OnFebruary 12, 1947, the Panglong Agreement was reached, and Burma was unified as an independent state. OnJanuary4, 1948, Burma gained its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, the Union of Burma was renamed Myanmar. Observing Independence Day in Myanmar On this holiday, the Ministry of ...
The Big Bang Few would have predicted that the Sex Pistols' first gig—in November 1975, at the Saint Martin's School of Art in central London—would be the start of an explosion of music. Not many even knew it was happening. That soon changed. Punk would create a space that other ba...