December 16, the day the Romanian Revolution began in Timisoara. Who was the first victim crushed by an Army TAB?

The day of December 16, 1989, went down in history as representing the beginning of the end for the regime led by Nicolae Ceauşescu.

December 16, 1989 | The day that changed the history of Romania. In Timișoara, the first “Down with Ceaușescu!” was shouted December 16, 1989 | The day that changed the history of Romania. In Timișoara, the first “Down with Ceaușescu!” was shouted December 16, 1989 is the day that changed the history of Romania. In Timișoara, the anti-communist Revolution began. The tone had been set on the evening of December 15, when hundreds of people gathere…

On December 16, 1989, hundreds of people gathered in Maria Square in Timisoara, and the day marked the outbreak of the Revolution, with fierce clashes between demonstrators and the police. On the same day, but in 2017, the funeral service of King Michael I of Romania took place.

According to László Tőkés, the popular uprising in Timisoara that broke out 35 years ago, leading to the overthrow of the communist regime in Romania, emerged from Hungarian-Romanian solidarity.