1945 May 8 | |
Algerian demonstrators in the town of Setif unfurled an Algerian flag, banned by the French occupiers. | |
Source:(AP, 5/9/05) | |
As police began confiscating the flags, the crowds turned on the French, killing about two dozen of them. This led to an uprising in which Algerians say some 45,000 people may have died. Figures in France put the number at about 15,000 to 20,000. No one is quite sure. |