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2005 Hong Kong Disneyland opens

2004 Fay Wray, actress, the original King Kong, dies at 96

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

1986 Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies

1986 Wrestlemania II at 3 locations, Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy

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

1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open

1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao

1975 Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong 1996

1973 Chan Ho Park, born in Kong Ju City, Korea, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1972 Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65

1969 Derek Fung, Hong Kong, Canadian Tour golfer

1965 Rob Smits, pop drummer, Kong/Phlegm

1965 Frank Reicher, actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89

1963 Dermot Reeve, cricketer, in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992

1961 Venice Kong, St. Mary Jamaica, playmate, September, 1985

1961 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58

1956 "King Kong," 1st televised

1955 Yun Fat Chow, Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor, Better Tomorrow

1952 David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1949 Brian Kerwin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chisholms, King Kong Lives, Lobo

1949 Jessica Lange, born in Cloquet, Minnesota, actress, King Kong, Tootsie

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

1941 Peter Michael Goetz, actor, Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives

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

1933 New York City premiere of "King Kong"

1933 "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City

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

1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer, King Kong

1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604

1915 John Randolph, New York City, actor, King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie

1912 David Merrick, [Margulois], Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly

1912 Wendy Barrie, born in Hong Kong, hostess, Wendy Barrie Show

1906 Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor, Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong

1906 Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong

1904 Bruce Cabot, born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, actor, Diamonds are Forever, King 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

1890 Robert Armstrong, Saginaw, Michigan, actor, Mighty Joe Young, King Kong

1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong

1875 Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor, King Kong, Son of 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

1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung



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