Robespierre, Japan, Belarus-Soviet

On this day: July 27

Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution" (1794)

Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China (1941)

The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union (1990)

b: Norman Lear (1922), Celilia Muñoz (1962); d: Gertrude Stein (1946)

Community Organizing for the New Progressive Era