"Widener, a photographer with the Associated Press, was focusing his camera on a line of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square when out of the blue came this man in a white shirt and dark trousers, carrying what appeared to be shopping bags.
Widener thought the man was going to mess up the composition of his frame.
Little did he know that he was about to make one of the most iconic photos in history."
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/world/tiananmen-square-tank-man-cnnphotos/
"A day after Chinese military killed at least hundreds, if not thousands of demonstrators in Beijing in 1989, a wiry man in a white shirt stepped in front of a line of moving tanks near Tiananmen Square and become one of the most famous protesters of the 20th century.
Twenty-four years later, his identity is still a mystery."
https://qz.com/90764/what-happened-to-tank-man-chinas-most-famous-tiananmen-square-protester/
"After the massacre, an image of a man carrying a bag blocking the path of a tank has become the defining image of the democracy movement in China.
He became known as the 'Tank Man', or the 'Unknown Protester' or Unknown Rebel'.
As the lead tank maneuvered to pass by the man, he repeatedly shifted his position in order to obstruct the tank's attempted path around him.
The incident was filmed and smuggled out to a worldwide audience. Internationally, it is considered one of the most iconic images of all time."
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3021406/who-was-tank-man/
"Microsoft blocked images and videos around the world of "Tank Man," the unidentified protester during China's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
The photos were taken down globally from Bing, Microsoft's search engine, Friday — the 32nd anniversary of the event. A Microsoft (MSFT) spokesman said they were taken offline by mistake, attributing the removal to "human error." The images reappeared around the world — outside of China — on Saturday."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/tech/tank-man-tiananmen-square-microsoft/index.html
"Tank Man, a protester who tried to stop Chinese tanks moving through Tiananmen Square, has never been identified."
https://www.history.com/news/who-was-the-tank-man-of-tiananmen-square
"There are reports of a Mandela Effect in relation to the events of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. Some people seem to remember that the man who stood in front of the tank was run over and killed by the Chinese Army. Others who watched the same events are certain they saw him walking away from the scene completely safe."
https://mandelaeffect.net/tank-man-tiananmen-square-mandela-effect/
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