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Bloody Friday (1993)
Bloody Friday may refer to: *Bloody Friday (1919), also known as the Battle of George Square, a riot in Glasgow in 1919 *Bloody Friday (Minneapolis), a police shooting of pickets in Minneapolis in 1934 *Bloody Friday (1968), demonstrations against the History of Brazil#Military dictatorship (1964–1985), Brazilian military regime and civil responses to police repression *Hard Hat Riot, Bloody Friday (1970), an attack by construction workers on students protesting the Vietnam War *Bloody Friday (1972), a series of bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army *Bloody Friday (1993), an ethnic cleansing against the Kongo people, Kongo during the Angolan Civil War *Bloody Friday (1998), a confrontation between university students and police forces during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia *Bloody Friday (2008), the stock market crash on 24 October 2008, which saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Friday (1919)
The Battle of George Square was a violent confrontation in Glasgow, Scotland between Glasgow City Police and striking Glasgow workers, centred around George Square. The 'battle', also known as "Bloody Friday" or "Black Friday", took place on Friday 31 January 1919, 82 days after the end of the First World War. During the riot, the Sheriff of Lanarkshire called for military aid, and British Army, British troops, supported by Tank, six tanks, were moved to key points in Glasgow. The strike leaders were arrested for inciting the riot. Although it is often stated that there were no fatalities, one police constable died several months later from injuries received during the rioting. The "Forty Hours Strike" The end of the First World War saw the United Kingdom Demobilization, demobilise its military and industry from its war footing, reducing employment. This combined with the increasingly worsening domestic Aftermath of World War I#Great Britain, fiscal and monetary environment to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
