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1994 Karel Kryl, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime, dies at 49

1992 "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh

1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war)

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

1989 Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa

1988 Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures

1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines

1969 John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War

1969 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war

1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony

1963 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest

1962 Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down

1960 Protest strike in Poznan Poland

1956 Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary

1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages

1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon

1945 1000 whites walk out of Gary, Indiana schools to protest integration

1944 Karel Kryl, born in Kromenz, Czechoslovakia, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime

1943 Dutch artsens protest against nazis

1943 Dutch RC bishops protest against persecution of Jews

1943 Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews

1943 William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces

1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism

1942 Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber

1940 Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants

1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces

1937 Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest

1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition

1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied

1920 Yankees win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed

1917 Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots

1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball

1911 Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights

1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks

1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings

1894 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol

1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans

1741 Dutch people protest bad quality of bread

1688 Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania

1678 Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes

1563 League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II


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