International History
1948 - The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends.
1956 -- Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev harshly denounces late Josef Stalin in a speech before the 20th Communist Party congress in Moscow.
1994 -- American-born Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle inside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before he is subdued and beaten to death by survivors. Subsequent rioting kills 26 more Palestinians and 9 Israelis.
History of SE Asia
1986 -- 'People Power Revolution'. President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election. Corazon Aquino assumes the presidency.
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