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September 12, 2023: This Day in History


Release time:

2023-09-12

September 12, 490 BC: The Battle of Marathon took place.

September 12, 814: Meng Jiao, author of the Tang poem "You Zi Yin" (A Mother's Love), passed away.

September 12, 1887: Qian Xuantong, a representative of the New Culture Movement, was born.

September 12, 1916: The world's first radio-controlled unmanned aircraft was test-flown in the United States.

September 12, 1919: Cai Yuanpei returned to Peking University.

September 12, 1935: The Central Politburo meeting opposed Zhang Guotao's split of the Central Committee.

September 12, 1944: Peng Xuefeng died a heroic death.

September 12, 1947: Xu Fanting, a well-known patriotic figure, passed away.

September 12, 1948: The Liaoshen Campaign began.

September 12, 1956: The Central Committee issued instructions regarding problems in rural areas.

September 12, 1956: The birth of Leslie Cheung, a famous Hong Kong singer and actor.

September 12, 1975: The Third National Games.

September 12, 1980: Yao Ming, the famous basketball player known as "Little Giant," was born.

September 12, 1985: The UN Conference on Trade and Development called for the cancellation of the debts of the least developed countries.

September 12, 1985: Global military spending in 1985 reached over US$900 billion.

September 12, 1988: The UN Sendai Conference issued a warning about the global problem of urban population aging.

September 12, 1988: Hu Qiuyuan, a member of the Kuomintang in Taiwan, visited mainland China.

September 12, 1990: The Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway connected with the Soviet Turkestan-Siberia Railway, completing the second Eurasian land bridge.

September 12, 1990: The treaty finally resolving the German question was signed.

September 12, 1996: The first research center for overseas Chinese studies in universities nationwide was established.

September 12, 1997: The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened.

September 12, 1997: China announced another 500,000 troop reduction.

September 12, 2005: Hong Kong Disneyland opened.

September 12, 2016: Alibaba Mooncake Incident: Four employees were fired for using "shortcuts" to grab mooncakes.