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2013 Event - In Beijing, China, a seven-year old girl is confirmed as the first person in the country to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu

2013 Event - Scientist in China discover an ancient human fossil in a cave near Beijing; the 40,000 year-old leg bone shows it was related to the ancestors of present-day Asians and Native Americans

2013 Event - The air pollution in Beijing reaches levels deemed hazardous to human health

2012 Event - The China Central Television Headquarters, designed by the Officer for Metropolitan Architecture, a firm based in Rotterdam ten years ago, is finally completed in Beijing

2012 Event - A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China

2012 Event - At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party'

2011 Event - A near riot breaks out at the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China

2010 Event - In Beijing, the minimum wage is raised by 20%, the second time in six months

2010 Event - China's Premier, Wen Jiabao visits migrant workers at a Beijing construction site and declares the need for better treatment of the country's migrant workers

2008 Event - 2008 Summer Olympics come to a close in Beijing, China

2008 Event - 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, China

1997 Death - Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies

1989 Event - Beijing cop shoots and wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping

1989 Event - Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing

1989 Event - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

1989 Event - China declares martial law in Beijing

1989 Event - Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing

1989 Event - Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs

1989 Event - Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square

1989 Event - Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

1989 Event - 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China

1989 Event - Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts

1989 Event - Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom

1989 Event - Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests

1987 Death - Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing

1979 Birthday - Zhang Ziyi, born in Beijing, China, actress, internationally successful film star, appeared in 'Hero', 'Purple Butterfly', 'House of Flying Daggars', 'The Horsemen', 'Memoirs of a Geisha'

1976 Event - Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow

1976 Event - "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing

1976 Death - Chou En-lai, China's Prime Minister 1949 - 1976, dies of cancer in Beijing at 78

1973 Event - U.S. and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington D.C.

1972 Event - President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing

1963 Birthday - Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts

1961 Birthday - Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1951 Event - Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing

1932 Birthday - King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn'

1924 Event - Christian General Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing

1913 Event - Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)

1907 Event - Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally

1900 Event - 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion

1900 Event - U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion

1860 Event - British and French troops capture Beijing

1731 Event - Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die

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