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24 Dec 1989, Bucharest, Romania --- Soldiers keeps a lookout on the streets of Bucharest. As demonstrations spread to Bucharest, troops side with demonstrators while Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife flee, only to be captured, tried, convicted and charged with mass murder. The Ceausescus were executed on December 25 1989. --- Image by Patrick Durand/Sygma/Corbis