1989 Student Protest Tiananmen Square
1989: 100,000 students gather at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate Hu Yaobang the deposed reform-minded leader of the Chinese Communist Party and voice their discontent with China's authoritative communist government. This was the beginning of the mass demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing prior to the Chinese Government declaring martial law in May of the same year which led to the June Massacres by Chinese troops killing hundreds of demonstrators and arresting thousands of protesters and other suspected dissidents. Find More What happened in 1989
1987 Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers
1987: Tamil Tigers plant a massive bomb in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo killing more than 100 and injuring a further 300. The Tamil extremists known as the Tamil Tigers are fighting for an independent homeland. The problems continued to worsen with 1,000's killed over the next 15 years but in 2002 the government and Tamil Tiger rebels signed a permanent cease fire agreement with the government agreeing to recognize the Tamil Tigers and the Tamil Tigers dropping demands for a separate state. In 2004 the problems and fighting have flared up again and rising levels of violence are again threatening the truce.
1836 Texas Independence from Mexico
1836: Texans led by Sam Houston defeat the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas' independence.
1918 "The Red Baron" German Fighter Ace Killed
1918: Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the "Red Baron," credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories was killed in action during World War I.
1924 Persia Air Race Round The World
1924: The British / American Race By Air around the world has the British ahead by 265 miles after landing and taking off from Bushire in Persia.
1930 Ohio Prison Fire
1930: A fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320 inmates, and many burn to death when they are not unlocked from their cells.
1934 UK Nessie
1934: The Daily Mail publishes The "Surgeon's (Robert Kenneth Wilson) Photograph" is supposed to be the first photo of a head and neck of the Loch Ness Monster, and is one of the most iconic Nessie photos. Since 1994, most who have studied the photo in detail agree the photo was an elaborate hoax.
1937 Scotland Mrs Simpson
1937: With the marriage of Mrs Simpson to the Duke of Windsor planned for June, questions about the validity of Mrs Wallace Warfield Simpson divorce from her first husband have been questioned in The Scotsman.
1941 UK German Bombing Plymouth
1941: German Bombers Bombed with fire and explosives on the South Coast City of Plymouth for many hours overnight causing fires throughout the city.
1945 Red Army enters Berlin
1945: Russian troops capture outlying suburbs of Berlin at the beginning of what promises to be a bitter battle for control of the city.
1955 UK Fleet Street Newspaper Worker Strike
1955: The strike which has stopped British National Newspapers from appearing for nearly a month has ended and Fleet Street newspapers are back on the streets after the strike by maintenance men who are members of the electricians' and engineers' unions agree to a wage increase of just over £2 a week.
1956 USA Elvis Presley First Number 1
1956: Elvis Presley has his first number one hit with "Heartbreak Hotel" which tops of the Billboard charts.
2004 Iraq Suicide Bombers
2004: Five suicide bombers detonated car bombs by police buildings in Basra, Iraq, killing at least 74 people.
2007 Iraq Complaints Made About Baghdad Wall
2007: A senior politician in Iraq has condemned the U.S. military's decision to build a three-mile wall around the Sunni parts of Baghdad. Adnan al-Dulaimi is the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in the Iraqi parliament, and said that the construction of the wall has begun without the council's approval. "This will make the whole district a prison," said one of the area's residents. The U.S. military has reported that troops are building the wall to separate the Azamiyah district from the nearby Shi'ite neighborhoods. A U.S. spokesmen has called this to be the centerpiece of their strategy to end the sectarian violence that is taking place there. Over the next few days more protest come including the Iraqi Prime Minister has asked for an end to the construction of a concrete wall around the Azamiyah district of Baghdad. Nouri Maliki has said that there were other ways of protecting the area. The U.S. army has said that the wall is being made to prevent violence between Sunni and Shi'ite militants, although some Iraqi politicians have warned that it will only increase the area's sectarian tensions. About seven thousand Iraqis have taken to the streets in protest of the wall.
2012 Train Crash in Netherlands Injures Many
2012: About 117 people were injured after two passenger trains collided near Sloterdijk in the area of Amsterdam. At least sixteen of the people were seriously injured and one woman aged 68 died as a result of her injuries sustained in the crash. Neither of the trains were derailed.
2014 United States Kraft Recalls Hot Dogs
2014: Kraft Foods issued a voluntary recall of 96,000 pounds of Oscar-Meyer hot dogs that had been mislabeled. The company stated that some of their "Classic Cheese Dogs" had been place in regular hot dog packaging, which could be dangerous for people with dairy allergies.
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