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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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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

21st October 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar sees the British Navy under the command of Nelson defeat the combined fleets of France and Spain

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession

19th October 1935: League of Nations imposes sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia

18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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