MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · February 28
THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 28
February 28 in history
1972 — Nixon in China
21–28 Feb 1972 — The arch anti-communist toasts Mao in Beijing and signs the Shanghai Communiqué. The triangle is complete: each communist power now fears the other more than the West.
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