On June 4, 1989, the Chinese military violently suppressed peaceful protesters in China. Led by students seeking economic reform and freedom of speech, the country-wide protests lasted seven weeks, and peaked at about 500,000 protesters gathered in Tiananmen in Beijing. The 6-4 Incident, as it is known in China, became famous for the iconic imag

Over 36,000 Allied troops led by American Major General John P. Lucas landed in Italy on Jan. 22, 1944, and began a push toward Rome that included 150,000 more Allied soldiers and culminated with the liberation of the Italian capital six months later on June 4.