Person    | Female  Died 2/7/1993

victims of the Hungarian uprising of 1956

Thousands died fighting, others were tortured and executed. 200,000 were forced to flee.

Group, Tragedy, Hungary

Sharpeville Massacre

This took place near the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng). After a day of demonstrations against pass laws (these were an internal pa...

Event, Race Issues, Tragedy, South Africa

Tom Holmes

British, killed by the Bali bomb, age 39.

Person, Tragedy

Robert Rowbottom

Person, Tragedy

Pocahontas

Native American daughter of an Algonquian chief; birth date approximate. According to colonist John Smith, when he was being held captive by her tribe the 11-year old Pocahontas saved his life by b...

Person, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, USA