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6th January 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out the “Four Freedoms” in his State of the Union address

6th January 2026
Tagged as: America, Atlantic Charter, FDR, Four Freedoms, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedom, Second World War, United States, USA, World War 2, World War II

Roosevelt identified freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear that, together, provided a moral framework for US engagement in the war.

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3rd June 1989: Start of the Tiananmen Square massacre

3rd June 2021
Tagged as: China, Communism, Freedom, Protest

On the evening of the 3^rd June 1989, the People’s Liberation Army began firing on protesters taking part in the student-led Tiananmen Square protests.

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6th January 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out the “Four Freedoms” in his State of the Union address

3rd June 1989: Start of the Tiananmen Square massacre

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer

3rd September 1260: Battle of Ain Jalut allows the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt to permanently halt the Mongol advance

1st September 1604: The Sikh Adi Granth first installed at the Golden Temple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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