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[–] candler33w@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 2 hours 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.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, good times. Thanks for this