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 goes off early in a revolutionary cell in Hankou; the plotters’ membership lists are seized, and the New Army soldiers on them mutiny that night rather than wait to be shot. Within six weeks fifteen provinces declare for a republic. The dynasty that had ruled since 1644 is ended by an accident with a fuse.
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— Chongqing negotiations
28 Aug–10 Oct 1945 — Mao flies to Chiang’s capital under American escort; the two men toast each other and sign a unity communiqué neither believes. General Marshall’s year of mediation follows, and fails the same way: both parties would rather risk everything than share an army.
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