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PRC player Zhuang Zedong, at right, in 1961. On his bus ride with Glenn Cowan, Zedong hesitated before speaking to the American as he remembered a lifetime of anti-Western propaganda. His curiosity got the better of him, however, and "the rest is history". (Timetoast) On this day in 1971, the American Ping-Pong team began a…
A Bangladeshi poster commemorating their war for independence. (Flickr) On this day in 1971, the Pakistan Armed Forces (PAF) signed a formal ceasefire with India and the new nation of Bangladesh in the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender. The agreement ended the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Initial fighting had broken out…
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FBI sketch of D.B. Cooper and one of the suspects. (source: Dreshare.com) On this day in 1971, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 was hijacked by a man known as "D. B. Cooper" (or Dan Cooper). The flight was a 30-minute trip from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. Soon after takeoff, "Cooper" passed a note to…
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