2015 Event Shiite militia forces in Iraq boycott the fight against ISIS in Tikrit to protest U.S. airstrikes; the U.S. was responding to a request from the Iraqi government, but militias are concerned that the U.S. will receive credit for their work to date 2011 Event In Quebec, 200,000 Canadian college and university students vote to boycott classes to protest tuition fee increases 2011 Event The U.S. announces it will boycott an anti-racism conference at the United Nations due to concerns over anti-Semetism 1994 Event Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1990 Event European community proposes a boycott of Iraq 1990 Event 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad 1990 Event Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting 1990 Event The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games 1989 Event Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers 1988 Event 500 U.S. scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research 1987 Event Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland 1985 Event "TASS" denounced U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 1985 Event U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games 1981 Event Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033 1980 Event 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott 1980 Event 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott 1980 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa 1980 Event Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1980 Event Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics 1980 Event President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow 1980 Event President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 1979 Event Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international 1978 Event England all out 64 for 1st loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott captain) 1978 Event Geoff Boycott captains England for the 1st time, vs. Pak Karachi 1977 Event Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Australia at Headingley 1974 Event OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands 1967 Event Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six 1965 Event Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia 1965 Event U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia 1965 Event South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products 1965 Event Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 Event Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Australia at the Oval 1964 Event Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 1964 Event 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools 1964 Event Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools 1963 Event 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school 1962 Event Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia 1957 Event Tuskegee boycott begins, Blacks boycotted city stores 1956 Event Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee, Florida 1955 Event Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks 1951 Event British begins economic boycott of Iran 1942 Event Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1940 Birthday Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer, stoic England opener 1964-82 1922 Birthday Thomas T Nkobi, South Africa ANC-leader, Alexandra-bus boycott 1957 1908 Event Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1832 Birthday Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager
