26 chronicle entries dated 10 October, spanning 20 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.
涉及地點澎湖姑婆嶼、香港、廣州、香港、廣州、南京、中環、屯門、九龍李鄭屋村、李鄭屋徙置區、尖沙咀、添馬艦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/1892#〈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/2009#〈條目編號〉
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On 10 October 1892, while the eleven members of the Hong Kong cricket team were returning to Hong Kong from Shanghai aboard the British passenger ship Bokhara, a typhoon near Gupo Island in the Pescadores caused the ship to sink, killing 125 people including passengers.
On 10 October 1918, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong held the inauguration ceremony of its headquarters and Central Building in Central, which had a swimming pool with adjustable hot and cold water and an elevated saucer-shaped running track, making it Hong Kong's first indoor sports venue.
On 10 October 1926, the Canton–Hong Kong Strike Committee announced the lifting of the economic blockade of Hong Kong and the end of the sixteen-month strike.
On 10 October, the Canton–Hong Kong Strike Committee publicly announced the lifting of the blockade and stated that from 12 noon that day, pickets stationed at the various sea ports would be withdrawn.
The third-generation HSBC building was located at 1 Queen's Road Central, and 17 October 1934 was the date of its foundation stone-laying ceremony, symbolising that the building had been officially completed.
On 10 October 1941, Guangming Bao published the founding declaration of the China Democratic League of Political Groups and its programme of views on the current situation.
On 10 October 1946, Dade College was jointly founded in Tuen Mun by the Chinese Communist Party and left-wing democrats as a post-secondary institution in Hong Kong; on 23 February 1949, the Hong Kong government revoked its registration and the college came to an end.
On 10 October 1946, Dade College was founded in Tuen Mun, jointly run in Hong Kong by the Chinese Communist Party and left-wing democrats as a post-secondary institution; on 23 February 1949, the Hong Kong government revoked its registration and the college was closed.
On 10 October 1949, the Asia Evening College of Arts and Commerce, founded by Ch'ien Mu, Tang Chun-i, Zhang Pijie and others, began formal classes at the premises of South China Middle School.
On 10 October 1956, in the Lei Cheng Uk Resettlement Area, Block G in Kowloon displayed the 'Double Ten' emblem and the Blue Sky with a White Sun and Red Earth flag on its exterior wall; management removed them in accordance with Urban Council regulations, prompting pro-Kuomintang individuals to riot.
On the morning of 10 October 1956, two Resettlement Department staff members at Block G of the Li Cheng Uk Resettlement Area removed unauthorised Republic of China flags and 'Double Tenth' emblems on the occasion of Double Tenth Day, which greatly angered pro-Kuomintang residents who surrounded the office demanding compensation and an apology; the situation then escalated into the three-day 'Kowloon and Tsuen Wan Riot', also known as the 'Double Tenth Riot'.
Typhoon Dot struck on 10 October 1964 and ended on 13 October of the same year, during which 26 people died, 85 were injured and 10 others were missing across Hong Kong.
On 10 October 1971, the Hong Kong Post-Secondary Students Association was announced, with Ng Yat-po as its chairman; the organisation provided further education and employment information for students of various tertiary institutions and promoted academic research and cultural exchange.
On 10 October 1979, Liu Yiu-chu was elected president of the Association of Professionals for the Promotion of Modernisation; the association, composed of professionals from Hong Kong's legal, accounting, surveying, architectural, planning and engineering sectors, was registered and established on that day.
The association's goal was to encourage professionals from various sectors in Hong Kong to contribute to the country's reform and opening-up and modernisation, and to impart various types of professional knowledge to mainland institutions and enterprises.
On 10 October 1984, Yip Kai-foon and three robbers carried out an armed robbery at King Fook Jewellery in Tsim Sha Tsui, taking jewellery and watches worth more than $930,000.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology held its opening ceremony on 10 October 1991, focusing on science and technology and professional disciplines.
On 10 October 1994, the Chinese Culture Association applied to use the Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre venue to hold a "Double Tenth National Day" event, which was approved by the Urban Council.
The Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch considered that the activity contravened the principle of "One Country, Two Systems", and also stated that the Hong Kong Government had to bear responsibility for the rental of the venue.
On 10 October 2008, the Transport and Housing Bureau unified the definition of saleable area and brought it within the regulatory scope of the Lands Department's consent scheme for pre-sale of uncompleted flats.
On 10 October 2009, Hong Kong was approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources to establish a national geopark, named the Hong Kong National Geopark, becoming the 139th of its kind.
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.