1989 - Romania - Dictator Ceaușescu & Wife Elena Executed by Firing Squad on X’mas Day - 25/12/89

附加华语说明 (请览读以下评论部分) 1989 Romanian Revolution: In a Nutshell... Date of revolution: 16 Dec 1989 to 25 Dec 1989 Major cities of violent uprising: Arad, Brașov, Bucharest, Târgoviște and Timișoara among other cities. Consequences of revolution: Revolutionaries’ victory; overthrow of the Socialist Republic of Romania, capture and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. Total no. of people killed is disputed - figures range from 689 to 1290. __________________________________________________ Sequence of events: 22 Dec 1989: At 2000 hrs Singapore Time (SGT), Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (formerly SBC, now known as Mediacorp) reported via its 8pm Chinese TV News bulletin that the State Chairman (President) of Romania - Nicolae Ceaușescu - had fled abroad, probably to China or Iran. This news report was later confirmed to be untrue. At no time during the Romanian Revolution did Nicolae & Elena Ceaușescu leave Romania. 24 Dec 1989: Ion Iliescu, head of the newly formed Council of the National Salvation Fr
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