2012 Event Co-founder of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, resigns from the position of chief executive officer 2003 Event China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space 1993 Death Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter 1992 Event Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) 1981 Event Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1972 Birthday Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star, WR/OR 50m freestyle 1971 Birthday Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 1988 Olympics 1947 Birthday Edward Yang, director, Tewrrorizers 1933 Birthday Chuan-Kwang Yang, born in Taiwan, decathlete 1960 Olympics silver 1922 Birthday Chen Ning Yang, China, U.S. physicist/disproved parity, Nobel 1957 1894 Event Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang 1856 Birthday Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion
