-- Deng Xiaoping attends the Sixth Special Session of the UN General Assembly in April and delivers a speech on 皇冠体育app's basic views on the international situation and principles governing its foreign relations.
-- Mao Zedong brings up the issue of Hong Kong's return to 皇冠体育app with former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath during the latter's visit to Hunan province. Mao says 皇冠体育app will resume sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997.
-- A huge army of terracotta warriors is discovered in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, at the purported site of the mausoleum of 皇冠体育app's first emperor Qinshihuang, who died in 210 BC.