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1996 Death - David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78

1991 Event - Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs

1991 Event - U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334

1985 Event - Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed

1985 Event - Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg

1977 Event - Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)

1976 Event - Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe

1976 Event - Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers

1976 Event - Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda

1975 Event - U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship

1970 Death - Thomas S Power, USAF-General (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65

1969 Death - Rob de Vries, actor and director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51

1969 Event - Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days

1956 Event - French raid in Algiers

1954 Event - British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)

1951 Event - Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River

1945 Event - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java

1945 Event - U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid

1945 Event - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany

1945 Death - Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75

1945 Event - Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa

1945 Event - Allied air raid on Neurenberg

1945 Event - German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels

1944 Event - U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks

1944 Event - U.S. air raid on Ambon

1944 Event - Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secretan/St-Mande

1944 Event - Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed

1944 Event - Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed

1944 Event - U.S. air raid on Palembang

1944 Event - Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family

1944 Event - Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris

1944 Event - British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland

1944 Event - Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"

1944 Event - 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan

1944 Event - 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure

1944 Event - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java

1944 Event - Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd

1943 Event - U.S. air raid on Rabaul

1943 Event - U.S. air raid on Wake

1943 Event - U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen

1943 Event - 1st allied air raid on Borneo

1943 Event - 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II

1943 Event - British air raid sinks U-435

1943 Event - British air raid sinks U-232

1943 Event - Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid

1943 Event - Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid

1943 Event - 1st U.S. air raid on Ambon

1942 Event - Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris

1942 Event - U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France

1942 Event - British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)

1942 Event - 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II

1942 Event - Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor

1942 Event - British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire

1942 Event - Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire

1942 Event - Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire

1942 Event - 1st Japanese air raid on Java

1942 Event - Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain

1942 Event - Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain

1942 Event - Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain

1941 Event - German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)

1941 Event - Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males

1941 Event - 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam

1941 Event - German air raid on Liverpool

1941 Event - 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up

1941 Event - Utrecht and Zaandam strike against raid on Jews

1941 Event - Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation

1940 Event - British air raid on Mannheim

1940 Event - German air raid on Birmingham fails

1940 Event - German air raid on Birmingham fails

1940 Event - 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa

1940 Event - Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed

1940 Event - German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth

1940 Event - "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins

1940 Event - Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt

1940 Event - German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow

1939 Event - Russian air raid on Helsinki

1937 Birthday - Yaphet Kotto, New York City, actor, Brubaker, Alien, Raid on Entebbe, Homicide

1933 Birthday - Horst Buchholz, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe

1932 Event - German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter

1920 Event - Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers and arrest 24 fans for gambling

1919 Event - U.S. police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers

1918 Event - 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France

1916 Birthday - Peter Finch, London, actor, Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe

1916 Event - Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12

1915 Event - 1st Zeppelin air raid over England

1915 Event - An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London

1906 Event - Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas

1904 Birthday - Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid

1896 Birthday - James H Doolittle, USAF General, Raid on Tokyo 1942

1896 Event - Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid

1895 Event - Dr. L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg

1870 Event - Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec

1866 Event - Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec

1865 Event - Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama to Macon, Georgia

1865 Event - Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama

1864 Event - Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon and Glade Springs, VA

1864 Event - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee to Saltville, VA

1864 Event - Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft. Kelly)

1864 Event - Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD)

1864 Event - Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid

1864 Event - Raid at Morgan's Kentucky

1864 Event - Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)

1864 Event - Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid)

1864 Event - Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)

1863 Event - Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia

1863 Event - Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill

1863 Event - Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL

1863 Event - Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)

1863 Event - Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee

1862 Event - Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)

1862 Event - Forrest's 1st raid

1862 Event - Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150

1862 Event - Battle at Green River Kentucky (Morgan's Ohio Raid)

1862 Event - Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington D.C.

1859 Event - John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va

1858 Event - John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry













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