2014 Event Residents of the West Point shantytown in Monrovia, Nigeria loot an Ebola quarantine center, stealing items that include contaminated bedsheets; patients flee during the raid, raising the risk of spreading the virus among the 50,000 slum inhabitants 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
