1973 1st U.S. - China basketball game, U.S. collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1972 Kevin Han, Shanghai China, U.S. badminton player 1996 Olympics
1972 President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
1969 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75
1963 Si-An Deng, born in Shanghai, China, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1961 Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth
1960 Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress, Last Emperor
1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1945 Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist, Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966
1943 Shannon Lucid, born in Shanghai, China, astronaut, STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79
1941 Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
1940 Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai
1937 Japans army conquers Shanghai
1937 Japanese attack Shanghai
1935 Japan invades Shanghai China
1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader, Tony Orlando, Marie
1932 Japan occupies Shanghai
1927 Michael Sandberg, British CEO, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp
1927 Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1927 Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
1927 British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai
1924 Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
1915 Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball
1914 Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
1901 Willem A Wagenaar, journalist and writer, Shanghai
1894 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
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