The Dandy Tony Morrow, the Desperate Dan statue, which also features his dog Dawg, is the most photographed of 120 pieces of public art in the city. In July 2001 the cover of "The Dandy" featured Dan visiting Dundee and encountering his statue. In December 2012 the University of Dundee held an exhibition in partnership with D C Thomson to mark the comic's 75th anniversary. The Dandy The Dandy was a British children's comic published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after "Il Giornalino" (cover dated
Population of Nanjing in December of 1937 and 70,000 soldiers. On December 1, 1937, following the end of the Battle of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese soldiers stationed in the vicinity of Shanghai were ordered to march inland to Nanking, the capital city of China. The opposing Chinese garrison, the Nanking Garrison Force, attempted to defend a series of encampment outside of Nanking, but ultimately could not prevent the Japanese Army from arriving at the walled city by December 9. On December 13, the Japanese Army captured Nanking and perpetrated the Nanking Massacre. The Chinese population of Nanking in December prior to the fall of