Friday, 23 August 2024 10:13
Gallupsun Staff
On Sept. 2, 1945, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France following Japan’s World War II surrender, in a proclamation stating, “All men are born equal: the Creator has given us inviolable rights, life, liberty, and happiness!” It would take another 30 years for his vision of a united communist Vietnam to become a reality, however.
On Sept. 3, 2004, a hostage crisis at School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia ended n a gun battle between Chechen errorists and Russian security forces. More than 300 people were killed, many of them children, and hundreds more were injured. The terrorists’ demands included the withdrawal of Russian troops from...