1871
- The French military attacks the Paris Commune, beginning Bloody Week, which ended with the defeat of the Commune and the massacre, execution, exile and imprisonment of the Communards.
1966
- The Unionist terrorist gang Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican liberation organization the Irish Republican Army.
1981
- Irish Republican political prisoners Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O'Hara die on hunger strike.
1991
- Former Prime Minister of India and supporter of the Sri Lankan government in its reppressive and genocidal campaign against the Tamil liberation movement Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by Kalaivani Rajaratnam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
1994
- The Marxist-Leninist Democratic Republic of Yemen attempts to secede from the Western backed reactionary government of the Republic of Yemen.