What is so special about the date - 8.8.88

8TH AUGUST 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most sad and tragic days in the history of modern Burma.  On 8th August 1988 upwards of 3,000 students and supporters demonstrating on the streets of Rangoon, Mandalay, and other Burmese towns were brutally massacred by the military,  who have been in power for almost 50 years.