<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Liberation_Army" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> begins its siege of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a>, the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a>-held city in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>, forcing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the Republic of China">President of the Republic of China</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a> and his government to retreat to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>.