2011 Event In a speech outside of Potala Palace, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping declares he will crush attempts for an Independent Tibet 1991 Event Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush 1978 Event Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 home runs 1970 Event 70 die in a snow crush (France) 1944 Event Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people 1939 Event O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days 1898 Event Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 1851 Event President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France 1807 Event 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England