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Under heavy fire, she grounds off Rose Island. After an abortive rescue attempt on April 26, she anchors 10 mi km upstream. Negotiations with the Communists to let the ship leave drag on for weeks, during which time the ship's cat Simon raises the crew's morale.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#April", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Mao Zedong admits that 800,000 \"class enemies\" had been summarily liquidated in China between 1949 and 1954.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#Date_unknown", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – National People's Congress elects Liu Shaoqi as Chairman of the People's Republic of China, as a successor of Mao Zedong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#April", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 30", "text": "September 30 – Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in Beijing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#September", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – Mao Zedong advocates that educated urban youth in China be sent for re-education in the countryside. It marks the start of the \"Up to the mountains and down to the villages\" movement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#November–December", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21–28 – U.S. President Richard Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#February", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The People's Republic of China announces that Hua Guofeng is the successor to Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party following the latter's death on September 9 from a heart attack.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#October", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › October"}}]}