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1994 Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election

1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq

1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad

1990 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting

1990 The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games

1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers

1988 500 U.S. scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research

1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland

1985 "TASS" denounced U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics

1985 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games

1981 Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033

1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott

1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott

1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa

1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel

1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics

1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow

1980 President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics

1979 Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international

1978 England all out 64 for 1st loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott captain)

1978 Geoff Boycott captains England for the 1st time, vs. Pak Karachi

1977 Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Australia at Headingley

1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands

1967 Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six

1965 Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia

1965 U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia

1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products

1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling

1964 Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Australia at the Oval

1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48

1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools

1964 Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools

1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school

1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia

1957 Tuskegee boycott begins, Blacks boycotted city stores

1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee, Florida

1955 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks

1951 British begins economic boycott of Iran

1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters

1940 Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer, stoic England opener 1964-82

1922 Thomas T Nkobi, South Africa ANC-leader, Alexandra-bus boycott 1957

1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act

1832 Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager


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