THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 5
April 5 in history
What happened on April 5: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1971 and 1976, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Manifesto of the 343
5 Apr 1971 — In Le Nouvel Observateur, 343 women declare that they have had illegal abortions and dare the state to prosecute them. Simone de Beauvoir and Catherine Deneuve are among them. The state never prosecutes them.
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— Tiananmen Incident
4–5 Apr 1976 — Huge crowds mark the Qingming festival for the dead by laying wreaths and poems for Zhou Enlai in Tiananmen Square. Many of the poems attack Jiang Qing and her allies. On the night of the 5th, militia and police use clubs to clear the square. The Politburo calls the gathering counter-revolutionary and strips Deng Xiaoping of his posts.
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