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15 October 2003

China's first astronaut Yang Liwei successfully “flies”

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14 October 1999

"Ziyuan-1" satellite successfully launched

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13 October 1998

Chinese-American scientist Daniel Chee Tsui won Nobel Prize in Physics

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12-18 October 1986

Queen Elizabeth II's visit to China

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11 October 1992

First international auction in New China

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10 October 1925

China's Palace Museum in Beijing opened

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9 October 1911

Hong Kong's Kwong Wah Hospital established

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8 October 1990

First McDonald's in China opened

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7 October 1993

First Shanghai International Film Festival

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Charles Kao awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

6 October 2009

"Father of Fiber Optic Communications" Charles Kuen Kao awarded Nobel Prize

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October 5, 1985

Beijing's Ancient Bell Museum in Dazhong Temple opened

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4 October 1986

Chinese men's volleyball team won their first Asian Games gold

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Mao Zedong accepts the credentials from the Soviet Ambassador

3 October 1949

China established diplomatic relations with Soviet Union

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human skull was unearthed from the Jinniushan site

2 October 1969

Human skull excavated from China's Jinniushan

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1 October 1969

First phase of Beijing Subway completed

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30 September 2014

China's first Martyrs' Day

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29 September 1972

Normalisation of diplomatic relations between China and Japan

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28 September 1974

China's second largest oil field completed

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