Today in China History (Part 5)

Historical Events

Results 401 - 500 of 553

1978-10-23 - China & Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension
1978-12-14 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978-12-16 - Ronald Reagan denounces Pres Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
1979-01-01 - US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
1979-01-29 - Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, DC
1979-02-17 - China invades Vietnam
1979-03-08 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1979-03-14 - In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.
1979-04-08 - People's Republic of China joins IOC
1979-09-13 - China PR performs nuclear test
1979-10-15 - Chinese premier Hwa Kwofeng visits Paris
1979-11-26 - Intl Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years
1980-05-18 - China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1980-10-16 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1981-02-28 - China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1981-06-29 - Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
1981-06-30 - China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy
1981-07-26 - NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
1981-09-19 - Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1982-10-05 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1982-10-27 - China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1982-11-30 - US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1982-12-04 - China adopts its constitution
1983-01-25 - China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1983-05-04 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1983-06-06 - Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR
1983-06-11 - Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1983-09-22 - Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1983-10-06 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984-02-01 - China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1984-04-11 - Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984-04-26 - Pres Reagan visits China
1984-06-10 - Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
1984-09-19 - Britain & China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
1984-09-26 - Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984-12-19 - China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang & Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984-12-19 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984-12-19 - UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1985-02-19 - Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1985-05-27 - Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1985-11-23 - Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
1986-10-12 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China
1987-01-01 - China's rudimentary civil code in effect
1987-01-09 - Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1987-04-13 - Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1987-11-24 - Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1988-01-18 - Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
1988-09-29 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1988-10-12 - Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
1988-10-29 - China announces a herbal male contraceptive
1988-11-08 - 900 die as earthquake hits China
1988-11-10 - China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988-12-01 - Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
1988-12-26 - Anti African student rebellion in China PR
1989-02-21 - US bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1B st value)
1989-04-14 - 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
1989-04-21 - Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
1989-04-23 - Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
1989-04-24 - 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
1989-04-27 - Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989-05-09 - Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
1989-05-13 - Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1989-05-16 - Soviet president Mikhail S Gorbachev & Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1989-05-20 - China declares martial law in Beijing
1989-05-29 - Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
1989-06-02 - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
1989-06-03 - Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
1989-06-04 - Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
1990-01-10 - China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)
1990-04-26 - 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
1990-05-26 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1990-08-16 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1990-08-25 - Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½")
1990-10-02 - Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die
1991-01-04 - Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
1991-12-29 - Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei
1992-04-23 - McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China
1992-05-13 - Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
1992-05-21 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992-06-28 - "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances
1992-07-29 - "Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 18 perfs
1992-08-24 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
1992-09-25 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992-10-23 - Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
1992-11-24 - Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1993-02-14 - Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
1993-03-27 - Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
1993-07-23 - Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed
1993-08-28 - Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993-10-05 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1993-10-07 - Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed
1993-11-13 - Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993-12-13 - Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1994-05-01 - -3] Tornado & hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
1994-06-06 - Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed
1994-06-10 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994-08-02 - Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed
1994-08-21 - -23] Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed
1994-10-07 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994-11-27 - Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed