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![Interior of the shelter, currently maintained as a memorial to the bombing [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/amiriyahBombing.jpg)
On this day in 1991, during the Gulf War, at least 408 Iraqi civilians were killed when an air-raid shelter in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad was destroyed by two U.S. Air Force "smart bombs".
Image: Interior of the shelter, currently maintained as a memorial to the bombing [Wikipedia]
![Aung San, 1947 [Encyclopedia Britannica]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/aungSan.jpg)
Aung San, born on this day in 1915, was a Burmese revolutionary nationalist who was instrumental in helping Burma achieve independence from British imperialists, however he was assassinated six months before independence was formalized.
Image: Aung San, 1947 [Encyclopedia Britannica]
The Nashville Sit-ins began on this day in 1960 when 124 students protesting segregation walked into downtown Nashville stores and were refused service at their lunch counters. On May 10th, six downtown stores integrated.