October 12, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-10-12
October 12, 539 BC: The army of Darius, King of Persia, conquers Babylon.
October 12, 1492: Spanish Independence Day.
October 12, 1492: Columbus's "discovery" of the New World.
October 12, 1773: French astronomer Messier first discovers a galaxy with a spiral structure.
October 12, 1885: The Qing government changed Taiwan Prefecture into a province and appointed Liu Mingchuan as Taiwan's governor.
October 12, 1929: The Soviet army launched a fierce attack on Zhang Xueliang's army.
October 12, 1937: The New Fourth Army was officially formed.
October 12, 1940: Fu Xiaoyan, the first pro-Japanese mayor of Shanghai, was assassinated by the Military Control Commission.
October 12, 1945: Liu and Deng achieved a major victory in Shangdang.
October 12, 1954: China and the Soviet Union signed a package of economic and technological cooperation projects.
October 12, 1968: The 19th Olympic Games were held in Mexico.
October 12, 1976: The groundbreaking ceremony for the world's largest mosque was held in the capital of Pakistan.
October 12, 1992: A strong earthquake in Egypt caused more than 500 deaths.
October 12, 1992: The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held.
October 12, 1995: The Karamay major fire case concluded.
October 12, 1995: The Magellan Venus probe completed its scientific mission.
October 12, 1996: The 5th China Film Festival opened.
October 12, 1997: The 8th National Games were held in Shanghai.
October 12, 1998: The Chinese women's team won the championship at the 33rd Chess Olympiad.
October 12, 1999: The world's population reached 6 billion; people from all walks of life in the capital held a grand gathering.
October 12, 2001: Major progress was made in rice genome research.
October 12, 2003: China's first high-speed passenger railway, the Qin-Shen Passenger Dedicated Line, officially opened.
October 12, 2005: The 10th National Games were held in Nanjing.
October 12, 2009: The Beijing International Disaster Reduction Emergency Technology and Equipment Expo opened in Beijing.
October 12, 2010: 33 miners trapped underground in Chile for 68 days were successfully rescued.
October 12, 2015: Angus Deaton won the Nobel Prize in Economics.
October 12, 2015: Dell acquired EMC.
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