May 35th

English

Etymology

The number 35 is derived from the date in June 4, plus the 31 days in the previous month of May.

Proper noun

May 35th

1. The fourth of June, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, known in China as the June Fourth Incident.
   • 2009 June 4, Shih-Chieh Ilya Li, “Today in China, May 35th”, in Pah‎^[1] (Usenet):

     This is known within China, to the people who know about it, as the June Fourth Incident. More recently it has been referred to covertly as May 35th.

Usage notes

• A covert reference, since variations of the date June 4 are periodically banned from internet postings and search engines within China.