On October 6, 1976, following the death of Mao Zedong, China's new premier Hua Guofeng ordered the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ended the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House.
On this day in 1987, the National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center, comprising the National Theater and National Concert Hall, was inaugurated after six years of construction costing NT$7.5 billion.