Nixon goes to China
February 21, 1972
Richard Nixon stepped off Air Force One in Beijing and shook hands with Zhou Enlai, ending twenty-three years of mutual non-recognition between the United States and the People's Republic. He met Mao in his book-cluttered study. The Cold War had been reshaped. Moscow was suddenly isolated. Nixon called it the week that changed the world.
In context
Also in 1972 (6 other events on record)
- Watergate burglary · North America · Politics
- Munich Olympics massacre · Europe · War
- Bloody Sunday in Derry · Europe · Politics
- Pong arrives in bars · North America · Technology
- Uganda expels its Asians · Africa · Politics
- Managua earthquake · North America · Disaster
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1971: Greenpeace founded
- After: January 22, 1973: Roe v. Wade
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.