Portal:China/Anniversaries/April/April 28
Appearance
- Events
- 1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
- 1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 2008 – A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.
- Births
- 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)