History by People

<p>On this day in 1989, November 24, in Prague, the entire top leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia resigned.</p> <p>The causes and events leading to that resignation are many; but among them are an extremely large&nbsp;<strong>peaceful</strong>, popular uprising.</p> <p>Four days earlier, on November 20, a crowd of of 200,000 protesting Czechs had swelled to 500,000. In that high-energy environment, a bold, freedom-loving playwright, soon-to-become President, Vaclav Havel, addressed the crowd, while standing on this balcony:</p> <p><a href="https://carey-rowland-glasshalffull.medium.com/history-by-people-59b58ce96365"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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