The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (also known as the People Power Uprising) were a series of marches; demonstrations; protests; and riots in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (today commonly known as Burma or Myanmar). Key events occurred on 8 August 1988; and therefore it is known as the 8888 Uprising.

General Thura Tin Oo (Burmese: ?????; IPA: [t?`? ?鷀; born 3 March 1927 in Pathein; often referred to as U Tin Oo) is a retired general; former commander in chief of the armed forces of Union of Myanmar; highly decorated soldier; pro-democracy activist and deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar. Pictures From History Lintner Collection