This Day, That Year

Item from July 14, 1984, in China Daily: The 353-member Chinese delegation to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles has been swelled to 355 ... by two giant pandas.

Yong Yong and Ying Xin, two 3-year-old inhabitants of Beijing Zoo, took the flight across the Pacific yesterday to meet the athletes of the world.

After recovering from jet lag, the will stay in Los Angeles before going on a whistle-stop tour of US cities, including San Diego, Chicago and San Francisco ...