Today in China History (Part 4)

Historical Events

Results 301 - 400 of 553

1956-05-16 - Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
1958-05-23 - Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
1958-07-31 - Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet
1958-08-23 - China PR resumes fire on Quemoi & Matsoe
1958-08-23 - Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
1959-03-10 - Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
1959-03-28 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama
1959-03-31 - Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
1959-04-27 - Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR
1959-04-27 - The last Canadian missionary leaves the People's Republic of China.
1959-08-24 - Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1959-10-23 - Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
1960-02-12 - Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
1960-06-09 - Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1960-08-13 - USSR draws adviseors out of China
1961-02-16 - China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
1961-02-19 - Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"
1961-10-05 - China & Nepal sign treaty
1962-07-21 - Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary
1962-09-08 - Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
1962-10-10 - Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack
1962-10-20 - Chinese army lands in India
1962-11-21 - The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
1964-10-16 - China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
1965-04-20 - People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1965-05-14 - 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
1965-09-07 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
1965-09-09 - Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
1965-11-17 - General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR
1966-04-01 - China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
1966-05-09 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966-10-27 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966-12-28 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1967-06-17 - 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
1967-06-17 - China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
1967-07-24 - Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City
1967-08-21 - China reports downing of 2 US bombers
1967-09-11 - Indian/Chinese border fights
1967-12-24 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1968-10-16 - China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji
1968-12-27 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969-03-02 - Chinese-Russian borders fight (approx 70 die)
1969-03-15 - Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute leaves 100s dead
1969-04-23 - Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China
1969-09-22 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969-09-29 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1970-04-24 - China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
1970-07-12 - Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
1970-11-20 - UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1971-04-10 - US table tennis team arrives in China PR
1971-04-14 - President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971-06-11 - US ends ban on China trade
1971-07-09 - Henry Kissinger visits China PR
1971-07-15 - Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China
1971-10-25 - Belgium & China PR establish diplomatic relations
1971-10-25 - General Meeting of UN agrees to admit China PR
1971-10-25 - UN votes to expel Chinese Nationalist-ruled Taiwan & admit Red China
1971-10-26 - UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1971-11-10 - US table tennis team arrived in China
1971-11-18 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1971-11-23 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
1972-01-01 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1972-02-17 - President Nixon leaves Washington DC for China
1972-02-21 - Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China
1972-02-22 - President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1972-02-27 - Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
1972-02-28 - Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1972-03-18 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1972-04-16 - 2 giants pandas arrive in US, from China
1972-04-16 - China sends 2 giant pandas to US
1972-05-17 - Neth & China PR exchange ambassadors
1972-09-28 - Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
1972-09-29 - Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations
1972-11-22 - US ends 22 year travel ban to China
1973-02-22 - US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Wash DC
1973-07-01 - 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1975-02-04 - Haicheng earthquake, M 7.3, occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1975-07-11 - Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC
1975-08-03 - 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River
1975-10-26 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1975-12-01 - US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
1976-01-06 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976-02-08 - Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
1976-03-08 - 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
1976-04-07 - Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping
1976-07-27 - 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
1976-07-28 - 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
1976-07-28 - 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die)
1976-08-23 - Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
1976-09-26 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976-10-17 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976-10-24 - Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader
1976-11-17 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1977-09-17 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978-02-11 - China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
1978-03-15 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978-04-03 - European market & China signs trade agreement
1978-07-13 - Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR
1978-08-12 - China & Japan sign peace treaty
1978-10-14 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC