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Events in the year 1942 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
- Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Events
[edit]- Beginning of the Chinese famine of 1942-43
- April 26 - a gas and coal dust explosion in the Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners.[1][2][3]
- mid May-early September - Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign
- A cholera epidemic in Yunnan province kills around 200 people[4]
Births
[edit]- December 21 - Hu Jintao
- September 15 — Wen Jiabao
- Chen Jialin
- Huang Baosheng
- Wang Zhizhen
- He Xiangjian
- Chen Guidi
- Huang Zhiquan
Deaths
[edit]- February 12 — Zhao Shangzhi, military commander (b. 1908)
- May 26 — Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1904)
- May 27 — Chen Duxiu, 1st General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1879)
- June 2 — Zuo Quan, senior staff officer of the Eighth Route Army (b. 1905)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Yang (杨), Wenjie (雯洁). "Hidden behind the world's largest coal mine accident lies (Figure) - 世界最大煤矿事故背后藏谎言(图)" (in Chinese). Sina News. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ De (尚), Shangbao (宝德). "About 1942, the Lake mine gas explosion oral information (关于1942年本溪湖煤矿瓦斯大爆炸口述资料)" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Chinazhaoge Blog" (in Chinese). sohu.com. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ SARS in China: Prelude to Pandemic?, By Arthur Kleinman, James L. Watson, p. 10