August 5, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-08-05
August 4, 1792: Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley, England's greatest lyric poet
August 4, 1875: Death of Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author
August 4, 1875: Birth of Rong Desheng, known as the "Flour King" and "Cotton Yarn King" in the Republic of China
August 4, 1900: The Aihun City fire incident in Northeast China
August 4, 1906: First compilation and publication of Peking opera scripts
August 4, 1913: Xiong Kewu declared independence in Chongqing
August 4, 1913: Sun Yat-sen and a large number of party members fled to Japan
August 4, 1914: Britain declared war on Germany
August 4, 1926: The Central Enlarged Meeting issued a notice on "Resolutely Cleaning Up Corrupt Officials"
August 4, 1931: A major flood on the Yangtze River drowned more than 140,000 people
August 4, 1931: Cai Hesen was killed
August 4, 1935: The Central Committee held a Politburo meeting in Maogai
August 4, 1942: The Chinese Expeditionary Force completely withdrew from Myanmar
August 4, 1944: The Japanese army carried out large-scale abduction of laborers
August 4, 1949: Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren led their troops in an uprising
August 4, 1966: Cao Rulin died
August 4, 1971: China and Turkey established diplomatic relations
August 4, 1996: The 30th International Geological Congress was held in Beijing
August 4, 1996: Chinese scientists proposed a new theory on the origin of life
August 4, 1996: The 26th Olympic Games concluded
August 4, 1998: The Changjiang Scholars Award Program was fully launched
August 4, 1998: Chinese people reached the summit of Bogda Peak for the first time
August 4, 2008: A serious violent attack on police officers occurred in Kashgar, Xinjiang
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