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1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed

  • 1st January 2021
  • Tagged as: Allies, Britain, China, Churchill, Roosevelt, Second World War, United Nations, USA, USSR

On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World War.

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9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China

  • 9th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Capitalism, China, Cold War, Communism, Diplomacy, International Relations, Kissinger, Nixon, Secret, USA, Vietnam War

Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou Enlai.

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5th May 1260: Kublai Khan declared Mongol Emperor

  • 5th May 2020
  • Tagged as: China, Empire, Government, Mongolia

On 5th May 1260, Kublai Khan was declared Emperor of the Mongolian Empire.

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22nd April 1884: Thomas Stevens begins the first round-the-world cycle ride

  • 22nd April 2020
  • Tagged as: Bicycle, China, Cycling, Exploration, Japan, San Francisco, USA

Thomas Stevens departed San Francisco on a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, to become the first person to cycle around the world.

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10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

  • 10th April 2020
  • Tagged as: America, China, Cold War, Communism, Diplomacy, International Relations, Mao, Nixon, Ping Pong, Sino-American Relations, Sport, Table Tennis, United States, USA

The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.

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8th February 1904: Russo-Japanese War triggered by Japanese torpedo attack on Port Arthur

  • 8th February 2020
  • Tagged as: China, Imperialism, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Port Arthur, Russia, Russo-Japanese War, War

Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.

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13th December 1937: The Nanking Massacre begins

  • 13th December 2019
  • Tagged as: China, Japan, Massacre, Murder, Nanking, Second World War, Sino-Japanese War, War Crime

On the 13th December 1937, the Nanking Massacre began at the end of the Battle of Nanking – part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • 7th December 2019
  • Tagged as: America, China, Japan, Military, Oil, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Second World War, USA

At 7:48 on the morning of the 7th December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor.

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20th October 1935: Mao Zedong’s Red Army finishes the Long March

  • 20th October 2019
  • Tagged as: China, Civil War, GMD, KMD, Long March, Mao

On the 20th October 1935, the 6,000 mile Long March by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China ended when the columns of troops led by Mao Zedong arrived in Shaanxi.

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1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

  • 1st October 2019
  • Tagged as: China, Chinese Civil War, Communism, Mao, USA, USSR

The Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known as the Kuomintang, since shortly after the end of the Second World War.

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