Aug. 5, 2025

The Murder of Vice Principal Bian Zhongyun

The Murder of Vice Principal Bian Zhongyun

August 5, 1966. Students at a school in Beijing, China beat a teacher to death, one of the first fatalities of the Cultural Revolution.


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