THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 4
April 4 in history
What happened on April 4: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1971, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Ping-pong diplomacy
4 Apr 1971 — At the world championships in Nagoya, the American player Glenn Cowan boards the Chinese team’s bus and is greeted by its star, Zhuang Zedong. Days later Mao approves an invitation to the US team; on 14 April Zhou Enlai receives them in Beijing. Washington read the signal at once.
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