| 6,085,743 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Students protest Israeli military action against Palestinians. Protest turns into violent battle between students and police. |
| 6,085,748 |
33.799999 |
10.9 |
Tunisia |
|
Terrorist drives a gasoline truck into a synagogue and detonates it. 19 die, including many German tourists. Al-Qaeda eventually takes credit. |
| 6,085,754 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Protests against the Iraq War. |
| 6,085,760 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Fans celebrating Tunisia's first African Nations Cup title riot, clash with police. |
| 6,085,765 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Protest over human and political rights. Police forcibly disperse the crowd. |
| 6,085,773 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
150 plain clothed police surround the CNLT building and rough up several members during a meeting. |
| 6,085,779 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Unknown number of lawyers stage sit-in outside a Tunis courthouse. |
| 6,085,784 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Protests staged against invitation to Ariel Sharon to attend a conference in Tunis. There are violent interventions by police, including one incident at the University of Tunis. |
| 6,085,791 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
7 oppositionists stage hunger strike to demand release of 400 prisoners. |
| 6,085,796 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
French journalist and crew investigating lack of press freedoms are attacked and injured. |
| 6,085,802 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Fans of soccer clubs clash with one another. Several are wounded. |
| 6,085,809 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Islamic militant group engages in gun battle with police over head scarf ban in public schools. Two killed |
| 6,085,815 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Police attack a building held by the militant group. All day gun battle results in 12 deaths. |
| 6,085,821 |
31.0282 |
9.8712196 |
Tunisia |
|
Al Qaeda in North Africa abducts and holds hostage 2 Austrian hostages, demanding release of prisoners in Tunisia and Austria. AQ takes the hostages out of Tunisia and holds them in Mali. |
| 6,085,827 |
34.382702 |
8.1554899 |
Tunisia |
|
Violent clash between protesters and police over high unemployment and poor living conditions. protesters throw Molotov cocktails, while police open fire on crowd, killing one. |
| 6,085,832 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
2000 protesters demonstrate against the Israeli offensive in Gaza. |
| 6,085,843 |
34.094799 |
9.7448597 |
Tunisia |
|
Violent demonstrations and riots against unemployment, corruption, and lack of democracy. President Ben Ali resigns on 1/14/2011. |
| 6,085,848 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
300 professors demonstrate after a colleague is killed during a police crackdown on ongoing protests. |
| 6,085,854 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Unknown assailants trade gunfire with police in front of the main opposition party's headquarters, and around the presidential palace. |
| 6,085,860 |
34.094799 |
9.7448597 |
Tunisia |
|
Demonstrators demand the abolition of the ruling RCD party; they are repelled by police with tear gas |
| 6,085,867 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Riot police break up a protest led by a banned Islamist movement. |
| 6,085,872 |
34.094799 |
9.7448597 |
Tunisia |
|
Teachers strike to demand that members of the ruling party stay out of power. |
| 6,085,878 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
For the first time, a pro-government protest occurs during the Tunisian Revolution. Clashes and riots occur. |
| 6,085,884 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
The main trade union organizes a strike and a rally of 50,000 people, calling for the government to resign. |
| 6,085,890 |
35.891701 |
8.5527601 |
Tunisia |
|
Police clash with demonstrators who set fire to a local police headquarters. |
| 6,085,895 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Tunis airport ground staff strike. |
| 6,085,902 |
35.8256 |
10.6411 |
Tunisia |
|
Police strike to be allowed to set up a union. |
| 6,085,915 |
34.3363 |
8.9496403 |
Tunisia |
|
An unemployed Tunisian self-immolates to protest 'deplorable social conditions.' |
| 6,085,921 |
34.094799 |
9.7448597 |
Tunisia |
|
Protests resume nationwide. Some escalate to riots. |
| 6,085,927 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Hundreds demonstrate in favor of a secular state. |
| 6,085,932 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Thousands protest at the governmental palace to demand the ouster of the provisional government. |
| 6,085,938 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Over 100 activists protest in front of the Libya embassy over the repression used against the uprising there. |
| 6,085,944 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Protests escalate to riots between stone-throwing protesters and police. |
| 6,085,950 |
34.320801 |
8.4015799 |
Tunisia |
|
Clashes erupt between residents of a town over jobs. The clashes begin after a false employment offer allegedly posted by a phosphate mining company imposes tribal based employment quotas. |
| 6,085,958 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Hundreds of Islamists protest the country' secular laws. Police use tear gas. |
| 6,085,963 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Hundreds of former ruling party members protest a new measure forbidding former party officials from running in elections. |
| 6,085,969 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Police break up a demonstration against the provision government with tear gas. |
| 6,085,974 |
35.6978 |
9.1456203 |
Tunisia |
|
Al Qaeda militants fight with security forces. |
| 6,085,982 |
33.166672 |
11.56667 |
Tunisia |
|
Residents of a town clash with refugees from Libya. The refugees protest because they believe they are going to sent back to their home countries (refugees are mainly foreign workers contracted to work in Libya). Four Eritreans are killed. |
| 6,085,988 |
34.094799 |
9.7448597 |
Tunisia |
|
Lorry drivers strike to demand better working conditions and to protest abusive layoffs. |
| 6,085,996 |
34.320801 |
8.4015799 |
Tunisia |
|
Tribal factions clash after rumors surface about the recruitment policies of the region's main employer, a phosphate mining company. |
| 6,086,001 |
34.094799 |
9.7448597 |
Tunisia |
|
Judges strike, demanding changes in the justice ministry, which they accuse of threatening them. |
| 6,086,006 |
35.0382 |
9.4849396 |
Tunisia |
|
Riots occur in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Police open fire on rioters, killing a 14 year old boy. |
| 6,086,011 |
36.819 |
10.1658 |
Tunisia |
|
Lawyers riot to protest corruption in the courts and too-lax verdicts against those connected to the old regime. |
| 6,086,016 |
33.466301 |
9.0202999 |
Tunisia |
|
Clashes occur in the town of Douz. The cause is unknown. |
| 6,086,021 |
35.231499 |
9.12321 |
Tunisia |
|
Teenage youths riot, looting shops. Police open fire, killing one teenager. In retaliation, residents of Sbeitla burn down the police station. |
| 6,086,029 |
34.320801 |
8.4015799 |
Tunisia |
|
Fighting between rival clans over access to jobs. |
| 6,086,036 |
35.167599 |
8.8365097 |
Tunisia |
|
Five people try to hang themselves after failing a competition to become teachers. They are rescued by a crowd of bystanders. The suicide attempt is followed by a sit-in. |
| 6,086,042 |
33.704399 |
8.9690304 |
Tunisia |
|
Teenage youths clash with police. |
| 6,086,047 |
35.8256 |
10.6411 |
Tunisia |
|
200 Salafists storm a university campus after a female student wearing a full face-veil is not allowed to sign up. |
