18 MARCH
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Machine guns turned on unarmed Peshawar crowd killing up to 400
[ 23 April 1930 ] On 23 April 1930, British and Gurkha troops opened fire on an unarmed crowd in Peshawar killing at least 20, according to the official estimate, and as many as 400, according to Indian sources.1 A large crowd had gathered at the Qissa Khwani Bazaar to protest the arrest that morning of…
14 JUNE
BRITISH CAPTAIN TORTURES AND EXECUTES MAU MAU SUSPECTS At around 6 pm on 14 June 1953, Captain Gerald Griffiths began to interrogate two forestry workers suspected of taking up arms against British rule in Kenya. THE UK BLOCKS A U.N. INITIATIVE TO AVERT CONFLICT ESCALATION AND FAMINE IN YEMEN [ 14 June 2018 ] On…
4 FEBRUARY
BARELY A RAZED EYEBROW AFTER NAZI SALUTE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. There was almost no diplomatic, media or public criticism when Hitler’s ambassador, Joachim von Ribbentrop, greeted King George VI at Buckingham Palace, on 4 February 1937, with a Nazi salute. BRITISH SUBMARINE SECONDS AWAY FROM A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE. In the early hours of 4th February…
23 NOVEMBER
THE KIRUARA MASSACRE 23 November 1952 – In the marketplace of the Kenyan village of Kiruara, a young man claimed to have a vision of the end of British colonial rule and his preaching attracted a crowd of several hundred locals. Several white police officers then arrived leading a unit of black policemen and loyalist…
20 JUNE
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3 MAY
HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS AND PRISONERS KILLED AND TORTURED AT TAIT-SAN. [ 3 May 1863 ] On this day in 1863, Chinese imperial troops under the command of Major Charles Gordon (who was later to become the legendary General Gordon of Khartoum) killed hundreds of civilians and prisoners in the city of Tait-san, having captured it…