10/9 Major Events 3

1936: The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Front Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army meet at Huining, Gansu, after completing the 25,000-li Long March, marking its end. 1941: The Second Battle of Changsha concludes. 1948: Winston Churchill, then former British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, proposes the "Three Circles of Diplomacy." 1962: Uganda declares independence from British rule, but still regards Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. 1963: The Vajont Dam in Italy collapses, causing approximately 2,000 deaths. 1965: The "Five Lights Award" series, Taiwan's longest-running variety show, premieres. 1967: Latin American Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia. 1981: France abolishes the death penalty. 1985: Over 20,000 Han Dynasty bamboo slips are unearthed in the Hexi Corridor. 1986: The musical "The Phantom of the Opera" premieres in London's West End. 1987: Over 300 steel bars are found to be missing during the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.