By the time the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976 an estimated minimum of 400,000 people had died through torture, execution, or suicide.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The area governed by Kublai Khan was enormous and swept from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Black Sea in the west, and from Afghanistan in the south to Siberia in the north.
The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.
Scientists have since judged that the earthquake had a magnitude of around 8.0 on the Richter scale, and have had no reason to question the traditional estimates of around 830,000 deaths.
The Chinese government appealed to the League of Nations for assistance, and the League promptly passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Japanese troops.
On 4 August 221 Lady Zhen, the wife of Cao Pi of Wei of the Three Kingdoms, died.
On the evening of the 3rd June 1989, the People’s Liberation Army began firing on protesters taking part in the student-led Tiananmen Square protests.
The world’s earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was created in China.
The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World War.
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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