It began with a student protest at the end of September 1976. They opposed the return of a former dictator to rule Thailand, Thanom Kittikachorn.
In early October of that year, thousands of people gathered in Thammasat. They unite to prevent Thanom's rein's return from exile for three years.
Then on October 4, the students held a drama depicting the death penalty process of two student activists by the police.
Reported by the Daily Mail, for weeks radio broadcasts mention that Thammasat is an antonymous communist rebel nest. High tension at that time was inevitable.
On October 6, 1976, paramilitary and police forces surrounded thousands of students on campus.
The violence began when authorities fired M-16s and threw grenades. But the military says that the students who fired something first - although this is always denied by the demonstrators.
For several hours, the troops fired, beat, raped and killed unarmed students as they tried to escape.
The confusion was used to justify a military coup on the same day.
Reported by Time, official figures say that the death toll from the incident as many as 46 people and 167 others injured. More than 3,000 students were arrested in the event known as the 'Thammasat Massacre'.
However, up to now the death toll in the massacre on campus in Thailand is still debated. The survivors said the number was more than 100 people.
In addition to the Thammasat massacre event, on the same date a Cubana airline, Cubana, with the number 455 of Barbados-Jamaica route exploded by two C-4 time bombs. The iron bird fell from a height of 18,000 feet shortly after takeoff.
All 73 passengers were killed. 5 of which were crew members, 57 Cubans, 11 Guineans, 5 North Koreans, and 24 members of the 1975 Olympic fencing team.
Meanwhile on October 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot from close range. At that time he was watching a military parade commemorating the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
