20 years ago today, U.S. President Bill Clinton and China’s Communist President Jiang Zemin appeared in a live joint news conference that was seen throughout China, with questions and answers that gave viewers an uncensored look at the differences between the two nations. They discussed trade, human rights, Chinese freedoms, and their views on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and the Dalai Lama. WATCH video highlights below, or full one-hour on YouTube… (1998)
MORE Good News on this Day:
- President John F. Kennedy visited his ancestral homeland from where his great grandfather set sail for America during the Irish potato famine of 1848, and reporters covered the joyful return (1963)
- President Richard Nixon, having made great progress over the previous two years in U.S.-Soviet relations, visited the U.S.S.R for the second time, arriving to a welcome ceremony, cheering crowds, and a state dinner with Brezhnev at the Grand Kremlin Palace — and for discussions of a proposed mutual defense pact, détente, and nuclear weapons (1973)
- Newly formed Queen played their first gig featuring Freddie Mercury (possibly still known as Freddie Bulsara) on vocals, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and Mike Grose on bass at Truro City Hall, Cornwall, England (1970)
- The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention adopted the ILO-169, a major binding international convention to respect the rights of indigenous peoples. It was ratified by 22 countries (1989)
- The first federal Do-Not-Call list went into effect…
