Death of Mao Zedong
1976 · Event
Mao's death ends the Cultural Revolution era and opens the way for Deng Xiaoping's reforms.
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More from China
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Yuan dynasty (1271)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
Around 1976
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)