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Events on Thursday 8 January 1976 1
1898 – 1976Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)Died 8 January 1976, aged 77Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death, succumbed to bladder cancer in Beijing. His death triggered widespread public mourning that erupted into the Tiananmen Incident in April 1976. He had been a central figure in Chinese Communist Party leadership for decades.