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1991 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship 1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C. 1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) 1947 Rosie Barnes, born in Nottingham, England, born Rosemary Susan Allen, politician, founding member of the Social Democratic Party, served the Council for Social Democracy, charity organizer 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy 1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy 1938 Ricardo Lagos, born in Santiago, Chile, politician, lawyer, Socialist Party, Party for Democracy, 33rd President of Chile, professor, Brown University 1933 Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67 1933 Hitler promises parliamentary democracy 1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic 1882 Leonard Nelson, German philosopher, Democracy und Fuhrerschaft 1824 John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer, Democracy in America 1784 Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy 1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher, Jeffersonian Democracy 1647 Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies 1641 General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution |
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