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2012 Event - Riot police are sent out to greet thousands of protesters in Madrid, Spain, who demand that the government quit 2012 Event - Protestors in Iran clash with riot police during their demonstration against the collapse of the rial, the country's currency 2011 Event - Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event - A near riot breaks out at the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China 2007 Death - Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 1993 Death - Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69 1992 Event - Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert 1991 Event - Riot at Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis 1991 Event - Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die 1986 Event - 150 killed during race riot in Karachi 1986 Event - Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 1985 Event - Race riot in Birmingham England 1985 Event - Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot 1985 Death - 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1984 Event - 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India 1984 Event - Riot in Tunis kills over 100 1982 Event - Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire 1982 Death - Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1981 Event - Race riot in London area of Brixton 1980 Event - Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1979 Event - Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest 1978 Event - Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40 1977 Event - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1976 Event - Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1975 Event - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1974 Event - Race riot in Boston due to "busing" 1972 Event - 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk 1971 Event - 1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica, New York prison 1971 Event - National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1971 Event - Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City) 1970 Event - 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy 1970 Event - Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot 1969 Event - Race riot in Jacksonville Florida 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 1969 Event - Race riot in Hartford Connecticut 1968 Event - Race riot in Miami, Chicago and Little Rock 1968 Event - Race riot in Miami, Florida 1968 Event - Race Riot in Gary, Indiana 1968 Event - Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed 1968 Event - Student riot in Nanterre near Paris 1967 Event - Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed) 1967 Event - 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) 1967 Event - 23 die in Newark race riot 1967 Event - Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested 1967 Event - Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested) 1967 Event - Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio, 300 arrested 1967 Event - Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes 1966 Event - Race riot in Waukegan, Illinois 1966 Event - Race riot in Lansing, Michigan 1966 Event - Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot 1966 Event - Race riot in Chicago 1964 Event - Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested) 1964 Event - Race riot in Jersey City, New Jersey 1964 Event - Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 Event - Race riot in Rochester, New York 1964 Event - Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine 1964 Event - Separatists riot in Quebec 1963 Event - Greek and Turks riot in Cyprus 1963 Event - Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot 1963 Event - Race riot in Birmingham Alabama 1961 Event - Racial riot at University of Georgia 1960 Event - Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die 1960 Event - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans 1960 Death - Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50 1960 Event - Race riot in Jacksonville Florida 1960 Event - Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI vs. England 1958 Event - French settlers riot against French army in Algeria 1958 Event - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits 1957 Event - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy 1956 Birthday - Randy Rhoads, born in Santa Monica, California, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne 1956 Event - Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot 1955 Birthday - Kevin DuBrow, born in Hollywood, California, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007 1955 Event - Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal 1953 Birthday - Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist, Sly and Robbie-DJ Riot 1951 Event - Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest 1949 Event - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York 1949 Event - Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners 1946 Event - Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1946 Event - 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay 1946 Event - 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee 1945 Event - A riot ensued in San Francisco while the city was celebrating the end of WW II 1943 Event - Anti Jewish riot in Rome 1943 Event - Race riot in Harlem New York City 1943 Event - Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1943 Event - Detroit race riot kills 35 1943 Event - Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam 1943 Event - Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers 1942 Event - Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 1940 Event - Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1921 Event - Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed 1919 Event - Race riot at Elaine Arkansas 1919 Event - Chicago race riot, 15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured 1919 Event - Race Riot in Washington D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded) 1919 Event - Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed 1919 Event - Monarchist riot in Portugal 1918 Event - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 1918 Event - Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) 1918 Event - Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed) 1918 Event - Food riot in Amsterdam 1917 Event - 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot 1917 Event - Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed) 1917 Event - Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 1909 Event - Ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment 1908 Event - Race riot in Springfield Illinois 1906 Event - 3,000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia 1902 Event - Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25 1901 Event - Anti semitic riot in Budapest 1900 Event - Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed 1898 Event - Race riot in Wilmington North Carolina (8 blacks killed) 1894 Event - 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn 1891 Event - Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname 1886 Event - Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen 1876 Event - Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1876 Event - Race riot in Charleston SC 1876 Event - Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed 1866 Event - Race riot in New Orleans 1864 Event - Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 1864 Event - Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- 1861 Event - Riot occurs between prosecessionist and Union supporters in Knoxville TN 1837 Event - Riot in New York over high price of flour 1801 Event - Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews 1796 Event - Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam 1780 Event - Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die 1754 Event - Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam 1752 Event - This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1748 Event - Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed 1714 Event - People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands 1189 Death - Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England |
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