CIIC:Selected anniversaries/December 2

1929: Pei Wenzhong discovered the skull of the "Peking Man".

1975: Chairman Mao Zedong met with US President Gerald Ford.

1988: Chinese recorded the Fastest climb of Vinson Massif.

1999: High-level International Ozone Protection Conference opened in Beijing, being the largest-scale international environmental conference hosted by China to date.

2013: China's lunar probe Chang'e 3 was launched successfully with its first moon rover aboard from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.