2012 Event Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese dissident, requests help from the U.S. Congress in his attempt to flee China with his family 2012 Event After Chen Guangcheng flees house arrest, U.S. President Barack Obama refuses to comment on the blind Chinese dissident who reportedly went to the U.S. embassy 1995 Death Chen Yun, VPM of China 1949 - 1975, 1979 - 1980, dies 1995 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) 1995 Event Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m 1993 Event Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) 1992 Event Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr. Peter Hui 1985 Event T. C. Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of U.S. Open 1976 Birthday Chen Lu, China, figure skater, Olympics-Bronze-94 1973 Birthday Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC 1996 1971 Birthday Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas 1970 Birthday Julie Chen, American Journalist 1961 Birthday Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1961 Birthday Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth 1960 Birthday Joan Chen, Chen Chung, Shanghai China, actress, Last Emperor 1958 Event Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs 1951 Birthday Chen Shui-bian, Statesman 1922 Birthday Chen Ning Yang, China, U.S. physicist/disproved parity, Nobel 1957
