Death of Hu Yaobang

On April 8, 1989, Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was hospitalized in Beijing due to a sudden heart attack. He died at 7:53 a.m. on April 15 at the age of 74, and his death served as a catalyst for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

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