THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 26
October 26 in history
What happened on October 26: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1951, each linked to the map that shows it.
— PLA in Lhasa and the Tibetan uprising
26 Oct 1951 — The PLA marches into Lhasa under the Seventeen-Point Agreement. 10–20 Mar 1959 — Crowds surround the Norbulingka palace to keep the Dalai Lama from a Chinese army camp; he escapes on the 17th, and on the 20th the PLA shells the palace. The dead in Lhasa are put at roughly 2,000 to 10,000, a disputed range.
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