Weatherday: No democracy for Tiananmen thousands

Newgrange (2010).

A rather cloudy morning, clearing to good sunny spells through the afternoon and evening. Slight chance of showers in morning until lunchtime.

Temperature up to 15deg in light northerly breezes, shifting to moderate north-easterly.

On this day in 1989, the Chinese Government called in the military to put down a pro-democracy protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square staged by more than 100,000 people. Hundreds subsequently died.

Photographs use Policy — Privacy Policy