2014 Event The last protest camp has been removed in Hong Kong; activists staged several camps to demand the right to free elections rather than control of candidates and elections by the Chinese government 2010 Event Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall 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) 1939 Event Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz 1925 Event 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged 1907 Event Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st 'Follies' on New York Theater roof 1891 Event Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas 1861 Event Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1581 Event Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris
