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Hu Yaobang dies of heart attack.
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Students perition for an audience with the government.
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Hu Yaobangs memorial stirs up more dissension
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Students begin strike
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Students meet witht he government to try and work out agreements, but leave unsatisfied.
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Students petition another audience with the government.
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Students gather in the square, in Beijing, China, a movement reminiscent of the May Fourth Movement of 1919.
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The first hunger strike begins.
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Student leaders meet with the government once again.
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Martial Law is declared by Deng Xiaoping.
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People's Liberation Army (PLA) retreats to the bouandries of Beijing and the students form the Aliiance to Protect the Constution.
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Tiananmen square headquarters formed; Chai Ling is appointed commander in Cheif.
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Workers protesting with students are arrested by the PLA.
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The PLA is sent by the government to the square. They use tear gas on demonstrators, armored vehicles and tanks enter the square and open fire.
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Man stands infront of column tansk as a protest and the chineese government lies and tell US there are no casualties.
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Foregin correspoondants are told to leave China and the government releases that there were 23 student deaths and hundreds of protestors and soldiers were killed.
