Mao Tse-Tung13 September 1971
Maos rival & Vice Chairman of the Party dies & many of his supporters are arrested
China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Maos rival & Vice Chairman of the Party dies & many of his supporters are arrested
After trying to overthrow Maos Government, Lin Biao dies in an airplane crash in Mongolia on his way to exile
Death of Mao Tse-Tung, age 82
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