1. In 1053, Godwin, the first Earl of Wessex, died in Winchester.

2. In 1452, Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian painter, was born.

3. In 1622, Dutch explorers discovered 600 mysterious stone statues, the largest of which weighed 82 tons.

4. In 1765, Mikhail Lomonosov, a giant of Russian literature and science, died.

5. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln of the United States was assassinated.

6. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours after hitting an iceberg, killing 1,517 people.

7. In 1912, Kim Il - sung, the leader of North Korea, was born.

8. In 1917, Huang Xing was buried on Yuelu Mountain.

9. In 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a "Letter to All Party Members" , calling on the whole Party to "struggle for the consolidation of domestic peace, the attainment of democratic rights, and the realization of resistance against Japan".

10. In 1949, after half a month of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and after exchanging views with various parties, the Communist Party of China delegation put forward the "Domestic Peace Agreement (Final Amendment)" with eight articles and twenty - four paragraphs.

11. In 1957, the first China Export Commodities Fair was held in Guangzhou.

12. In 1958, the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan was officially established.

13. In 1972, China established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Mauritius.

14. In 1980, Jean - Paul Sartre, a famous French philosopher, playwright, novelist, and the founder of existentialism, died.

15. In 1984, the awarding ceremony for the first - ever national outstanding head teachers in New China was held in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing.

16. In 1989, a stampede occurred at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, during a football match, resulting in the death of 93 people.

17. In 1990, Greta Garbo, one of the most famous movie stars in the world in the 1930s, died.

18. In 1991, the "Hope Project" was launched.

19. In 1994, the Rwandan Genocide began, and many Tutsi refugees were massacred at the Mugonero Seventh - day Adventist Church.

20. In 1997, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening Land Management and Earnestly Protecting Cultivated Land" , officially establishing the land - use management system.

21. In 1999, the construction of the Yuehai Railway Passage, China's first cross - sea railway passage, began.

22. In 2002, a China Airlines Boeing 767 crashed near Busan Airport, South Korea.

23. In 2003, global scientists completed the Human Genome Project, decoding 3 billion base pairs.

24. In 2004, Ren Changxia, the director of the Dengfeng Public Security Bureau in Henan Province, died in a car accident while on duty.

25. In 2006, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Promoting the Rise of the Central Region".

26. In 2010, the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted, grounding European air traffic for six days.

27. In 2014, Xi Jinping stated at the first meeting of the Central National Security Commission that China should adhere to the overall national security concept.

28. In 2017, Yang Jie, the director of the 1986 TV series "Journey to the West" , passed away.

29. In 2019, a fire broke out at Notre - Dame de Paris, causing its iconic spire to collapse and two - thirds of its roof to be destroyed.

30. In 2020, the price of US crude oil futures plummeted to - $37.63 per barrel.

31. In 2024, Notre - Dame de Paris reopened.

32. In 2025, the first China - ASEAN Summit was held.

33. In 2025, the US and Iran made a breakthrough in indirect negotiations.

34. In 2025, Algeria expelled French diplomats, triggering a diplomatic crisis.

35. In 2025, Trump's tariff - exemption policy helped Apple's market capitalization return to $3 trillion.

36. In 2025, violence escalated in Ecuador, and the president declared a state of emergency in several areas.

37. In 2025, differences over the cease - fire agreement draft between Hamas and Israel remained unresolved.

38. In 2025, the city of Sumy in Ukraine was hit by a missile attack, resulting in 34 deaths and 117 injuries.

39. In 2025, the roof of a Dominican club collapsed, killing 231 people.

40. In 2025, former South Korean President Yoon Suk - yeol appeared in court for the first time on charges of insurrection.

41. In 2025, Turkey and Iraq signed agreements on counter - terrorism and energy cooperation.

42. In 2025, Japan's nuclear - contaminated water discharge into the sea was strongly protested by neighboring countries again.

43. In 2025, the 137th China Import and Export Fair opened.

44. In 2025, the Tenth National Security Education Day was observed, with various forms of national security education carried out across the country.

45. In 2025, the General Administration of Market Regulation introduced 37 measures to support the development of private enterprises.

46. In 2025, the fifth China International Consumer Products Expo held several supply - demand matchmaking meetings.

47. In 2025, 163 million people entered and exited China in the first quarter, a year - on - year increase of 15.3%.

48. In 2025, the torch for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was officially released.