THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 31
January 31 in history
What happened on January 31: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1949, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Surrender of Beiping
31 Jan 1949 — Encircled and hopeless after Tianjin’s 29-hour fall, General Fu Zuoyi negotiates: the garrison marches out, the PLA marches in, and the old capital — its palaces, its universities — passes without a shell. In October it will be the capital again.
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