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May 3, 1928

On May 3, 1928, the Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days. James Ivory, James Ivory, James Ivory would arrive in the same year.

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1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1928th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 928th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1920s decade.

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On May 3, 1928

  1. 1928 The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.

    1928 Chinese-Japanese conflict in China

    The Jinan incident or 3 May Tragedy began as a 3 May 1928 dispute between Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Japanese soldiers and civilians in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in China, which then escalated into an armed conflict between the NRA and the Imperial Japanese Army.

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James Ivory 1928– American director, producer, and screenwriter
James Ivory 1928– American director, producer, and screenwriter
James Ivory 1928– American director, producer, and screenwriter
James Ivory 1928– American director, producer, and screenwriter

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