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by Tondoteottotote on April 21st, 2006

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When the Romanian Revolution was in progress in 1989, Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife flew aimlessly around the country by helicopter. He eventually had to land and was executed not long afterward. Why didn't he simply flee the country?

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  • by American-In-Training on December 4th, 2006

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    Note to Answerbag staff:

    This category is mis-spelt. Romania is correctly spelt with an O not U, which you incorrectly show it (Rumania). It is named after the Romans, in case you didn't know.

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  • by Alatea on April 22nd, 2006

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    Ceausescu and his wife attempted to flee but were captured, given a brief trial on charges of genocide and gross abuses of power, and the couple were shot dead by a firing squad on Christmas Day, 1989. Video of the trial and pictures of the bodies of Ceausescu and his wife were broadcast on Romanian state television to show the country that the tyrant was dead. With the dictator gone, the protests soon settled down and Romania could begin to move on. The fall of Romanian communism was a dramatic and violent break from the jubilant rallies seen in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/romania.htm

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  • by Huxleypiguk on April 19th, 2008

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    He seriously didn't believe, until it was too late, that the people would turn against him. He thought he had the army on his side and that he was safe.

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