Historical clue formulations

• Attacked with a spray — 2020-01-15
• Sprayed in the face — 2018-05-20
• Sprayed, in a way — 2016-07-30
• Brought to tears, possibly — 2014-04-06
• Like some rioters — 2013-10-27
• Blinded painfully — 2009-10-08
• Clubbed — 1993-12-27