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June 4, 1989, Chinese troops and security police stormed through Tiananmen Square, firing indiscriminately into crowds of student protesters. Tens of thousands of students tried to escape the rampaging gov't forces. Some fought back, stoning the troops, overturning military vehicles and setting them on fire. Reporters on the scene estimated that at least 300, and maybe thousands of students were killed, and as many as 10,000 were arrested.
 

On July 5, 1946, Louis Réard introduced his new swimsuit design at a poolside fashion show at the Piscines Molitor pool in Paris.

The name bikini was taken from the Bikini Atoll where atomic bomb testing had recently taken place.

None of Réard's regular models would agree to wear the risqué suit so he recruited Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris.

The small box she is holding was to illustrate that the swimsuit would fit in the box.

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On July 5, 1946, Louis Réard introduced his new swimsuit design at a poolside fashion show at the Piscines Molitor pool in Paris.

The name bikini was taken from the Bikini Atoll where atomic bomb testing had recently taken place.

None of Réard's regular models would agree to wear the risqué suit so he recruited Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris.

The small box she is holding was to illustrate that the swimsuit would fit in the box.
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SHOES ON THE DANUBE BANK, Budapest, Hungary
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Shoes on the Danube Promenade is a haunting tribute to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII, created by film director Can Togay and the sculptor, Gyula Pauer.

Installed along the bank of the Danube River in Budapest, the monument consists of 60 pairs of 1940s-style shoes, true to life in size and detail, sculpted out of iron. The style of footwear - a man’s work boot; a business man’s loafer; a woman’s pair of heels; even the tiny shoes of a child - were chosen specifically to illustrate how no one, regardless of age, gender, or occupation was spared. Placed in a casual fashion, as if the people just stepped out of them, these little statues are a grim reminder of the souls who once occupied them - yet they also create a beautiful place of reflection and reverence.


This memorial is simple yet chilling, depicting the shoes left behind by the thousands of Jews who were brutally shot along the banks of the Danube River by the Arrow Cross(fascist party). The victims were forced to remove their shoes at gunpoint.
At three points along the memorial are cast iron signs with the following text in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew: “To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April 2005.”

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