October 11, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-10-11
On October 11, 1038, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the Xia dynasty (also known as Western Xia).
October 11, 1086: Death of Sima Guang, a prominent statesman and historian of the Northern Song Dynasty.
October 11, 1889: Death of James Prescott Joule, a British physicist.
October 11, 1900: Li Hongzhang began difficult negotiations with the Eight-Nation Alliance.
October 11, 1937: The Battle of Dachang on the Songhu Front broke out.
October 11, 1944: Japanese forces surrounded Guilin.
October 11, 1957: The world's largest telescope was completed in the UK.
October 11, 1964: Nikita Khrushchev was ousted from power.
October 11, 1967: The F-111 fighter-bomber was officially delivered to the United States Air Force.
October 11, 1972: China and Germany established diplomatic relations.
October 11, 1986: Meeting between US and Soviet leaders in Reykjavik.
October 11, 1989: The renovation project of the Potala Palace commenced.
October 11, 1992: The first international auction in China was held.
October 11, 1995: Bank of China decided to issue Macanese pataca banknotes.
October 11, 1995: China conducted its first evaluation of graduate schools.
October 11, 1996: Washington held a memorial for AIDS victims.
October 11, 2000: China held its largest and highest-level international conference on engineering and technology.
October 11, 2001: Establishment of the State Administration of Standardization.
October 11, 2002: Announcement of the establishment of six major civil aviation groups.
October 11, 2012: Mo Yan, a Chinese writer, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
October 11, 2013: Premiere of the TV show "Where Are We Going, Dad?"
October 11, 2014: He Jiacheng, former executive vice president of the National School of Administration, was investigated.
October 11, 2014: Zhao Shaolin, former standing committee member and secretary-general of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee, was investigated.
October 11, 2019: Abiy Ahmed Ali awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
October 11, 2019: Meeting between US President Trump and Liu He.
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