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Romanian state television announced that Nicolae Ceaușescu had been responsible for the deaths of 60,000 people; [3] the announcement did not make clear whether this was the number killed during the Romanian Revolution in Timișoara [4] [5] [6] or throughout the 24 years of Ceaușescu's rule. Nevertheless, the charges did not affect the trial.
The Western press [who?] published estimates of the number of people killed by Securitate forces. The count increased rapidly until an estimated 64,000 fatalities were reported across front pages. [ 64 ]
A French journalist, Jean-Louis Calderon, was killed. A street near University Square was later named after him, as well as a high school in Timișoara. Belgian journalist Danny Huwé was shot and killed on 23 or 24 December 1989. [46] [47] An ABI armoured car used by the USLA in December 1989
On 8 November 1945, King Michael's name day, a pro-monarchy demonstration in front of the Royal Palace in Bucharest escalated into street fights between opposition supporters and soldiers, police and pro-government workers, resulting in dozens of killed and wounded; Soviet officers restrained Romanian soldiers and police from firing on ...
The Memorial of Rebirth (Memorialul Renașterii in Romanian) is a memorial in Bucharest, Romania that commemorates the struggles and victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism.
Elena Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku]; born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 [2] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Early in the 1970s, Western countries were willing to fund Romania's acquisition of technology through loans given on political considerations. [2] Romania's debt to Western creditors rose from just $1.2 billion in 1971 to a peak of $13 billion in 1982. [6]
Betrayed by Decius and killed as a result of the Battle of Verona. [53] [54] Philip II: Rome: Murdered by the Praetorian Guard. [53] [54] Volusianus: Co-Emperors of Rome: August 253: Terni: Assassinated by their own centurions, in favour of Aemilian. [55] Trebonianus Gallus: Aemilianus: Emperor of Rome: September 253: Spoleto: Assassinated by ...