When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV PART 1

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In December 1989, Nicolae Ceaușescu gave a speech that was supposed to show Romania he was still in charge. Three days later, he and his wife were executed on national TV. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Unsplash Video Credits: "Ultimul discurs a lui Ceaușescu" – 21 Dec 1989 "14th Congress of PCR" – 20 Nov 1989 "TVR Nicolae Ceaușescu communique and factory workers" – 20 Dec 1989 "Central Committee being occupied by protesters" – 22 Dec 1989 "Inside Central Committee after Ceaușescus flee" – 22 Dec 1989 "Nicolae Ceaușescu fleeing with the helicopter" – 22 Dec 1989 "People on the streets happy" – 22 Dec 1989 "University Square in the morning" – 22 Dec 1989 "Ceaușescu Nicolae and Elena trial" – 25 Dec 1989 "Ion Iliescu at TVR" – 26 Dec 1989 Music Credits: Penguin History Sources: The Romanian Revolution of December 1989 by Peter Siani-Davies (2005) Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu’s Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption by Ion Mihai Pacepa (1987) The Rise and Fall of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu by Mark Almond (1992) The Anticommunist Romanian Revolution of 1989 by Marius Mioc (2014) Skipped Bullets, Stood Alive: 1989 Romanian Revolution Through a Soldier’s Eyes by Cătălin Gruia (2021)