Watts riots

1965 riots in Los Angeles, United States
Event riot Q377682
Watts riots
New York World-Telegram · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Watts riots

Summary

Watts riots is a riot[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,015 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watts riots is located in Watts[3].
  • Watts riots is in the country of United States[4].
  • Watts riots's image is recorded as Wattsriots-burningbuildings-loc.jpg[5].
  • Watts riots's instance of is recorded as riot[6].
  • Watts is named after Watts riots[7].
  • Watts riots's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85078421[8].
  • Watts riots's location is recorded as Los Angeles[9].
  • Watts riots's Commons category is recorded as Watts riots[10].
  • Watts riots's start time is recorded as +1965-08-11T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Watts riots's end time is recorded as +1965-08-16T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Watts riots's point in time is recorded as +1965-08-17T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Watts riots's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.938636, 'lon': -118.238043}[14].
  • Watts riots's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x_v0[15].
  • Watts riots's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+34'}[16].
  • Watts riots's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+1032'}[17].
  • Watts riots's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Watts-Riots-of-1965[18].
  • Watts riots's BBC Things ID is recorded as 86980935-0136-4fa4-bf8d-fdfebb9ae3f6[19].
  • Watts riots's FAST ID is recorded as 1404356[20].
  • Watts riots's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[21].
  • Watts riots's number of arrests is recorded as {'amount': '+3438'}[22].
  • Watts riots's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as african-american-history/watts-rebellion-august-1965[23].
  • Watts riots's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as aaw/vignette_aahw/watts-rebellion-august-1965[24].
  • Watts riots's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007536144105171[25].
  • Watts riots's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Émeutes_de_Watts[26].
  • Watts riots's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/46876523-ab52-41f7-80fc-2fd0ffec9dc8[27].

Why It Matters

Watts riots ranks in the top 1% of riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,015 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . BlackPast.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . BlackPast.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . BlackPast.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BlackPast.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BlackPast.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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