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Demonstration for Democracy

Demonstration for Democracy
Romania’s antigovernment demonstrations of December 16 to 22, 1989, brought an end to the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu when the army joined the uprising. Before the month’s end, Ceauşescu and his wife, Elena, were captured, tried, and executed.
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