A joke circulated during this event bade participants to "Seize the Means of Projection!"
A joke circulated during this event bade participants to "Seize the Means of Projection!" During this event, the figure targeted left his aide Colonel-General Coman in command before taking a three-day trip to Iran. When he returned, that leader targeted by this event may have ordered the execution of his defense minister Vasile (*) Milea. This event began after citizens who had gathered to hear Father Laszlo Tokes battled riot police in the town of Timisoara.  During this event, the National Salvation Front was formed under Ion Iliescu, and most of the army sided with the people in battling the Securitate. For 10 points, name this event that basically ended on Christmas Day, 1989, with the shooting of Elena and Nicolae Ceaușescu following their flight from Bucharest.
A joke circulated during this event bade participants to "Seize the Means of Projection!"
Romanian Revolution of 1989 [accept things like overthrowing Ceaușescu or killing Ceaușescu before he's mentioned; accept anything similar to "revolution" as long as Romania is mentioned]