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The 2018 Surabaya bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that initially occurred on 13 May 2018 in three churches in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia and the capital of East Java province. The explosions occurred at Immaculate Saint Mary Catholic Church ( Gereja Katolik Santa Maria Tak Bercela, SMTB) on Ngagel Madya Street ...
Early reports said that about 18 people, including 16 Iraqi civilians and two United States Department of Defense workers were killed, while another 56 Iraqi civilians were wounded. [1] Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon praises the Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Zvi Mazel , for vandalising the artwork entitled " Snow White and The Madness of ...
The Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence ( Indonesian: Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia, abbreviated as PPKI, Japanese: 独立準備委員会, romanized : Dokuritsu Junbi Iinkai) was a body established on 7 August 1945 to prepare for the transfer of authority from the occupying Japanese to Indonesia. It approved and ...
Jakarta ( / dʒəˈkɑːrtə /; Indonesian pronunciation: [dʒaˈkarta] ⓘ, Betawi: Jakartè ), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta [14] ( Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, abbreviated to DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the nation's capital city and the centre of the largest metropolis of Indonesia.
The Falun Gong qigong movement uses a symbol that features a large swastika surrounded by four smaller (and rounded) ones, interspersed with yin-and-yang symbols. Heathenry. The swastika is a holy symbol in neopagan Germanic Heathenry, along with the hammer of Thor and runes. This tradition – which is found in Scandinavia, Germany, and ...
The International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996 concluded that the Ikiza was a genocide. [109] As much as 10% to 15% of the Hutu population of Burundi killed [108] Bangladesh genocide. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) 1971. 300,000 [110] 3,000,000 [111] [112]
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Part of the Cold War, the Revolutions of 1989 and the Chinese democracy movement Protesters in Tiananmen Square on 2 June (top), and tanks in Beijing in July (bottom) Date Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 (1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) Massacre: 3–4 June 1989; 34 years ago Location Beijing, China and 400 cities nationwide Tiananmen Square ...
1,490–1,635. RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 ( ship's time) [a] on 14 April.