2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2014 Event World leaders gather in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day; Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine 2012 Event In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt 2011 Event In Hong Kong, tens of thousands gather in Tiananmen Square to remember victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests 2011 Event Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2011 Event In Vietnam, 1,400 members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam gather to vote for new leaders 2010 Event Kyrgyzstan unrest continues as over 1,000 people in Jala-Abad gather in the towns main square denouncing Otunbayeva's interim government and chanting pro-Bakiev slogans 1977 Event Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference 1945 Event Delegates of 46 countries gather in San Francisco to discuss U.N. 1880 Event 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South Africa 1787 Event Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution 1591 Birthday Robert Herrick, England, poet, Gather ye rosebuds, baptized
