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What historical event is commemorated on August 1st Army Day?
August 1 Day is the Army Day of China People's Liberation Army, which originated from the Nanchang Uprising led by China people during the domestic democratic revolution in China. 1, 1, In August 1927, the Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of China's armed resistance against the reactionaries, which marked that China entered a new era of China's independent leadership of the armed revolution and the birth of China's new people's army.

1933 in July, the provisional central government of chinese soviet republic decided to commemorate the founding of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants (the predecessor of the China People's Liberation Army) on August 1 day. From then on, August 1 became the Army Day of China People's Liberation Army. During the Army Day, all parts of China should focus on "supporting the army, supporting the government and loving the people" to commemorate the birth of the People's Army.

August 1 day is the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China, so it is also called "August 1st Army Day". Its origin is: 1, 1, at 2 a.m. in August, 65437, the former enemy committee headed by Zhou Enlai and the Northern Expedition troops led by He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De and Liu Bocheng reached 20,000. The armed uprising in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province fired the first shot of China's armed resistance against reactionaries, which was the beginning of China's independent leadership of the armed struggle.

1928 In April, the Nanchang Uprising Army led by Zhu De and Chen Yi and the Autumn Harvest Uprising Army led by Mao Zedong joined forces in Jinggangshan to formally form the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. 1 On June 30th, 933, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided that August1day would be the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army Memorial Day. Since then, "August 1st" has become the Army Day of China People's Liberation Army.