One hundred thousand rioters gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest against the Chinese government.
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Pope Paschal I crowned Lothair I as the Emperor of Italy.
The US Air Force accidentally bombed the Belgian town of Mortsel.
Kurt Cobain from Nirvana committed suicide at age 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun.
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.
The war on the Pacific began after Chile declared war with Bolivia and Peru.
