Zhao Ziyang
Zhao Ziyang was a Chinese politician. He was the third premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1982, and CCP general secretary from 1987 to 1989. He was in charge of the political reforms in China from 1986, but lost power for his support of the 1989 Tian'anmen Square protests.
17 October 1919
Born on the same birth date (17 October 1919): Isaak Khalatnikov • Violet Milstead
Born on the same birth day (17 October): Alan Jackson • Annie Borckink • Anthony Gill (basketball) • Constant Djakpa • Cozy Cole • Dmitry Pozharsky • Felicity Jones • Keerthy Suresh • Leopoldo Benites • Luis Alberto Solari • Pat McCrory • Robert Post (law professor) • Robert Williams III • Roberto Lippi • Rolando Panerai • Sydney Chapman (politician)
Born in the same month (October 1919): Art Blakey • Beate Uhse-Rotermund • Bob Boyd (baseball) • Donald Pleasence • Doris Miller • Edgar Laprade • Edward Brooke • Georges Duby • Isaak Khalatnikov • John W. Duarte • Magnus Wenninger • Malcolm Ross (balloonist) • Pierre Trudeau • Ric Nordman • Violet Milstead • William Kruskal