In May 1989, nearly a million people, mostly students, crowded into central Beijing to join ongoing protests for greater democracy and political and economic freedoms. For nearly three weeks, protesters kept up daily vigils and marches. But on #ThisDayInHistory in 1989, Chinese troops and security police stormed through Tiananmen Square, firing indiscriminately into the crowds of protestors. https://www.history.com/news/who-was-the-tank-man-of-tiananmen-square?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=soci