Portal:China/Anniversaries/October/October 1

Mao Zedong declares the founding of the modern People's Republic of China, October 1, 1949

Events

• 1949 - Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong (pictured) proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• National Day of the People's Republic of China

Births

• 1893 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
• 1922 – Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician