Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

June 4, 1989

Chinese tanks gather before the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Known as the June Fourth Incident in China, troops armed with assault ripes and fired at protestors trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square. The estimated death toll varies from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more having been wounded in the incident.

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