Sunday, May 4, 2008
On This Day in History, May 4th...
1919: May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
1942: Songwriter Nickolas Ashford is born in Fairfield, S.C. He and his wife, Valerie Simpson will co-write many pop hits.
1961: American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
1969: No Place to Be Somebody opens in New York. It will win the Pulitzer Prize the next year.
1989: Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.
PROPS TO THE YELLOW REBEL & HIS BLOG
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Thanks for the props but it should really read
1986: A cynical Chinese-American kid is born coincidentally on the same day as one of the most important dates in Chinese history. This child will go on to be a blogger for On the Writer's Block and create a spin-off blog titled "Yellow Rebel." An obvious homage to the events that took place on 1919....
I kid I kid...
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