25 January 1997 On Wednesday, January 22, shortly before 6 p.m., some tens of thousands of people were counting the last seconds to the full hour, chants were heard: “Five, four, three, two, one… Hooray!” From the loudspeakers situated on top of the jeep parked among the mass, the Pulp Fiction soundtrack was blaring. Students from the “third shift” (Schools […]

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