Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement
September 28, 2014
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong students and professionals occupied the heart of the city's financial district, demanding genuine universal suffrage. They opened umbrellas against police pepper spray, which became the movement's symbol. After 79 days the camps were cleared without concessions. The 2019 protests would be louder, harder, and final.
In context
Also in 2014 (8 other events on record)
- Russia annexes Crimea · Europe · War
- ISIS takes Mosul · Middle East · War
- Ferguson and the birth of BLM · North America · Politics
- Boko Haram abducts Chibok girls · Africa · War
- MH17 shot down over Ukraine · Europe · Disaster
- Ebola epidemic peaks · Africa · Disaster
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Era
Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.