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Tiananmen Square

Remembering Tiananmen Square, the internet's first social network, the early years of Sesame Street, the overthrow of Emperor Bokassa and the death of India's first prime minister

A student protester's perspective on the Tiananmen Square massacre, the first social network on the internet, the surprisingly controversial early years of Sesame Street, the overthrow of Emperor Bokassa in the CAR, and the death of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Picture: Dan Wang speaking in Tiananmen Square (credit: Peter Turnley/Corbis/Getty Images)

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