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh that included one fatality 2010 Event At least 38 are killed and 60 injured when two female suicide bombers carry out two separate terrorist attacks at Moscow Metro stations Lubyana and Park Kultury 2010 Event Suicide bombers carry out a number of attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people 2009 Event A Pakistan court charges seven suspects involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai 2008 Event Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days 2001 Event U.S. launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. 1997 Event GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Event TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant 1997 Event Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital 1994 Event IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1993 Event New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1993 Event 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay 1992 Event Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die 1991 Event Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az 1989 Event Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1986 Event ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5 1986 Event U.S. aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya 1985 Event Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels 1984 Event Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23 1982 Event IRA bomb attacks in London 1982 Event Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1976 Birthday Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box 1974 Event Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus 1973 Event Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed 1967 Event Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen 1963 Event Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama 1961 Event White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama 1956 Event Jordan attacks United Nations Palestine force 1956 Event Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1955 Event Israel attacks Gaza 1955 Event EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus 1953 Event French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1948 Event Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River 1946 Event War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1945 Event U.S. Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure 1945 Event 1,250 U.S. bombers attacks Berlin 1945 Event U.S. Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu 1945 Event U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1944 Event U.S. 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen 1944 Event U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen 1944 Event Japanese kamakize attacks on U.S. lines at Saipan 1944 Event U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 Event 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy 1943 Event Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali 1941 Event Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar 1941 Event Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia 1941 Event Germany attacks Moscow 1941 Event German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan 1941 Event Germany attacks the Soviet Union and occupies the Baltic states 1941 Event Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1941 Event Nazi police attacks and driven away from Koco Amsterdam by young Jews 1940 Event Luftwaffe attacks center of London 1940 Event Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks 1940 Event Soviet Army attacks Romania 1939 Event Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union 1939 Event British fleet attacks German U-39 boat 1935 Event Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1931 Event Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol 1928 Event Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter 1920 Event French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau 1917 Event Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks 1916 Event 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near New Jersey shore (4 die) 1914 Event British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne 1911 Event Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1906 Event Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet 1906 Event U.S. president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo 1875 Event White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg 1866 Event Prussia attacks Austria 1865 Event Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die 1864 Event Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 Confederate, 3641 U.S. die 1864 Event Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River 1864 Event General Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock 1863 Event Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men 1863 Event Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee 1861 Event Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. General Sigel attacks pro-secessionist 1861 Event Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - U.S. attacks Confederate batteries 1861 Event Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians 1836 Event Mexico attacks Alamo in the early morning 1835 Event Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine 1826 Event Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed 1815 Event U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates 1813 Event British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus 1780 Event Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London 1776 Event 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1694 Event Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports 1694 Event Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale 1683 Event Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski 1664 Event Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers 1642 Event King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1631 Event Earl Johann Tilly attacks Maagdenburg 1628 Event Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia 1575 Event Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater 1552 Event Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun 917 Event Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines
