26 Jan	1952: Britons killed in Cairo riots
08 Apr	1953: Seven years' hard labour for Kenyatta
05 Mar	1956: US court victory for black students
23 Oct	1956: Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule
04 Nov	1956: Soviet troops overrun Hungary
25 Sep	1957: Troops end Little Rock school crisis
08 Feb	1962: Eight die in Paris riot
01 Oct	1962: Mississippi race riots over first black student
28 Aug	1963: King's dream for racial harmony
31 May	1966: Vietnam Buddhist burns to death
16 Oct	1967: Joan Baez arrested in Vietnam protest
20 Oct	1967: Thousands join anti-war movement
14 Apr	1968: Berlin student unrest worsens
13 May	1968: Workers join Paris student protest
24 May	1968: De Gaulle: 'Back me or sack me'
11 Jun	1968: French student rebel arrives in UK
21 Aug	1968: Russia brings winter to 'Prague Spring'
02 Oct	1968: Student riots threaten Mexico Olympics
02 May	1969: Crackdown on student protests in US
15 Oct	1969: Millions march in US Vietnam Moratorium
13 Jul	1971: Death for Moroccan rebel leaders
18 Jan	1972: Rhodesia's former leader arrested
01 Mar	1973: Palestinian gunmen hold diplomats in Sudan
14 Oct	1973: Thai army shoots protesters
21 Jul	1974: Cyprus conflict spills into London
24 Apr	1975: Baader-Meinhof blow up embassy
16 Jun	1976: Soweto protest turns violent
15 Sep	1978: German terror suspect arrested in UK
05 Nov	1978: Iran's PM steps down amid riots
13 Mar	1979: Grenada leader ousted by coup
03 Oct	1979: Anti-racists tackle South African rugby tourists
04 Nov	1979: Militants storm US embassy in Tehran
21 Nov	1979: Mob destroys US embassy in Pakistan
02 Aug	1980: Bologna blast leaves dozens dead
05 Jul	1981: Police attacked in Liverpool riots
24 Nov	1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane
02 Apr	1986: Bomb tears hole in airliner over Greece
05 Apr	1986: Berlin disco bombed
08 Sep	1986: Pinochet survives rebel ambush
07 Feb	1987: S Korea clashes over student death
14 Feb	1989: Ayatollah sentences author to death
04 Jun	1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square
07 Nov	1989: Protests force out East German rulers
02 Feb	1990: De Klerk dismantles apartheid in South Africa
13 Jan	1991: Bloodshed at Lithuanian TV station
21 May	1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi
29 Apr	1992: LA in flames after 'not guilty' verdict
06 Jul	1992: Riot police confront French truckers
29 Aug	1992: Violence mars German anti-racist rally
07 Sep	1992: Troops kill 24 at ANC rally
02 Oct	1993: Hardline Communists riot in Moscow
10 Nov	1995: Nigeria hangs human rights activists
18 Apr	1996: Greek tourists killed by Egyptian gunmen
22 Apr	1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru
07 Jul	1998: Chief's death sparks turmoil in Nigeria
09 May	1999: Chinese anger at embassy bombing
05 Oct	2000: Protesters storm Yugoslav parliament
12 Oct	2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole
20 Oct	2000: British activist freed from Burma
16 Feb	2001: Serbs killed in Kosovo pilgrimage
27 Sep	2001: Swiss man kills 14
23 Nov	2002: Riots force Miss World out of Nigeria
07 Aug	2003: Bali bomber smiles at guilty verdict
25 Aug	2003: Bombay rocked by twin car bombs
20 Nov	2003: British targets bombed in Istanbul
28 Jun	2004: US transfers power back to Iraq