1992. Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Start of siege of Sarajevo and the war (1992-1995).

Commemorates the beginning of the war between Muslims, Serbs and Croats (1992-1995) and the siege of capital Sarajevo, which left 11,541 dead.

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1944. Bregnier Cordon (France). Arrest and extermination of Jewish children.

In memory of the 44 children, five teachers and the director of the Maison d'Izieu (Cologne Jewish refugee children) arrested by the Nazi criminal Klaus Barbie, 6 April 1944, deported and exterminated in the camps, or shot for being Jews.

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1872. Uruguay. Revolution of the spears.

Revolt of the National Party members against the government of Lorenzo Batlle, claiming the representation of minorities (National Party) in the Uruguayan government.

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