On this day in 1937, Chinese troops began a withdrawal from Shanghai to the northern Soochow River after Japanese troops captured Tachang. Shanghai would be captured by the Japanese on Nov. 11.
On this day in 1979, Park Chung Hee, president of South Korea, was slain by Kim Jae Kyu, the head of the Korean intelligence agency. At the time, Park had exercised a dictatorship over the country for nearly 18 years.
On this day in 1994, Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony at their mutual border, attended by US President Bill Clinton, ending 46 years of hostilities.
And on this day in 2001, a passenger ship sailed from a harbor other than Liaolo directly to mainland China, marking a breakthrough in the "mini three links" implemented by the Republic of China government on a trial basis at the start of 2001.