Tuesday 29 May 2012

On this day

May 30: Lod Massacre Remembrance Day in Puerto Rico 1814 – The War of the Sixth Coalition ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which deposed Napoleon and restored Louis XVIII (pictured) to the French throne. 1899 – Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart performed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona. 1925 – Shanghai Municipal Police officers opened fire on Chinese protesters in the city's International Settlement, giving rise to a major labor and anti-imperalist movement. 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland with Northcote in the former North Shore City, New Zealand, was officially opened. 1972 – Members of the Japanese Red Army carried out the Lod Airport massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, killing over 20 people and injuring almost 80 others.

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