This Day in History, July 19, 2023
Release time:
2023-07-19
July 19, 1374: Death of Francesco Petrarca, "Father of Humanism"
July 19, 1864: Fall of Tianjing, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom capital
July 19, 1870: Franco-Prussian War breaks out
July 19, 1895: Birth of Xu Beihong, an outstanding Chinese painter
July 19, 1902: National census at the beginning of the 20th century
July 19, 1917: Sun Yat-sen goes south to Guangzhou to protect the law
July 19, 1919: End of the Zhili-Anhui War, Duan Qirui resigns
July 19, 1920: The Second Congress of the Communist International convenes in Moscow
July 19, 1927: Zhao Shiyan, a leader of the workers' movement, dies
July 19, 1949: National Congress of Literary and Art Workers convenes
July 19, 1954: Boeing 707 maiden flight
July 19, 1956: China's first domestically produced jet fighter, the J-5, successfully makes its maiden flight in Shenyang
July 19, 1958: China establishes diplomatic relations with Cambodia
July 19, 1961: The Central Committee approves the implementation of the "Fourteen Articles on Scientific Research"
July 19, 1965: China establishes diplomatic relations with Mauritania
July 19, 1968: Death of Gu Jingqian, one of the founders of modern pathology in China
July 19, 1973: Death of Feng Baiju, one of the leaders of the Qiongya armed uprising in Guangdong, in Beijing
July 19, 1975: US and Soviet cosmonauts meet in space
July 19, 1980: Opening of the widely boycotted XXII Olympic Games
July 19, 1983: Death of Pei Baoyi, a soil and fertilizer scientist
July 19, 1989: United Airlines Flight 232 crashes during an emergency landing in Sioux City, USA
July 19, 1996: American scientists claim that there may be oceans on Jupiter's moons
July 19, 2000: Shanghai Stock Exchange index surpasses 2000 points for the first time
July 19, 2007: Bombing attacks in Pakistan
July 19, 2009: Giant panda "Lili" gives birth to the world's first pair of panda twins this year
July 19, 2010: The Central Military Commission promotes 11 generals, Hu Jintao issues the order
July 19, 2014: A rear-end collision between a truck and a passenger bus on the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway results in 43 deaths and 5 vehicles burning
July 19, 2016: A tour bus fire in Taiwan kills 24 people from a Liaoning travel group
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