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Mao Zedong: 50th anniversary of his death on 9 September

Sep 9, 2026

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  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Chairman Mao with female Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. 1966 Chairman Mao with female Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. 1966. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People s Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death Editorial use only. All other uses to be cleared with the copyright owner (World History Archive), in advance., WHA_133_0767.jpg, Chairman Mao; Red Guards; Cultural Revolution; Mao Zedong; Chinese communist revolutionary; People s Republic of China; PRC; Communist Party of China; founding father; 1966; female Red Guards Copyright: xWorldxHistoryxArchivex
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Chairman Mao proclaiming the establishment of the People s Republic of China 1st October, in Beijing. (1949). Chairman Mao proclaiming the establishment of the People s Republic of China 1st October, in Beijing. (1949). Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People s Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Editorial use only. All other uses to be cleared with the copyright owner (World History Archive), in advance., WHA_133_0598.jpg, Chairman Mao; People s Republic of China; 1st October; Beijing; 1949; Mao Zedong; Chinese comm Copyright: xWorldxHistoryxArchivex
  • China: Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai during the Long March, c. 1935 The Long March was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People s Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army. There was not one Long March, but a series of marches, as various Communist armies in the south escaped to the north and west.<br ><br > The most well known is the march from Jiangxi province which began in October 1934. The First Front Army of the Chinese Soviet Republic, led by an inexperienced military commission, was on the brink of annihilation by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek s troops in their stronghold in Jiangxi province. The Communists, under th Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Mao Zedong proclaiming the founding of the People s Republic of China Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), Chinese Communist revolutionary proclaiming the founding of the People s Republic of China, 1949 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A30131
  • Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (1893 – 1976), Chairman Mao; with Deng Xiaoping (1904 – 1997) Chinese revolutionary and statesman. 917_05_WHA_100_0981
  • Mao Zedong December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader. led the People s Republic of China from 949 until his death in 1976 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives021007
  • A young Mao Zedong 1893 – 1976), Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader. Led the People s Republic of China 1949-1976 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives015946
  • Mao Zedong 1893 – 1976. Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader. He led the People s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives015361
  • Oct. 10, 1965 - Right to left: Mao Zedong, wife of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Vice President Soong Ching-ling, and Chou-en-lai. French English - ZUMAk09
  • Oct. 8, 1969 - Peking, China - CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG (December 26, 1893-September 9, 1976) waves to the crowd during a anniversary ceremony in Peking. Beijing China - ZUMAk09
  • Jan 01, 1964 - Beijing, China - MAO ZEDONG went from being a poor farmer s son to a revolutionaryeader, a general in World War II and the ruler of the world s most populousation. Alternately glorified and demonised, not only in the Western world,ut also in the China that he once ruled, his influence persists to this day. Beijing China - ZUMAk09