THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 18
August 18 in history
What happened on August 18: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1966, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Red Guard rallies in Tiananmen Square
18 Aug 1966 — Mao wore army uniform to review about a million Red Guards at Tiananmen. A schoolgirl pinned a Red Guard armband on his sleeve. This was the first of eight rallies that brought some 12 million young people to Beijing by late November, a sign to them that the Chairman himself stood behind their rebellion.
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