Hello everyone, today is December 24, 2023, and here are some of the major events that happened today in history:
Domestic: 1On December 24, 1722, the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the third emperor after entering the customs, Qing Shizong Aixin Jueluo Yinzhen ascended the throne and became the emperor, with the year name Yongzheng;
2.On December 24, 1902, Gu Yuxiu, a scientist, educator, poet, dramatist, scholar and Buddhist scholar, was bornHe is also the formulator of the standard tone of the Chinese Yellow Bell;
3.On December 24, 1910, the Qing Dynasty Congress ** Movement failed;
4.On December 24, 1935, Chinese writer Xiao Hong published "The Field of Life and Death", which caused a sensation in the Shanghai literary circle"The Field of Life and Death" is classified as anti-imperialist and anti-feudal anti-Japanese patriotic literature;
5.On December 24, 1948, Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered the closure of the Shanghai "Observation" magazine founded by the well-known Chu Anping and the arrest of the "Observation" staff, which became the famous "Observation Incident" in modern history
6.On December 24, 1986, China began to implement a statistical reporting system for science and technology
7.On December 24, 1987, the Beijing Subway Switchback Line was opened to traffic
8.On December 24, 1987, China's first carrier-based landing test was successful
9.On December 24, 2022, Professor Liu Shulan of the School of Economics of Chinese National University, one of the founders of the discipline of foreign economic history in China, passed away in Beijing due to illness at the age of 94
Abroad: 1On December 24, 1524, the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama died
2.On December 24, 1777, a fleet led by the British navigator Cook arrived at Christmas Island, the world's largest coral reef, becoming the first Europeans to arrive
3.On December 24, 1818, the British physicist Joule was born, the metric unit of heat, abbreviated"Coke", which was created in his honor;
4.On December 24, 1825, the Decembrist uprising failed;
5.On December 24, 1906, the American radio amateur Fresenden made the first radio broadcast in the world;
6.On December 24, 1943, Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Allied Commander
7.On December 24, 1956, Britain and France withdrew their troops from the Suez Canal and recommended that Israel withdraw from the Gaza Strip
8.On December 24, 1979, Western Europe jointly launched the 'Ariana' rocket
9.On December 24, 2008, Samuel Huntington, a famous American political scientist and author of the famous book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Reconstruction of World Order", passed away at the age of 81.
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