June 19, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-06-19
June 19, 1052: Fan Zhongyan, a prominent figure of the Northern Song Dynasty, passed away.
June 19, 1522: The English and Spanish launched a joint attack on France.
June 19, 1718: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Tongwei, Gansu.
June 19, 1862: US President Lincoln signed legislation prohibiting slavery.
June 19, 1908: The Qing court nationalized the telegraph service.
June 19, 1925: The Canton-Hong Kong strike commenced.
June 19, 1930: The First and Third Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army were formed.
June 19, 1931: Japan formulated a plan to conquer "Manchuria and Mongolia".
June 19, 1938: Zhou Enlai presented ten points of negotiation to Chiang Kai-shek.
June 19, 1940: Luo Zhenyu, a prominent Chinese linguist, passed away.
June 19, 1946: The United States called for the United Nations to control atomic weapons.
June 19, 1952: Zhou Enlai discussed the issue of the Chinese national bourgeoisie.
June 19, 1953: The United States executed a spy who leaked atomic bomb secrets.
June 19, 1954: The Chinese military established its submarine force.
June 19, 1956: Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM, passed away.
June 19, 1960: Japanese Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke resigned.
June 19, 1961: Kuwait gained independence.
June 19, 1974: The Arab Parliament League was established.
June 19, 1975: The First World Conference on Women was held in Mexico.
June 19, 1980: The central government announced the exoneration of all cadres wrongly criticized during the Cultural Revolution.
June 19, 1984: New rating standards for films for children under 13 were implemented.
June 19, 1985: Xia Nai, a renowned archaeologist, passed away.
June 19, 1992: The Hong Kong government repatriated Vietnamese boat people for the first time.
June 19, 1997: The Galaxy-III supercomputer was successfully developed.
June 19, 2002: The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a resolution on the accountability system for principal officials of the three branches and eleven bureaus.
June 19, 2014: King Felipe VI of Spain officially ascended the throne.
June 19, 2015: The Shanghai Composite Index plummeted, losing 4500 points, suffering a "Dragon Boat Festival disaster".
June 19, 2015: Xie Tielv, a renowned film director, passed away in Beijing due to illness.
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