First nuclear weapon test in China
Time: Friday Oct 16, 1964
Place: China
Details: The People's Republic of China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons. The first of China's nuclear weapons tests took place in 1964.
‹ Earlier in historyShe became Spokesman on Housing and LandThursday Oct 15, 1964 Later in history ›Judo at the Summer Olympics was introducedOct, 1964
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1945 - China


Prince William-China visit
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Mao Zedong-The Chairman of the People's Republic of China
Monday Sep 27, 1954 - China


Oppo-Name registered
2000 - China

Chongzhen Emperor's death
Monday Apr 25, 1644 - China


Second Sino-Japanese War-Founding The Republic of China
1912 - China


Plague-The second plague pandemic breaks out in China
1334 - China, Eurasia


SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-New SARS Death in China
Friday Apr 23, 2004 - China


Chinese Civil War-Joint statement by Sun and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe in Shanghai pledged Soviet assistance to China's unification
Friday Jan 26, 1923 - China
On This Day - 16 October


Napoleon-Battle of Ulm
Wednesday Oct 16, 1805 - Ulm, Electorate of Bavaria (Present Day Ulm, Germany)


The palace of Westminster England-A Fire
Thursday Oct 16, 1834 - London, England, United Kingdom


The palace of Westminster England-Victoria Tower
Thursday Oct 16, 1834 - London, England, United Kingdom


Buckingham Palace-Destruction of the Palace of Westminster by fire
Thursday Oct 16, 1834 - London, England, United Kingdom


Unification of Germany-Crimean War
Sunday Oct 16, 1853 - Crimean Peninsula, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East


David Ben-Gurion-Birth
Saturday Oct 16, 1886 - Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Poland now)


Walt Disney-Founding the Disney Brothers Studio
Tuesday Oct 16, 1923 - 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, U.S.


Mao Zedong-The Long March
Tuesday Oct 16, 1934 - Jiangxi, China


Hirohito-Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe gave his Resignation
Thursday Oct 16, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan


World War II-Operation Panzerfaust
Monday Oct 16, 1944 - Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary


Fidel Castro-Imprisonment
Friday Oct 16, 1953 - Isla de la Juventud, Cuba


Yasunari Kawabata-Nobel Prize
Wednesday Oct 16, 1968 - Stockholm, Sweden


Mass Shootings in the United States-Luby's Shooting
Wednesday Oct 16, 1991 - Killeen, Texas, U.S.


Amazon-Walmart sued Amazon
Friday Oct 16, 1998 - U.S.


Lionel Messi-Messi made his league debut
Saturday Oct 16, 2004 - Barcelona, Spain


Freddie Mercury-Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Tuesday Oct 16, 2012 - United Kingdom


MacOS-OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Thursday Oct 16, 2014 - Cupertino, California, U.S.


Uber-Uber further expands its operations in Canada by launching UberX in Calgary
Friday Oct 16, 2015 - Calgary, Canada


Pope Francis-World Food Day
Monday Oct 16, 2017 - Vatican City


Facebook, Inc.-Facebook acquired The anonymous Compliment App tbh
Monday Oct 16, 2017 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.


International Monetary Fund-Andorra became the 190th member
Friday Oct 16, 2020 - Washington D.C., U.S.
October 1964


First Sudanese Civil War-The Creation of an Interim Government In 1964
Oct, 1964 - Southern Sudan


Margaret Thatcher-She became Spokesman on Housing and Land
Thursday Oct 15, 1964 - London, England


Martial arts-Judo at the Summer Olympics was introduced
Oct, 1964 - Tokyo, Japan


Audrey Hepburn-My Fair Lady
Wednesday Oct 21, 1964 - U.S.


Harald V-The Opening Parade of The 1964 Summer Olympics
Saturday Oct 24, 1964 - Tokyo, Japan


Ruhollah Khomeini-Khomeini denounced both the Shah and the United States
Sunday Oct 25, 1964 - Iran


Marco van Basten-Born
Saturday Oct 31, 1964 - Utrecht, Netherlands
1964


Fidel Castro-Castro returned to Moscow
Jan, 1964 - Moscow, Russia


Magdi Yacoub-Senior Surgical Registrar
1964 - London, England


Colombian conflict-The Attack on the Community of Marquetalia
1964 - Marquetalia, Caldas, Colombia


Cypriot intercommunal violence-Turkey had by now readied its fleet and its fighter jets appeared over Nicosia
1964 - Cyprus


Martin Bormann-The West German Government offered a reward for information leading to Bormann's Capture
1964 - West Germany


Nike, Inc.-The First year In Business
1964 - Oregon, U.S.


Computer animation-Boeing-Wichita
1964 - Wichita, Kansas, U.S.


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle visited the Soviet Union
1964 - U.S.S.R.


Jeff Bezos-Birth
Sunday Jan 12, 1964 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.


Pope John Paul II-Archbishop of Kraków
Monday Jan 13, 1964 - Karkow, Poland


Donald Trump-Fordham University
1964 - New York, U.S.


Nike, Inc.-Establishing
Saturday Jan 25, 1964 - Oregon, U.S.


