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2011 Event - In England, two men who created a Facebook site to incite violence during the riots are sentenced to four years imprisonment

2011 Event - Riots in England continue; Prime Minister David Cameron hires U.S. law enforcement officer Bill Bratton to advise on dealing with gang-related violence

2011 Event - In an effort to suppress riots, the Algerian government cuts food prices and commits to punishing those responsible for the riots

2010 Event - Roza Otunbayeva says Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev must stand trial over riots; gunfire disrupts a rally in support of the former President in the city of Osh

2010 Event - Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months

2010 Event - The 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots continue as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly flees the country, the government steps down and protesters control the parliament building

1996 Event - Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play

1992 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King

1992 Event - Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin

1990 Event - Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws

1982 Event - Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat

1981 Event - Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200

1981 Event - Race riots in London's Brixton area

1978 Event - WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game

1977 Event - Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa

1970 Event - Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida

1970 Event - Race riots in Miami, Florida

1970 Event - Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)

1967 Event - Race riots in Cambridge Maryland

1967 Event - Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game

1967 Event - Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee

1967 Event - Race riots in Durham, North Carolina

1967 Event - Race riots in Cairo, Illinois

1967 Event - Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die

1967 Event - Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston

1967 Event - Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots

1966 Event - Race riots in Omaha, Nebraska

1966 Event - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles

1965 Event - Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days

1958 Event - Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London

1957 Event - Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan

1956 Event - Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die

1953 Event - Riots in East Germany for reunification

1946 Event - Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die

1944 Event - German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany

1944 Event - Riots in Amersfoort/Utrecht/Strugle

1944 Event - Race riots in Athens Alabama

1943 Event - German riots at Amsterdam Jews

1943 Event - German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp

1942 Event - Riots by Dutch Jews

1942 Event - Race riots in Harlem, New York

1942 Event - Riots against Jews in Amsterdam

1938 Event - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland

1936 Event - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine

1935 Event - Anti-British riots in Egypt

1932 Event - Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4

1926 Event - Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta

1924 Event - Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead

1919 Event - Race riots in Longview and Gregg counties Texas

1917 Event - Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots

1917 Event - Riots in East St. Louis Mo

1917 Event - Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)

1883 Event - Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)

1881 Event - Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem

1875 Event - Violent bread riots in Montreal

1864 Event - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama

1852 Event - Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm

1839 Event - Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England

1827 Event - Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)

1826 Event - Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews

1349 Event - 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots

1349 Event - 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany

1264 Event - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany

1189 Event - Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England













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