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Events on Monday 1 August 1927 1
1927Nanchang UprisingCommunist revolt later marked as the founding of the PLACommunist-led units under Zhou Enlai, He Long and Zhu De seized Nanchang from the Nationalists. They were driven out within days, but the uprising was the first major armed action by the Chinese Communist Party. China celebrates 1 August as the founding day of the People's Liberation Army.