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Alan Freed

1894–First Sino-Japanese War:Aftercapturingthe Chinese city ofPort Arthur,the Japanese army begana massacre of the city's soldiers and civilians.
1959– Americandisc jockeyAlan Freed(pictured),who popularized the termrock and roll,was fired fromWABC-AMfor his role in thepayolascandal.
1964– TheVerrazzano-Narrows Bridge,connectingStaten IslandandBrooklynin New York City, opened to traffic as thelongest suspension bridge in the worldat the time.
1974–Bombs explodedin twopubsin centralBirmingham,England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment ofsix people who were later exonerated.
2009–An explosionin a coal mine inHeilongjiang,China, killed 108 miners.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy activists

Song Zhenzhong

... thatSong Zhenzhong(pictured),the son ofSong QiyunandXu Linxia,was detained by theKuomintangbefore his first birthday and executed at the age of eight?
... thatNapoleon IIIwas buried inSt Mary's Church, Chislehurst,before his remains were moved toFarnborough Abbey15 years later?
... thatSankar Montoutebecame the first NFL player from Trinidad and Tobago in 1987?
... thata San Francisco–area radio stationsometimes had to be quiet to avoid disturbing patients at a nearby dentist's office?
... thatBethwel Henrywas the first Micronesian to receive a degree in his field, and served as a United Nations delegate at the age of 25?
... that the novelBloody Bread,about the struggles of Polish immigrants in the US, was briefly criticized by communist censors for "glorifying the United States"?
... thatLeonardo DiCapriowas set to star in the film adaptation ofLeonardo da Vinci?
... that thefishing catmainly inhabitswetlandsand preys predominantly on fish?
... thatEwa Ligockacooked another mathematician's goose?