Loh I-Cheng
Gene Loh or Loh I-cheng (, 1924 – 26 February 2016) was a diplomat of the Republic of China in Taiwan. Career Loh served the United States as an interpreter and interrogator during the Korean War, and was awarded a Medal of Freedom in 1954 by Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1970, Loh began working in the Chinese Information Service in New York City. His service there came to an abrupt end in February 1979 during the Carter administration: he was expelled right before Deng Xiaoping's official visit. In May 1984, while serving as ROC ambassador to Guatemala, Loh went to Belize and met with William Quinto and George Cadle Price to discuss the possibility of establishing relations between the ROC and Belize, but Guatemalan leader Rodolfo Lobos Zamora objected, and after Manuel Esquivel of the Belizean opposition United Democratic Party took power in the election late that year, the plans were put aside. In 1990, Loh was appointed ambassador to South Africa. By 1996 he had become the d ...
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19690415陸以正
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ...
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