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Events

• 755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
• 1598 – Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang – Chinese General Chen Lin heavily damage the Japanese fleet, however, the Japanese army succeeds in retreating.
• 1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China (map pictured), killing an estimated 200,000.
• 1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea.

Deaths

• 705 – Wu Zetian, Chinese wife Emperor Gaozong of Tang (b. 625)
• 2012 – John Chen Shi-zhong, Chinese bishop (b. 1917)