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Death The trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were held on 25 December 1989 in Târgoviște , Romania . [ 1 ] The trial was conducted by an Extraordinary Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front .
The suspicious death of Vasile Milea, Ceaușescu's defence minister, later confirmed as a suicide (he had tried to incapacitate himself with a flesh wound but a bullet severed his artery), [63] was announced by the media. Immediately thereafter, Ceaușescu presided over the CPEx (Political Executive Committee) meeting and assumed the leadership ...
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.
Upon learning of Milea's death, Ceaușescu appointed Victor Stănculescu minister of defence. He accepted after a brief hesitation. He accepted after a brief hesitation. Stănculescu, however, ordered the troops back to their quarters without Ceaușescu's knowledge, and also persuaded Ceaușescu to leave by helicopter, thus making the dictator ...
Nicolae Ceaușescu (left), his parents (center) and his wife, Elena (right), in 1968. Nicolae Ceaușescu, who led Romania from 1965 to 1989, served as General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party.
The New York City Police Department is investigating the death, which occurred Monday and was captured in a video taken by Juan Alberto Vázquez and posted to a Facebook page called “Luces de ...
Remembering her friend. Ellen DeGeneres paid tribute to her former DJ, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, after the dancer died by reported suicide on Tuesday, December 13, at age 40. Ellen DeGeneres and ...
The overwhelming reaction to watching Tarrant County jailers brawl with Anthony Johnson Jr., to one subduing him with a knee, to Johnson’s cries that he can’t breathe, is revulsion.. Revulsion ...