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October 18, 2023: This Day in History


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2023-10-18

October 18, 1895: Birth of Ji Hongchang, an anti-Japanese hero

October 18, 1910: Opening ceremony of the first National Games

October 18, 1911: Fierce battle between the revolutionary army and the Qing army

October 18, 1920: British miners went on strike

October 18, 1922: Establishment of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

October 18, 1931: Thomas Edison passed away

October 18, 1958: Zheng Zhenduo was killed

October 18, 1961: Khrushchev's reforms

October 18, 1962: China and Uganda established diplomatic relations

October 18, 1963: Founding of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

October 18, 1976: Pan Deming, the first person to cycle around the world, passed away

October 18, 1985: Closing ceremony of the first National Youth Games

October 18, 1990: Taiwan's Criminal Code amended hijacking to death penalty or life imprisonment

October 18, 1991: Chen Zhangliang won the International Outstanding Young Scientist Award

October 18, 1995: The world's first online bank opened in the US

October 18, 1995: China and Russia approved the agreement on the western section of the border between the two countries

October 18, 1996: Japanese renowned historian Inoue Kiyoshi reiterated that Diaoyu Island is Chinese territory

October 18, 1998: Closing of the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Conference on Environment and Development, issuing the "Guilin Declaration"

October 18, 1998: Jiang Zemin met with Mr. and Mrs. Koo Chen-fu

October 18, 2002: China's first national informatization plan was launched

October 18, 2009: Russia's Progress M-03M cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station

October 18, 2017: Opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China