10/6 Milestones 3

1945: The Republic of China's Nationalist government began its work to retake Taiwan, with the first contingent of the National Revolutionary Army's 52nd Division departing from Fujian Province for Taiwan. 1949: The People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea established diplomatic relations [1]. 1958: The Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China ordered a seven-day suspension of shelling of Kinmen. Minister of National Defense Peng Dehuai issued the "Letter to the Compatriots in Taiwan." 1958: The U.S. nuclear submarine USS Seawolf completed a two-month submerged transit, setting a world record at the time. 1961: South Korea's KBS Television Department was founded. 1973: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ordered his troops to cross the Suez Canal and attack the Israeli defense line, sparking the Yom Kippur War. 1976: Hua Guofeng, First Vice Chairman of the CCP Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, ordered the arrest of Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's widow, and other key members of the "Gang of Four," marking the end of the ten-year Cultural Revolution. 1979: A five-alarm fire broke out in the wooden shanty town of Ma Chai Hang, Lion Rock, Hong Kong, leaving many residents homeless on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated while presiding over a military parade in the capital, Cairo, celebrating the Yom Kippur War. 1990: The United States launched the Ulysses solar probe.