Today is World Food Day
World Food Memorial Day was the first World Food Day observed on 16 October 1981 by the 20th General Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held in November 1979. Since then, various commemorations have been held every year for World Food Day.
【Today's History】October 16 Events, this day in history happened
Today is World Food Day
First, the domestic events
1. On October 16, 690, Wu Zetian established himself as Emperor Wuzhou
On October 16, 690, Wu Zetian established herself as Emperor Wuzhou, becoming the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history.
2. October 16, 1847 Hunan Lei Zaihao uprising
On October 16, 1847, Lei Zaihao, Li Hui, and Li Shide of Quanzhou, Guangxi, jointly created a "gang association" and organized civilians to oppose the Qing.
3. October 16, 1933 The Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were defeated
On October 16, 1933, the anti-Japanese allied forces led by Fang Zhenwu and Ji Hongchang were besieged by the Kuomintang army and the Japanese army for several days, and they were bombed by aircraft, suffering heavy casualties. The Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were completely defeated under the attack of the Japanese Chiang Kai-shek Army.
4. October 16, 1949 China establishes diplomatic relations with Mongolia
On October 16, 1949, China established diplomatic relations with Mongolia. Mongolia is located in East Asia, is a landlocked country, bordering Russia to the north, east, west and south to china, and only borders with two countries, which is a relatively closed country. The population is about 3.18 million, mainly Khalkha Mongols.
5. October 16, 1950 The People's Liberation Army marches into Tibet
On October 16, 1950, in order to accomplish the great cause of reunifying the motherland, the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission instructed the Southwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to immediately prepare to march into Tibet with the first part of the Second Field Army as the main unit and with the cooperation of the first unit of the Northwest Military Region.
6. October 16, 1964 China's first atomic bomb was successfully detonated
At 3 p.m. on October 16, 1964, China successfully exploded its first atomic bomb in the western region, after the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.
7. On October 16, 1982, the Central Committee issued the "Decision on the Complete Rehabilitation of Comrade He Long"
36 years ago, on October 16, 1982, the Central Committee issued the "Decision on the Complete Rehabilitation of Comrade He Long", which highly praised Comrade He Long's life as "a life of fighting, a life of revolution, and a brilliant life." At the same time, the original Zhongfa (1974) No. 25 and Zhongfa (1968) No. 71 were revoked.
8. October 16, 1988 Beijing positron and negative electron collider successfully collided
At 5:56 a.m. on October 16, 1988, China's first high-energy accelerator, the Beijing Positron-Negative Electron Collider, successfully collided for the first time. This is another major breakthrough achievement in the field of high technology after the successful explosion of atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs and the launch of artificial satellites into the sky.
9. On October 16, 1991, Qian Xuesen was awarded the honor of "National Outstanding Contribution Scientist"
On October 16, 1991, the State Council and the Central Military Commission decided to award Qian Xuesen the honorary title of "Scientist with Outstanding Contribution to the State" and the First-Class Heroic Model Medal; the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the State Science and Technology Commission, the Ministry of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China Association for Science and Technology jointly held an award ceremony at the Great Hall of the People today to commend this outstanding scientist who enjoys a lofty reputation at home and abroad for his contributions to the development of China's science and technology and national defense science and technology undertakings and his dedication to the cause of socialist construction in the motherland.
10. On October 16, 1994, the tomb of the Qin figurine craftsmen who repaired the Qin Tomb was discovered
On October 16, 1994, who came from the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and the imposing Terracotta Warriors? Archaeologists in Shaanxi Province found in Lintong to repair the tombs and make Tombs of Qin Figurine craftsmen, as well as the excavated epitaphs, show that the working people are the creators of this great project, and it is their accumulated white bones that have built the eighth wonder of the world.
11. October 16, 1999 The 1999 edition of the large authoritative reference book "Ci hai" was published
On October 16, 1999, the 1999 edition of China's large-scale authoritative reference book "Cihai" met with readers on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Day with a new look. The compilation and revision of "Ci Hai" is a major event in China's intellectual circles and publishing circles, and over the past few decades it has won the direct concern and scrutiny of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, the leaders of the three generations of the party and the state.
12. On October 16, 2000, the white paper "China's National Defense in 2000" was published
On October 16, 2000, the Information Office of the State Council issued a white paper entitled "China's National Defense in 2000," which expressed the sincere desire of the Chinese people to love peace at an important historical moment at the turn of the century, so that the people of the world would have a more comprehensive understanding and understanding of China's national defense policy and national defense modernization.
13. October 16, 2002 The Second General Assembly of the Global Environment Facility was held in Beijing
On October 16, 2002, the Second Assemblies of the Global Environment Facility opened at the Beijing International Convention Center.
14. October 16, 2010 "My dad is Li Gang" collision incident occurred
On the evening of October 16, 2010, a black car hit and injured two girls in the campus of Hebei University, killing one and injuring the other, and the driver not only did not stop, but continued to go to the dormitory building on campus to pick up his girlfriend. On the way back, he was stopped by students and security guards, and the perpetrator not only did not care about the injured, but even had a cold and arrogant attitude, shouting: "If you have the ability, you will go, my father is Li Gang!"
