THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 10
October 10 in history
What happened on October 10: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1911 and 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Wuchang Uprising
10 Oct 1911 — A bomb explodes prematurely in a revolutionary cell in Hankou, and the authorities seize the plotters’ membership lists. New Army soldiers whose names are on them face execution; that night they mutiny instead. Within six weeks fifteen provinces declare for a republic. The dynasty that had ruled since 1644 has been brought down after an accident with a fuse.
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— Chongqing negotiations
28 Aug–10 Oct 1945 — Mao flew to Chiang’s capital under American escort. The two leaders toasted one another and signed a unity communiqué in which neither believed. General Marshall then spent a year mediating, with the same result: both parties preferred to risk everything rather than share an army.
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