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2009 The "swine flu", the H1N1 influenza strain is the first condition deemed a global pandemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1967 - 1968
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 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 1961 Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong, China, singer, film actor, producer, Cantopop genre, appeared in over 100 films, 300 TVB television mini-series 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 1935 Dave Wilson, born in Scotland, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, diplomat, administrator, Sinologist, 27th Governor of Hong Kong 1987 - 1992 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major 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, Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly 1912 Wendy Barrie, born in Hong Kong, hostess, Wendy Barrie Show 1906 Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong 1902 Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, 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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