Portal:China/Anniversaries/June/June 3

Events

• 1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
• 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• 2013 – At least 120 people are killed in a fire at a poultry plant in Northeast China.

Births

• 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)

Deaths

• 628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
• 1928 – Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 2009 – Shih Kien, Chinese actor (b. 1913)