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Events

• 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
• 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
• 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.

Births

• 1952 – Li Yinhe, Chinese sociologist and sexologist