2015 Event The Cairo Criminal Court convicts Egyptian ex-President Mohammed Morsi for his role in illegal detentions and violent responses to protests against him three years ago; he and other Muslim Brotherhood defendants will serve a 20-year prison term 2013 Event In Paris, hundreds of thousands of people protest the legalization of same-sex marriage in France; the protest turns violent after access to the Champs-Elysees is denied 2012 Event In China, violent rainfalls and flooding in the Hunan Province destroy a bridge and 3,500 homes, causing Pinhjiang County to evacuate 28,000 people 2012 Event Protests run by Occupy Oakland in Oakland City, California turn violent; approximately 300 people are arrested 2011 Event The Arab League agrees to impose sanctions on Syria due to the nation's continued violent uprising; Syria says the move is 'unprecedented' 1999 Death Greg Moore, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series, fatally injured in violent car crash on the 10th lap of the CART season finale 1987 Event Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s 1969 Event Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute 1956 Event Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380 1945 Event Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa 1944 Event Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy) 1914 Event 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles 1875 Event Violent bread riots in Montreal 1847 Birthday George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author, violent revolutions 1831 Death Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA
