October 16, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-10-16
October 16, 690: Wu Zetian ascends to the throne
October 16, 1593: Birth of Hong Chengchou, a distinguished official who served two dynasties
October 16, 1905: Birth of Wang Shumming, a First-Class General of the Kuomintang Air Force
October 16, 1913: Birth of Qian Sanqiang, a key figure in China's "two bombs, one satellite" program
October 16, 1922: Failure of the Kaolan Coal Mine workers' strike
October 16, 1933: Failure of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army
October 16, 1949: Establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mongolia
October 16, 1950: The People's Liberation Army advances into Tibet
October 16, 1954: Yu Pingbo's "Letter on Research Issues Concerning Dream of the Red Chamber" published
October 16, 1964: Brezhnev replaces Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU
October 16, 1964: China successfully detonates its first atomic bomb
October 16, 1973: The world-shaking oil crisis erupts
October 16, 1982: China successfully launches a carrier rocket from a submarine to a designated sea area
October 16, 1988: Successful collision of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider
October 16, 1990: Xie Jun wins the right to challenge for the world championship
October 16, 1991: Qian Xuesen receives the "National Outstanding Contribution Scientist" honor
October 16, 1994: Closing ceremony of the 12th Hiroshima Asian Games
October 16, 1994: Discovery of the tomb of Qinling artisans who made the Qin terracotta warriors
October 16, 1995: Million Man March in the United States
October 16, 1999: New edition of the "Cihai" encyclopedia published
October 16, 1999: Closing ceremony of the 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
October 16, 2000: Publication of the white paper "China's National Defense in 2000"
October 16, 2002: The second meeting of the Global Environment Facility member countries is held in Beijing
October 16, 2009: The 11th National Games held in Shandong Province
October 16, 2010: 3 million people march in France to protest the government's proposed postponement of the retirement age
October 16, 2015: Alibaba acquires Youku Tudou
October 16, 2017: Humanity's first detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star system
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