The handover of Hong Kong, or the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong (also called "the Handover" or "the Return" in mainland China) was when the country that controlled Hong Kong was changed from the United Kingdom to China. The handover happened on 1 July 1997. Before this day, British Hong Kong was controlled by the United Kingdom as a colony and a British Dependent Territory. After the handover, Hong Kong became a special administrative region (SAR) of China.
The handover was the end of British control of Hong Kong. They governed over it for 156 years. Because the number of people living in Hong Kong was 6.5 million in 1997, it was the majority of people (97%) living in all British Dependent Territories. Some people think that the handover was the end of the British Empire.
The United Kingdom controlled many parts of India by the 1830s. Their goal in this land was to grow cotton so that they didn't have to buy so much from the United States. They were not able to grow cotton, but they found out that they could grow poppies in India and turn them into opium. The British smuggled opium into China so that they could buy tea. This was one of the reasons the Opium Wars happened, when Britain and China fought with each other. After the Opium Wars, the two countries signed three different treaties with the Qing Empire, who controlled China at the time.
Britain was given the power to control the land of Hong Kong in these treaties:
Even though the British did not control the New Territories forever, this part of Hong Kong was developed as quickly as the other parts of Hong Kong. Because there was not enough land and natural resources in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, a lot of infrastructure was also built in the New Territories. When Britain and China began talking about what would happen to Hong Kong after 1997, many people thought it was very hard to separate the New Territories and the rest of Hong Kong and only give the New Territories back to China.
Witold Sadowy
Witold Sadowy (7 January 1920 – 15 November 2020) was a Polish actor, publicist and columnist. He was a columnist of the "Gazeta Wyborcza" daily and "Życie na gorąco" magazine. He was born in Warsaw.
He made his theatre debut in 1945. His best known roles were in "Zakazane piosenki" and "Bad Luck".
In January 2020, at the age of 100, he publicly came out as gay.
Sadowy died on 15 November 2020 in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland at the age of 100.
Victor Popa
Victor Popa (15 April 1949 – 15 November 2020) was a Moldovan politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2010 until 2013. He left office when he was named a Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova.
Popa died on 15 November 2020 at the age of 71.
Kereta Api Indonesia
Kereta Api Indonesia (or KAI) is a railway company in indonesia. Began operation in 1945 from former railway ompanies like Statspoorwegen,NIS,and others. The company starts with name-brand DKA (Djawatan Kereta Api),Later PJKA ,PT.Kereta Api and PT.KAI.
Snow in Florida
The U.S. state Florida does not get snow very often. Most of the time, major cities in Florida do not get snowfall that can be measured. Some areas in the far north are able to get snow more often. The National Weather Service says that the Florida Keys and Key West have not gotten a snow flurry in more than 300 years. In Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach, only one snow flurry was recorded. This happened in January 1977. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, or Palm Beach have not had a snow flurry before or after that.
Florida's climate is low latitude and subtropical. Temperatures that are cold enough to have snowfall do not happen long. Frost is more likely to happen than snow because it needs a temperature of 32°F or 0°C, less than 2 m or 7 ft above sea level, no clouds in the sky, and a relative humidity of 65% or more. For snow to happen in Florida, a polar jet stream must go south through Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. A cold front has to stop around the south part of Florida and curve northeast to add very cold air into clouds.
The earliest known time Florida got snow was in 1774. People in Florida thought it was "extraordinary white rain." The first White Christmas in the northeast part of Florida was on December 23, 1989.
Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń
The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church located at the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, in the village of Licheń Stary near Konin in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland.
It was designed by Barbara Bielecka and built between 1994 and 2004. The construction was funded by pilgrims' donations. With a tower measuring 141.5 meters in height, it is one of the tallest and largest churches in the world.
Lawrence LeShan
Lawrence LeShan (September 8, 1920 – November 9, 2020) was an American psychologist, educator and the author. He was best known for writing the best-selling "How to Meditate" (1974) a practical guide to meditation. He wrote about 75 articles in the professional literature and thirteen books about psychotherapy, war, cancer treatment, and mysticism.
LeShan was born in New York City. He died on November 9, 2020 died at the age of 100.
Yairus Gwijangge
Yairus Gwijangge (31 December 1968 – 15 November 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was born in Mapenduma, Papua, Indonesia. Gwijiangge was the Regent of Nduga from 2011 to 2016 and again from 2017 until his death.
Gwijangge died on 15 November 2020 at a hospital in Jakarta, aged 51.
Walid Muallem
Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem (; 13 January 1941 – 16 November 2020) was a Syrian politician. He was a member of the Ba'ath Party. He was Foreign Minister from 2006 to 2020 and as Deputy Prime Minister from 2012 to 2020. Muallem was born in Damascus, Syria.
Muallem died on 16 November 2020 in Damascus from heart disease at the age of 79.
Carlos Amadeu
Carlos Amadeu Nascimento Lemos (6 September 1965 – 15 November 2020), known as Carlos Amadeu, was a Brazilian footballer and manager. He played as a left back. He was born in Salvador, Bahia.
Amadeu joined Bahia's youth setup in 1983. In 1987, after two seasons as a senior, Amadeu moved to Galícia.
On 15 November 2020, Amadeu was found dead in Riyadh after having a heart attack at the age of 55.
Michèle Flournoy
Michèle Angélique Flournoy (born December 14, 1960) is an American politician and businesswoman. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy under President Bill Clinton and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under President Barack Obama.
He was a principal advisor to U.S. Secretaries of Defense Robert Gates and Leon Panetta from February 2009 to February 2012.
During her tenure in the Clinton administration, Flournoy was the author of the May 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
Gabber
Gabber is a genre of Dutch hardstyle music.
International Art Society &amp; Academy
The International Art Society & Academy ("International Art Society and Academy, Διεθνής Εταιρεία Τέχνης και Ακαδημία") is an art association founded in 2007 by a Greek classical guitarist and composer Yorgos Foudoulis. The Society is situated in Volos, Greece.
Every year the society organizes a number of international art competitions (Interartia, Ithagenia, World Award, World Book Award, Artist of the Year, World Poetry Competition "Manolis Aligizakis") dominantly in various fields of music, but also in poetry, plastic arts and other forms of artistic expression.