The Jonestown Massacre – 1978
On November 18 1978 the news from Guyana that 914 people had been found dead
Massacres
Kingsmill Mass Murder – 1976
If ever the phrase ‘cycle of sectarian violence’ had deadly meaning it was during Northern
Bloody Sunday – 1972
In the late 1960s Northern Ireland was torn by factional violence between Catholic Nationalists and
Kent State Shooting – 1970
In May 1970, soldiers of the Ohio National Guard fired 67 live rounds at a
Tlatelolco Massacre – 1968
In Mexico the coalition PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institutional) government had begun to confront the problems
My Lai Massacre – 1968
America was bogged down in its anti-communist war against North Vietnam when in January 1968
The Sharpeville Massacre – 1960
Apartheid in South Africa became institutionalized in the 1940s and by 1960, under the government
228 Incident – 1947
The Republic of China (ROC) sounds impressive, but now consists only of Taiwan (formerly the
Katyn Massacre – 1940
In 1939 Poland was a rabbit torn apart by wolves as Nazi Germany invaded from
Bath School Disaster – 1927
Bath is an ordinary little town in rural Michigan, and May 18 1927 was an
The Amritsar Massacre – 1919
During World War I the Sikh battalions indentured into the British Army won universal respect
Badung Puputan – 1906
The beautiful island of Bali is renowned for its glorious landscapes and beaches, palaces and
Massacre of Wounded Knee – 1890
The beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota were, for the Lakota Sioux, a sacred spiritual
Fall of Tripolista – 1821
The Ottoman Empire once spanned three continents, but by the 19th century this lumbering behemoth
Peterloo – 1819
Not for the last time, Britons would discover that winning a prolonged war was no
The Boyd Massacre – 1809
By the first decade of the 19th century Australia was an established British colony, but
The Black Hole of Calcutta – 1756
Siraj-ud Daulah became Nawab of Bengal in April 1756 at the age of 23, succeeding
Jamestown Massacre – 1622
Strictly speaking, the Jamestown massacre didn’t actually happen in Jamestown, the first English settlement in
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