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Timeline of Events

1916

9.15.1916

World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

1991

3.9.1991

Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. Two people are killed and tanks are deployed in the streets.

1993

10.4.1993

Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.