While Mao Zedong made his last appearance, a Soviet pilot defected, and Ellen DeGeneres went to senior prom. What a time to be alive! We've already given you 27 Photos of What the World Looked ...

The founder the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, died on September 9 ... The foreign diplomatic corps also paid its last respects. In his diary entry of September 14, Swiss Ambassador ...