deaths
September 16, 2024
Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)
Song Binbin
Song Binbin, also known as Song Yaowu, was a Chinese woman who, as a 19-year old, began engaging in violence that led to a role as a senior leader in the Chinese Red Guards during the call to violence by Mao Zedong that was the Cultural Revolution. Although Song denied involvement, she was presumed present when a 50-year old teacher, Bian Zhongyun, was beaten to death by the female students of her school, reportedly the first killing of the Cultural Revolution.
September 16
September 16 is the 259th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 106 days remain until the end of the year.