On this day in 1911, the Wuchang Uprising led to the demise of the Qing dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
On this day in 1945, the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed an agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. The pact would become known as the Double Tenth Agreement.
On this day in 1962, Taiwan’s first commercial television station went into operation.
And on this day in 1964, the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, was broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.