16 chronicle entries dated 6 June, spanning 15 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
同一日日子相同、年份唔同 —— 唔一定同一件事。 · 志錄大事 · 全年份索引 · 呢日嘅 JSONSame calendar day, different years — not necessarily the same event.
涉及地點香港、堅尼地城、北京、西貢、灣仔會展Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1859#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2017#〈條目編號〉
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On 6 June 1859, a document titled Memorandum on the Question of the Kowloon Peninsula was written by Colonial Secretary Mercer, analysing what advantages the Hong Kong colony would gain from occupying the Kowloon Peninsula.
The Tung Wah Hospital Infectious Diseases Hospital was sited at Kennedy Town; the outbreak of smallpox in 1897 prompted the construction plan, the foundation stone ceremony was held on 18 November 1901, and it officially opened on 6 June 1903 with 68 beds.
On 3 February 1930, Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hong Kong and was its founder; on 6 June 1931 he was arrested by the Hong Kong authorities and held in Victoria Prison, and after several rounds of trial was deported in January 1933, afterwards going to Xiamen.
The Kuomintang's official organ in Hong Kong, Guo Min Ri Bao, began publication on 6 June 1939, was renamed Hong Kong Times on 4 August 1949, and ceased publication on 17 February 1993.
On 6 June 1946, the Hong Kong government launched a plan to reduce food consumption and formed publicity teams to explain the key points of saving food, teach farming techniques and encourage the cultivation of vegetable gardens through the official Chinese-language radio channel, so as to make up for the food shortage.
On 6 June 1985, the Commercial Crime Bureau of the police launched an investigation into the insolvency of Overseas Trust Bank, while the Hong Kong government ordered the bank to suspend business for two days.
On the 6th of that month, a male swimmer died after being attacked by a shark at Silverstrand Beach; by the 13th, a female swimmer also lost her life to a shark attack at Clear Water Bay.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.