1. At 9:57 a.m. on Jan. 8, Zhou Enlai, vice chairman of the Central Committee, premier of the State Council and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), died in Beijing at the age of 78 years.
2, March 25, the British Field Marshal, the militarist Montgomery died at the age of 89 years old.
3, June 6, China's first modern 100,000 tons of deep-water oil port Dalian New Port was completed.
4. On July 6, Comrade Zhu De, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, died in Beijing at the age of 90 years.
5. At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the Tangshan area of China's Hebei province, killing more than 240,000 people and injuring more than 160,000 others.
6. At 00:10 a.m. on Sept. 9, Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central Committee of China***, chairman of the Central Military Commission, honorary chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the main founder and leader of the Chinese*** Producer's Party, the People's Republic of China***, and the People's Liberation Army, passed away in Beijing.
7, October 6, Huairentang incident, Mao Zedong's widow Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, headed by the "Gang of Four" was arrested and subjected to quarantine review, marking the end of the decade-long "Cultural Revolution".
Baidu Encyclopedia-1976