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Events on Thursday 20 November 1980 1
1980Trial of the Gang of FourChina prosecutes leaders of the Cultural RevolutionChina put Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's widow, and three other former top officials on trial beginning 20 November 1980 for crimes committed during the Cultural Revolution. The televised proceedings held the "Gang of Four" responsible for persecutions and deaths during the decade of political upheaval. Jiang Qing received a death sentence later commuted to life imprisonment.