World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuching" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuching">Kuching</a> is conquered by Japanese forces.<sup about="#mwt122" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-22" id="mw4g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4w">[22]</span></a></sup>
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