Martin Luther King-The American Race Crisis
Thursday Feb 6, 1964 - New York, U.S.


The Beatles-The First visit to United States
Friday Feb 7, 1964 - John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, U.S.


The Beatles-The First Live US Television Performance
Sunday Feb 9, 1964 - U.S.


Internet-Licklider left the IPTO
1964 - U.S.


Cypriot intercommunal violence-The Guardian reported a massacre of Turks
Sunday Feb 16, 1964 - Cyprus


The Beatles-Returning to the UK
Saturday Feb 22, 1964 - London, England


Muhammad Ali Clay-First fight Vs Linston
Tuesday Feb 25, 1964 - Miami Beach, U.S.


Leaning Tower of Pisa-Government efforts towards The Tower
Thursday Feb 27, 1964 - Pisa, Italy


Martin Luther King-St. Augustine Movement
Sunday Mar 1, 1964 - St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.


Malcolm X-Left the Nation of Islam
Sunday Mar 1, 1964 - U.S.


Jimmy Hoffa-Prison Sentences
Wednesday Mar 4, 1964 - Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Geneva Conference
Monday Mar 23, 1964 - Geneva, Switzerland


Malcolm X-Met Martin Luther King Jr.
Thursday Mar 26, 1964 - Washington D.C., U.S.


James Bond-You Only Live Twice was published
Thursday Mar 26, 1964 - United Kingdom


Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Sarawak People's Guerilla Force was formed
Monday Mar 30, 1964 - Sarawak, Malaysia


IBM-IBM System/360
Tuesday Apr 7, 1964 - U.S.

Ford-Ford Mustang
Friday Apr 17, 1964 - New York, U.S.


Freddie Mercury-Mercury and his family fled to England
1964 - Middlesex, England, United Kingdom


World Trade Organization-Kennedy Round
Monday May 4, 1964 - Geneva, Switzerland


Audrey Hepburn-Paris When It Sizzles
Friday May 22, 1964 - U.S.


Indira Gandhi-The Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Monday Jun 8, 1964 - New Delhi, India


Nelson Mandela-In The Court
Friday Jun 12, 1964 - South Africa


Eiffel Tower-Eiffel Tower was officially declared to be a historical monument
1964 - Paris, France


W. E. B. Du Bois-Civil Rights Act of 1964
Thursday Jul 2, 1964 - U.S.


Laser-Charles H. Townes, Nikolay Basov, and Aleksandr Prokhorov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics
1964 - Stockholm, Sweden


The Beatles-The Movie "A Hard Day's Night"
Monday Jul 6, 1964 - England


KFC-Sold
1964 - Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.


Vietnam War-An Intelligence Mission along North Vietnam's coast
Sunday Aug 2, 1964 - North Vietnam


Vietnam War-The Second "Attack"
Friday Aug 7, 1964 - North Vietnam


James Bond-Fleming's death
Tuesday Aug 11, 1964 - Canterbury, United Kingdom


The Beatles-The 11 September concert problem segregated
Friday Sep 11, 1964 - Florida, U.S.


IBM-Relocation
1964 - Armonk, New York, U.S.


James Bond-Goldfinger
Thursday Sep 17, 1964 - London, England, United Kingdom


First Sudanese Civil War-The Creation of an Interim Government In 1964
Oct, 1964 - Southern Sudan


International Monetary Fund-Cuba left
1964 - Cuba


United Nations-UN's longest-running peacekeeping missions
1964 - Cyprus


Margaret Thatcher-She became Spokesman on Housing and Land
Thursday Oct 15, 1964 - London, England


Martial arts-Judo at the Summer Olympics was introduced
Oct, 1964 - Tokyo, Japan


Audrey Hepburn-My Fair Lady
Wednesday Oct 21, 1964 - U.S.


Harald V-The Opening Parade of The 1964 Summer Olympics
Saturday Oct 24, 1964 - Tokyo, Japan


Ruhollah Khomeini-Khomeini denounced both the Shah and the United States
Sunday Oct 25, 1964 - Iran


Marco van Basten-Born
Saturday Oct 31, 1964 - Utrecht, Netherlands


Ruhollah Khomeini-Sent to Turkey
Wednesday Nov 4, 1964 - Turkey


Johan Cruyff-Debut
Sunday Nov 15, 1964 - Netherlands


Martin Luther King-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dec, 1964 - Selma, Alabama, U.S.


Che Guevara-Cuban delegation to speak at the United Nations
Dec, 1964 - New York, U.S.


Ted Bundy-Details of the incidents were expunged from his record
1964 - Washington, U.S.


Martin Luther King-Nobel Prize
Thursday Dec 10, 1964 - Oslo, Norway


Che Guevara-Criticized the United Nations
Friday Dec 11, 1964 - New York, U.S.


Disasters with highest death tolls-The Narail-Magura Tornado
1964 - Jessore, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-President of the International Equestrian Federation
1964 - Lausanne, Switzerland


Jimmy Hoffa-The Biggest Achievement in a Lifetime of Union Activity
1964 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Jimmy Hoffa-Fraud
1964 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.


Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1964
1964 - Vietnam


Ancient Greece-Seleucid Empire gradually disintegrated
1964 BC - Western Asia
