apr 24, 1915 - Armenian Genocide starts

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One of the first modern genocides, it was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population under sultan Abdul Hamid II. The Ottoman military uprooted Armenians from their homes, they were marched to death, starved, murdered, gassed, raped which resulted in approximately 1.5 million Armenian lives. The genocide has continued to be denied by the Turks.