May 24, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-05-24
May 24, 1500: Death of Portuguese navigator Dias
May 24, 1525: Birth of Zhang Juzheng, the most outstanding cabinet premier and politician of the Ming Dynasty
May 24, 1543: Death of Copernicus, the founder of heliocentrism
May 24, 1787: The United States Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia
May 24, 1844: Morse sent the first telegram
May 24, 1911: The Gongjin Society and the Wenxue Society joined forces for a major undertaking
May 24, 1914: Birth of Ouyang Shancun, a pioneer of Chinese drama
May 24, 1923: The Communist International instructed the CCP to attach importance to the land revolution
May 24, 1935: The Red Army forced a crossing of the Dadu River
May 24, 1939: The Battle of Suizhou-Zaoyang: 13,000 Japanese soldiers were annihilated
May 24, 1939: Ma Benzai formed the Jizhong Hui Minority Detachment
May 24, 1952: China launched a large-scale literacy campaign
May 24, 1953: First appearance of 3D movies
May 24, 1954: Giant computers heralded the arrival of the electronic office
May 24, 1987: China won all gold medals at the 5th World Badminton Championships
May 24, 1993: China established diplomatic relations with Eritrea
May 24, 1993: Farewell My Concubine won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
May 24, 1993: Eritrea gained independence
May 24, 1994: French Prime Minister said France has the freedom to resume nuclear testing
May 24, 1997: The first batch of national humiliation memorial site markers unveiled in Beijing
May 24, 1998: The first Legislative Council election in Hong Kong was officially held
May 24, 2002: Passing of Comrade Xi Zhongxun
May 24, 2002: Russia and the US signed the Treaty Between the USA and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions
May 24, 2006: Death of Koko, the world's oldest artificially raised gorilla
May 24, 2006: Death of economist Wang Yaotian
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