Hong Kong Timeline

1948 Jul 16 The 'Miss Macao' Crashes in the First Hijacking of a Commercial Aircraft
Fantastic but true." With those three words, spoken 60 years ago this month, the managing director of Cathay Pacific Airways introduced Hong Kong to the horror of skyjacking. "Cathay Pac...
1968 Jul 13 Hong Kong Flu Pandemic
The most recent influenza pandemic occurred in 1968 with the Hong Kong Flu (H3N2) outbreak, which resulted in nearly 34,000 deaths in the United States. The 1968/69 pandemic, which was mi...
1996 Nov 20 Garley Building Fire
The death toll in Hong Kong's worst building fire rose to 39 yesterday, as it was revealed that a welder's spark was most probably to blame for the inferno at a Yau Ma Tei shop and office...
2009 Jun 4 150,000 People Hold Vigil in Hong Kong to Commemorate 20-Year Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Tens of thousands of people converged Thursday on a park to mark the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Organizers estimated that...