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August 29, 1998 International Smile Operation
In the "International Smile Operation" held on August 29, 1998, more than 50 medical staff and volunteers from the United States, Colombia, Singapore, Philippines and other countries and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of my country gathered in Beijing. The plastic surgery hospital provides free treatment for Chinese children with cleft lip and palate.
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August 29, 1988 The Soviet spacecraft docked successfully with the space station
astronauts in the space station. On August 29, 1988, the cheers at the Baikonur launch site in the Soviet Union were deafening. Two days after the 49-meter-tall spacecraft "Soyuz TM-6" launched three astronauts into space, the "Soyuz" spacecraft and the "Mir" space station successfully docked over the Ural Mountains. People were near Moscow. The Kaliningrad Space Center watched this spectacular scene through a large-screen TV. The three astronauts and the two residents of the "Peace" station warmly hugged each other and congratulated each other.
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August 29, 1984 The theory of continental plate drift was confirmed
On August 29, 1984, American scientists confirmed that the continents on the earth are moving slowly and continuously around the earth. NASA has used laser emitters since the early 1970s to shoot a powerful beam from a certain point on the earth to the reflector of a special satellite at an altitude of 5,600 kilometers. The beam is then reflected back to the emission point on the earth. Calculate the distance between two points based on the time it takes for the beam to travel between them.
This type of data and related studies (data taken from rocks) confirm that Europe and North America are drifting farther and farther away from each other as the Atlantic Ocean expands, Hawaii and South America are getting closer, and Western California will eventually Become an island in the Pacific. The US aerospace observation data is consistent with the theory of plate crustal tectonics, that is, continents are more than 30 kilometers thick plates drifting on melted rocks on the surface of the mantle.
The theory of plate crustal tectonics believes that the current continent was formed about 300 million years ago, and the drift movement began 180 million years ago. Observational data show that the Atlantic Ocean expands by 1 centimeter per year, Hawaii and South America approach 5 centimeters per year, Australia and North America separate by 1 centimeter per year, and Northern California and Southern California, which are on two different continental plates, are squeezing each other. Every year, 6 centimeters are removed from each plate. Additionally, most earthquakes that occur in California are caused by plate movement.
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August 29, 1958 Michael Jackson was born
On August 29, 1958, in the family of a crane driver and a female singer in Indiana, the future superstar was born. Among 9 children (6 boys and 3 girls), Michael ranked 5th among boys. Because his father Joseph often liked to play a small band on weekend nights for fun, Michael began to perform on stage when he was 5 years old and became a member of the "Jackson Five Brothers" choir. However, 10 years later, this choir became popular all over the United States. and even the entire West.
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August 29, 1929 The American airship set a new record for circumnavigation
On August 29, 1929, the Grave-Zeppelin airship concluded a historic circumnavigation and returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey today. The Zeppelin's flight lasted 21 days, 7 hours and 26 minutes, setting a new record for circumnavigation. The airship departed Lakehurst early on the morning of August 8 carrying 16 passengers and 37 crew members. It made only three stops during its 19,500-mile journey. The first stop was its terminal in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from which it flew to Japan via Siberia , landing in Tokyo, and then flew west across the Pacific to Los Angeles. Finally landing at Lakehurst at 8:47 a.m.
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August 29, 1842 The first unequal treaty in modern Chinese history, the Treaty of Nanjing, was signed in 1842. After the British invaders successively captured Wusong, Shanghai, and Zhenjiang, they sailed their warships to the Nanjing River in early August and aimed their guns at them. Quasi-Nanjing City. The corrupt Qing government openly violated the wishes of the people to resolutely resist the enemy and surrendered to the invaders. Emperor Daoguang sent Qiying as the imperial envoy to go to the Zhejiang front line with Iribu to test the terms of surrender with the British invaders on the issue of ending the Opium War . At that time, the British troops were approaching the gates of Nanjing, and Qiying hurriedly came Nanjing recognized all the "peace conditions" proposed by the invaders without a single formal negotiation. On August 29, 1842, on the British warship HMS Hanhua, Qiying and Iribu signed the first unequal treaty in modern Chinese history - the "Treaty of Jiangning" on behalf of the Qing government. Jiangning is now Nanjing, so the "Treaty of Jiangning" is also called the "Treaty of Nanjing".
