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[-] candler33w@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Here is the real headline from that day.

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/10/world/36-said-to-die-in-burmese-protests-as-troops-battle-with-thousands.html

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

Ah, good times. Thanks for this

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you. Not a funny headline day.

If anyone wants to know how that turned out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888_Uprising
In Summary: Not good.

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