28 chronicle entries dated 20 August, spanning 14 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、香港九龍、美國、牛池灣佛教孔仙洲紀念中學對面、瑪麗醫院後山、香港荃灣芙蓉山村、沙田沙田嶺路福來別墅、桂園12座附近、荃灣老圍、飛鵝山、荃灣芙蓉山村、荃灣老圍以北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/1841#〈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: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1927#〈條目編號〉
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On 20 August 1841, Henry Pottinger arrived in Hong Kong, concurrently holding the posts of British Superintendent of Trade in China, Plenipotentiary, and Administrator of Hong Kong; the next day, he led 14 warships and 2,519 British troops northward, launching a new round of military aggression against China.
On 20 August 1945, Chiang Kai-shek, then Chairman of the Nationalist Government, telegraphed US President Truman, proposing that Britain should not accept the surrender of Japanese forces within Chinese territory or in Hong Kong.
On 20 August 1986 a joint conference campaigning against the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant collected 1.04 million signatures from Hong Kong residents, and 12 representatives submitted a petition to the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council.
On 20 August 1997, the Provisional Legislative Council voted and passed a motion on the Vietnamese boat people issue, urging the authorities to abolish the first port of asylum policy and immediately repatriate all remaining boat people in Hong Kong.
On 20 August 1997, the Department of Health announced the first discovery of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in humans in Hong Kong, the first such case in the world.
On 20 August 2004, Hong Kong was shrouded in dense fog, and six ship collisions occurred in succession in the early hours of that day, causing 1 death and 6 injuries.
On 20 August 2005, a landslide occurred at Fu Yung Shan Tsuen in Tsuen Wan, with about 400 cubic metres of mud and rock covering several squatter huts and a footpath, causing one death.
On 20 August 2005, a landslide occurred in the vicinity of Fulai Villa and 12 blocks of Kwai Garden on Sha Tin Ling Road in Sha Tin, with a total fallen soil and rock volume of 1,200 cubic metres.
The landslide incident that occurred around Lo Wai in Tsuen Wan on 20 August 2005 required the evacuation of 118 residents living in nearby squatter huts and 84 people visiting a temple, and caused no casualties.
In the afternoon of 20 August 2005, a slope in the catchment area north of Lo Wai in Tsuen Wan collapsed, and about 1,400 cubic metres of debris subsequently flowed down to Lo Wai Road.
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.