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24 Dec. 1989
Bucharest, Romania
File photo of armed civilians making the victory sign at a check point at the Universitatii metro station in Bucharest December 24, 1989. More than 1,000 Romanians were killed across Romania during clashes between demonstrators and Ceausescu's security forces, in what amounted to eastern Europe's most violent anti-communist revolution. The country's communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was toppled and shot on Christmas Day, 1989. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (ROMANIA REVOLUTION)
