2005 Hong Kong Disneyland opens
1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
1997 U.K. returns Hong Kong to China
1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
1994 Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
1985 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1977 Lee San San, Miss Hong Kong Universe 1997
1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
1969 Derek Fung, Hong Kong, Canadian Tour golfer
1963 Dermot Reeve, cricketer, in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992
1955 Yun Fat Chow, Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor, Better Tomorrow
1952 David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
1945 Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550
1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan
1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
1942 Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong
1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
1941 Japanse troops land on Hong Kong
1940 Maxine Hong Kingston, U.S., author
1939 Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong
1939 Nancy Kwan, born in Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, Night Creature
1938 Henry Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong
1935 David Wilson, British governor, Hong Kong
1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8
1927 Michael Sandberg, British CEO, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp
1926 Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys
1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers
1921 Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604
1912 David Merrick, [Margulois], Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly
1912 Wendy Barrie, born in Hong Kong, hostess, Wendy Barrie Show
1911 Xia Hong, writer
1906 Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong
1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1898 U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan
1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony
1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to British
1839 British capture Hong Kong from China
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