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Students gather at Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Tens of thousands of college students gather in this central space to mourn the death of Hu Yoabang. -
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Tiananmen Square
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Protest Escilates
Protests spread to other cities and universities. Workers and officials join in as well. -
100,000 Students Rebel
100,000 university students meet up outside the Great Hall of the People, where Hu's memorial service is being held, and demand to meet Li Peng. -
Massive Protest
One in ten in ten of the Beijing population joins in the protest. -
Worldwide
The protest leaks to the rest of the world where they watched this unfold. -
Hunger Strike
160 students begin a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square -
Gorbachev arrives in Beijing
Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Beijing, but the hunger strike forces the government to not let him come in Tiananmen Square. -
Further Delay
The number of the hunger strike participants increase to 3,000, which further delays Gorbachev's arrival. -
Martial Law Declared
Students end their hunger strike as they learn of the martial law. They decide to have a massive sit in which draws about 1.2 million supporters. -
Military Brought In
The military was brought into the Tiananmen Square. -
Military Leaves
Government views the army being their as a humiliation and later withdraws the troops. -
The Assault Begins
People begin to learn of hundreds of thousands of military troops going to the square so they set up up barricades to block them. They began to yell at the soldiers and throw rocks at them, and even lit a bus on fire. The soldiers then began to fire on the unarmed protesters. Thousands were killed and injured. -
Massacre Continues
Troops were told to stop firing, but to clear the square, as they were told to do, they fired anyway. -
Tank Man
A lone man blocked a line of tanks by steping infront of them. His identity remained unknown as he was pulled into the crowd.