2012 Event In a move to demonstrate promised reforms are taking place, Thein Sein, President of Burma, changes nine cabinet ministers 2012 Event Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Tahrir Square against continuing military rule in Egypt 2011 Event In Cairo, thousands of Egyptian women demonstrate against military police for abuse against female demonstrators in Tahir Square 2011 Event In the Papuan capital of Jayapura, about 10,000 Papuan people demonstrate in support of independence from India 2011 Event In Rome, Italy, over 500,000 people demonstrate, demanding same-sex rights 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2010 Event Thousands of Venezuelan protesters demonstrate for and against President Hugo Chavez' policies surrounding energy shortages and currency revaluation 1994 Event Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed 1993 Event Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed 1993 Event 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror 1993 Event 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racism 1991 Event 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed 1989 Event "Day Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS 1989 Event 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights 1989 Event U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" 1988 Event 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak 1987 Event 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1983 Event 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile 1982 Death Hans Selye, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs, dies in Montreal, Canada 1981 Event 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles 1981 Event 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missiles 1979 Event 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy 1978 Event 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb 1976 Event 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1973 Event 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution 1970 Event 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War 1969 Event 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War 1968 Event Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta 1968 Event 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou 1968 Event Students demonstrate in Warsaw 1968 Event 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin 1967 Event 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1966 Event U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1965 Event 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C. 1963 Event 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C. 1961 Event 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin 1958 Event French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle 1956 Event South African women demonstrate against pass laws 1951 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security 1947 Event 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis 1944 Event Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food 1940 Event 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis 1936 Event 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1933 Event 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war 1926 Event 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague 1923 Event 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law 1916 Event Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage 1913 Event 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage 1910 Event 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage 1907 Birthday Hans Selye, born in Vienna, Austria, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs 1906 Event 3,000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia 1885 Event Dutch demonstrate for general voting right