2. Foreign incidents
1. October 16, 1853: The Ottoman Turkish government declares war on Russia in the Crimean War
On October 16, 1853, the Ottoman Turkish government declared war on Russia. Thus, the Crimean War between Russia and Turkey "finally began on the Danube, for both sides it was a war of religious fanaticism, for the Russians it was a war of traditional ambitions, for the Turks it was a war of life and death".
2. October 16, 1859 John Brown, an American slave fighter, announces an uprising
On October 16, 1859, John Brown, an American anti-slaver, declared an uprising. At one point, the rebels occupied government depots and freed nearby slaves. The post-uprising failed, but contributed to the outbreak of the American Civil War. History calls it the "Brown Uprising".
3. October 16, 1963 Ludwig Ehrhard finally succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor of Germany
On 16 October 1963, Ahad finally succeeded Adenauer as Prime Minister. Although Ahad had not actually joined the CDU at the time, he was so popular in the election that he was elected as a candidate for prime minister by the CDU.
4. October 16, 1973 The oil crisis that shocked the world broke out
The five Arab states of the United Arab Emirates and Iran decided to raise the price of crude oil in the Gulf region by 17%, shaking the world's oil crisis.
5. 16 October 1978 Polish Cardinal John Paul II is elected as the new Pope
On 16 October 1978, Polish Cardinal Carol Vojtyla was elected the new Pope of the Vatican under the name John Paul II. The previous Pope, John Paul I, who died suddenly on 28 September, held the post for only 33 days.
6. October 16, 1979 General Haq announced that Pakistan had postponed the general election to dissolve the political party
On 16 October 1979, Pakistan's President and Chief Military Justice Officer Zia Haq delivered a radio and television address to the nation in Rawalpindi, announcing that Pakistan's general elections would be postponed from time to time.
7. October 16, 1991 22 people were killed in the small town of Texas, USA
On October 16, 1991, in Keeling, a small town of 60,000 residents in Texas, the United States, a horrific shooting case occurred, killing 22 people and injuring more than 20 people. It was one of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history, and the town's gunfire shocked the nation.
8. October 16, 1994 German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was re-elected for four consecutive terms
On 16 October 1994, Helmut Kohl won the second general election after German reunification by a narrow majority, becoming the only Federal Chancellor in postwar German history to serve four consecutive terms. At that time, Western public opinion humorously said, "In difficult times, God always seems to smile at Cole." In fact, Kohl's re-election, in addition to relying on the "help of God" of the German economy to recover, Kohl's personal qualities and personality characteristics also played an important role in his success.
9. On October 16, 1994, the 12th Hiroshima Asian Games was closed
On October 16, 1994, athletes from all over Asia who had been fighting for 15 days could finally wash away the dust tonight and enjoy the carnival night carefully prepared by the hosts, the closing ceremony of the 12th Asian Games.
10. October 16, 1995 Million Black Men March in the United States
On October 16, 1995, more than 400,000 black men gathered around the Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and Farahhan, the leader of the radical black "Muslim nation," gave a two-and-a-half-hour speech at this unprecedented rally; after which Farahhan led the entire black people to a full day of "Million Black Men March."
11. October 16, 1996 Guatemalan football stadium massacre

At 8 p.m. on October 16, 1996, the Estadio Desampas Mateo in Guatemala City, Guatemala, will host a qualifier for the 1998 FIFA World Cup between Guatemala and Costa Rica in North Central America and the Caribbean. Before the start of the match, the organizers of the ball game oversold 10,000 tickets, causing chaos in the stadium. Spectators crowded and trampled on each other, killing more than 80 people and injuring more than 300 others.
12. On October 16, 1999, the 34th World Gymnastics Championships was closed
On October 16, 1999, the 34th World Gymnastics Championships, which was contested by more than 1,000 gymnasts from 73 countries and regions, came to an end in Tianjin and held a grand closing ceremony. Zhu Rongji, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and premier of the State Council, Wu Jieping, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, and Qian Weichang, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the closing ceremony.
13. October 16, 2010 3 million people in France marched to protest the government's proposed postponement of the retirement age
On October 16, 2010, more large-scale demonstrations took place in France to protest the government's reform of the retirement system. France erupted in the fifth mass strike demonstration in less than 6 weeks.
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3. Famous people are pawns
【Raw】
October 16, 1913:
Qian Sanqiang was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang
Qian Sanqiang Is the coordinator and chief architect of China's development of nuclear weapons
October 16, 1841:
Hirobumi Ito was born in Choshu Domain.
Ito Hirobumi is one of the three masters of the Meiji era
October 16, 1854:
The birthday of Wilde, the advocate of the aesthetic movement.
Kautsky, a social democratic activist, was born in Prague.
October 16, 1905:
Wang Shuming, a first-class general in the Kuomintang Air Force, was born in Zhucheng, Shandong Province.
October 16, 1908:
The Albanian politician Hoxha was born in Ginocaster.
October 16, 1927:
The German Nobel Laureate in Literature Glass was born.
【Stroke】
October 16, 1959:
Five-star U.S. Admiral Marshall died of illness
George Marshall Five-Star General of the United States Army
October 16, 1981:
Moses Dayan died of a sudden heart attack.
October 16, 1964:
Former Cambodian Prime Minister Wong Yi died of illness.
October 16, 1553:
The German painter Lucas Cranach Sr. died in Weimar.
October 16, 1946:
Nazi Party leader Alfred Rosenberg was hanged.