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The Filter massacre in Uruguay, two people killed by the police in the demonstration against the extradition of Basque refugees

30
years ago

24 August 1994,

Roberto Facal and Fernando Morron were killed by the Uruguayan police in the demonstration against the extradition of three Basque fugitives. The three Basque fugitives were hospitalized because of their hunger strike. “The Basques stay.”

See pictures of that day in the video below.

 

On this day
1572San Bartolomé Night Massacre in Paris
1781The Spanish Inquisition murdered its last victim in Seville: María de los Dolores López
1802The French arrested Toussaint Louverture, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution
1944Anti-fascist soldiers liberated the city of Paris occupied by the Nazis
1994Carlos Bue Judge Imprisoned Journalist Pepe Rei

This year in history: < >
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1994-01-01
Chiapas peasants and indigenous people rebelled against the Mexican government
1994-01-11
The Irish government suspended the ban on Sinn Féin and IRA members appearing in the media
1994-04-01
First Youth Meeting in Etxarri Aranatz
1994-04-07
Voids started genocide against Rwanda's Tutsis
1994-04-27
Nelson Mandela wins elections in South Africa
1994-05-07
A group of young people occupied the gaztetxe Euskal Jai of Pamplona
1994-05-07
One hundred Navarros Passions Closed the Lap to Spain Stage
1994-05-11
The KEM Group took action in favour of input into the Bilbao Military Government
1994-06-04
The Guipuzkoan inpassions “took” the island of Santa Clara of San Sebastian and claimed it as a demilitarized zone.
1994-06-27
The Negu Gorria group offered a surprise concert at the Gipuzkoa court in a truck
1994-07-14
The musical group Parabellum offered a concert in Barakaldo's court at the same time as Lino Prieto's unmissable trial
1994-07-27
Photojournalist Kevin Carter committed suicide in South Africa
1994-08-05
Two injunctions on arrest warrant planted at the headquarters of the Military Government of Bilbao
1994-08-24
Carlos Bue Judge Imprisoned Journalist Pepe Rei
1994-08-24
The Filter massacre in Uruguay, two people killed by the police in the demonstration against the extradition of Basque refugees
1994-09-08
The baserritars kidnapped the cheese with Ossau-Iraty designation of origin to denounce the prices of the department stores
1994-09-18
The Civil Guard exploded Nafarroa Oinez de Bera
1994-10-03
ETB broadcast of the first episode of the 'Goenkale' series
1994-11-02
Fine Arts students tried to occupy the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao at the request of Basque professors
1994-12-14
Thousands of people requested the Euskaldunization of the UPV/EHU in Vitoria-Gasteiz

This month's anniversaries:
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10
years ago
2014-08-09
Police killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, and great riots broke out across the United States.
25
years ago
1999-08-26
The second war in Chechnya began when Russia began the invasion of the country
25
years ago
1999-08-20
Action disguised as 'Giraldilla' at the opening of the World Athletics Championship
25
years ago
1999-08-12
Farmers dismantled the McDonald’s building in Millaun, France
30
years ago
1994-08-24
Carlos Bue Judge Imprisoned Journalist Pepe Rei
30
years ago
1994-08-24
The Filter massacre in Uruguay, two people killed by the police in the demonstration against the extradition of Basque refugees
30
years ago
1994-08-05
Two injunctions on arrest warrant planted at the headquarters of the Military Government of Bilbao
35
years ago
1989-08-23
Two million Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians formed a human chain of 675 kilometres for the independence of their peoples
40
years ago
1984-08-11
CCOO calls on Telefónica workers not to help police paint phones in Gipuzkoa
45
years ago
1979-08-30
American actor Jean Seberg, a follower of the Black Panthers, committed suicide
50
years ago
1974-08-28
Francoist police threw members of ETA Tupa and Tanke in San Sebastian
55
years ago
1969-08-17
The giant Woodstock music festival ends in New York State
55
years ago
1969-08-03
Felix Arnaiz Maeso was shot dead by a Spanish policeman in Rome
60
years ago
1964-08-31
Four people were fined in Sestao for playing txistu as an instrument
60
years ago
1964-08-11
Attempted attack on dictator Franco
60
years ago
1964-08-07
U.S. Congress approved the use of the army against North Vietnam
65
years ago
1959-08-25
Miles Davis is beaten by police in New York
75
years ago
1949-08-25
They finally managed to extinguish the fire in the Landeta forest
75
years ago
1949-08-19
A giant fire took place in Landeta
80
years ago
1944-08-24
Anti-fascist soldiers liberated the city of Paris occupied by the Nazis
80
years ago
1944-08-22
30 Spanish machines, with four members of the French resistance, defeated the column of the Nazi army, composed of 1,300 men
80
years ago
1944-08-22
Revolutionary trade unionist Maria Oneker killed by the Nazis in Warsaw in an uprising against occupation
80
years ago
1944-08-14
Italian fascists killed the Irma Partisan Flag
80
years ago
1944-08-10
Resistance member Daniel Argote was arrested and executed by the Nazis in Orthol
85
years ago
1939-08-18
Hitler's government launched a program to kill newborns with severe disabilities
90
years ago
1934-08-07
Irun postpologists, all women, went on strike and occupied the workshop
100
years ago
1924-08-23
Born Madeleine Riffaud in Arvillers, France
120
years ago
1904-08-18
Born Maria Magunazelaia Loroño, first cyclist in the Basque Country
120
years ago
1904-08-14
Bastilla Square in Paris became a battlefield between Apache groups and police
135
years ago
1889-08-14
The dockers of the London ports started a major strike
150
years ago
1874-08-27
Carlists took positions to siege Pamplona in the Second Carlist War
185
years ago
1839-08-31
Bergara's hug between Carlists and liberals, another betrayal for Basques
220
years ago
1804-08-18
Abando's neighbors joined the Begoña in the riot called Zamakolada
220
years ago
1804-08-16
Popular uprising known as Zamakolada begins in and around Bilbao
230
years ago
1794-08-29
French army burns Eibar and kills twelve citizens
230
years ago
1794-08-14
The General Meetings of Gipuzkoa propose the creation of an independent Republic of Gipuzkoa
230
years ago
1794-08-01
The mayor of San Sebastian, Mitxelena, contacted the French troops surrounding the city to negotiate surrender
235
years ago
1789-08-04
France destroys the outbreaks of the continental Basque Country Louis XVI