Portal:China/Anniversaries/May/May 12

Events

• 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
• 2008 – An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.

Births

• 1996 – You Xiaodi, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

• 1990 – Chen Kenmin, Chinese-Japanese chef (b. 1912)