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December 12, 1937 in History
Event:
Japanese aircraft shell and sink U.S. gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid U.S. $2.2M in reparations)

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aircraft
China
eventually
gunboat
Japan
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Paid
reparations
River
shell
Sink
Yangtze

Related Year:
1937

Related Events:
December 12
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