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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