<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" id="mwAUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Battle of Hong Kong</a> ends, beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Japanese occupation of Hong Kong</a>.<sup about="#mwt180" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"}}' id="cite_ref-34" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_25#cite_note-34" id="mwAUY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 34;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUc">[34]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"><cite about="#mwt177" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCYE"><a class="external text" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-12/08/content_7279606.htm" id="mwCYI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Hong Kong's "Black Christmas"<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwCYM"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwCYQ">China Daily</i>. 8 December 2008<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCYU">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCYY">7 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt177" class="Z3988" id="mwCYc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=China+Daily&amp;rft.atitle=Hong+Kong%27s+%22Black+Christmas%22&amp;rft.date=2008-12-08&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fcndy%2F2008-12%2F08%2Fcontent_7279606.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+25"></span></span>