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 November, foreign residents of the city had constituted the International Committee, which in turn created a demilitarized zone for refugees in central Nanking called the Nanking Safety Zone. By the time of the city's fall, much of Nanking's remaining population had congregated within the safety zone. No official statistics attest to Nanking's population in December 1937. However, a variety of contemporary estimates do exist, including the views of foreign residents of Nanking such as John Rabe, statements by Western journalists, the sampling survey conducted by Lewis Smythe, and the population registration of the Japanese occupation. In December, members of the