On 24 December 1935, General Minami sent two battalions of irregular Manchurian cavalry under Li Shouxin, a squadron of Japanese planes, and a few tanks to assist the Prince in taking over the northern part of Chahar province.

James Gregory ( December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002 ) was an American character actor noted for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as McCarthy-like Senator John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate ( 1962 ), the audacious General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and loudmouthed Inspector Luger in Barney Miller ( 1975 – 1982 ).

* December 31 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord ( b. 1493 )

* December 1 – Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord ( b. 1582 )

* December 1 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord ( d. 1573 )

* December 18 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord ( d. 1551 )

General Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid () ( December 15, 1934 – August 1, 1996 ) was a controversial Somali military leader, often described as a warlord.

On 12 December 1936, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Kuomintang was arrested by Marshal Zhang Xueliang, a former warlord of Manchuria, and Commander of the North Eastern Army who had fought against the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and subsequent expansion into Inner Mongolia by the Japanese and troops of the puppet state of Manchukuo that had been created in Manchuria.

On 22 December 1997, forces of Dagestani militants and Chechnya-based Arab warlord Ibn al-Khattab raided the base of the 136th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army in Buynaksk, Dagestan, inflicting severe losses on the men and equipment of the unit.

Khun Sa, a major opium warlord who nominally controlled parts of Shan State, made a deal with the government in December 1995 after U. S. pressure.

On 19 December 1996, Berezovsky made headlines by negotiating the release of 21 Russian policeman held hostage by the warlord Salman Raduev amid efforts by radicals from both sides to torpedo peace negotiations.

On December 15, 2001, he stated there were no members of Al-Qaeda in Somalia, though a rival warlord claimed there were 50 armed fighters of the terrorist organization who had entered the country.

Hicks was captured by a " Northern Alliance warlord " near Kunduz, Afghanistan, on or about 9 December 2001 and turned over to US Special Forces for US $ 1000 on 17 December 2001.

Somalia participated in talks in December 1997 held in Cairo, Egypt, where Aidid and Mahdi, another Somali warlord, signed a “ Declaration of Principles .” The declaration promised to launch reconciliation conferences in February, 1998 and to prepare a transitional government charter.

On December 12, Zhang and several other Nationalist generals kidnapped Chiang for two weeks in what is known as the Xi ' an Incident.

The title was briefly revived from 12 December 1915 to 22 March 1916 by President Yuan Shikai and again in early July 1917 when General Zhang Xun attempted to restore last Qing emperor Puyi to the throne.

On December 12, 1936, the disgruntled Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng conspired to kidnap Chiang Kai-shek and then force him into a truce with the CPC.

Thus, on 14 December 1936, Madam Chiang sent her Australian adviser, William Henry Donald, who had previously been Zhang ’ s adviser ( and had helped him overcome opium addiction ), to Xi ' an for negotiation.

On 17 December 1936, the CPC delegation was sent to Xi ' an and met with Zhang and Yang to find a peaceful resolution.

) In December 2005, Jeff Stuckman and Guo-Qiang Zhang showed in an arXiv article that the Mastermind satisfiability problem is NP-complete.

The importance of " internal unity before external danger " was forcefully brought home in December 1936, when Chiang Kai-shek, in an event now known as the Xi ' an Incident, was kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang and forced to ally with the Communists against the Japanese in the Second Kuomintang-CCP United Front against Japan.

In December 2009, Zhang Yimou released a loose remake of the film as a comedy.

A Chinese film production 钱学森 预告片 （ 陈坤主演 ） Qian Xue Sen directed by Zhang Jianya stars Zhang Tielin as Qian Xue to be release on 11 December 2011 in both Asia and North America.

* Empress Xiao Gong Zhang ( 孝恭章皇后 ), family name Sun ( 孫 ) ( died September / October 1462 ), daughter of Sun Zouzhong ( 孫鄒忠 ), initially created an Imperial Concubine ( 嬪 ) in 1417, elevated to the rank of Noble Consort ( 貴妃 ) upon the Xuande Emperor's accession in 1425, created empress in 1428 after the deposition of Empress Gong Rang Zhang, became Empress Dowager ( 皇太后 ) upon the accession of her son, created Empress Dowager Shang Sheng ( 上聖皇太后 ) in December 1449, created Empress Dowager Sheng Lie Ci Shou ( 聖烈慈壽皇太后 ), mother of the Zhengtong Emperor and Princess Changde

Chang Ch ' ün or Chang Chun ( 張群 ; pinyin: Zhāng Qún ; also known as Zhang Yuejun 張岳軍 ; May 9, 1889 – December 14, 1990 ) was premier of the Republic of China and prominent member of the Kuomintang.

The Japanese brought in reinforcements to protect their interests in Manchuria, but Zhang managed to put down the revolt in December.

** Hongwang ( 弘旺 ; 27 January 1708-16 December 1762 ), Yunsi's son, born to Lady Zhang.

Zhang Guotao ( November 26, 1897 – December 3, 1979 ) was a founding member and important leader of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and bitter rival to Mao Zedong.

Sheng Yen ( 聖嚴 ; Pinyin: Shèngyán, birth name Zhang Baokang, 張保康 ) ( December 4, 1930 – February 3, 2009 ) was a Buddhist monk, a religious scholar, and one of the mainstream teachers of Chinese Chan Buddhism.

* Phillips, D. P., Liu, G. C., Kwok, K., Jarvinen, J. R., Zhang, W. & Abramson, I. S., " The Hound of the Baskervilles effect: natural experiment on the influence of psychological stress on timing of death ", British Medical Journal, Vol. 324, No. 7327, ( 22-29 December 2001 ), pp. 1443-1446.

On December 12, 1936, while accompanying Chiang Kai-shek on an inspection trip to Xi ' an, members of Military Police clashed with Zhang Xueliang's elite bodyguards when the latter were sent to arrest the generalissimo.

He appears only 3 films in 21st century, in May 2001, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles by Chinese director Zhang Yimou in late December 2005, and Yasuo Furuhata's " To You " in late August 2012 after a six-year hiatus.

Zhang Junxiang () ( b. December 27, 1910 — November 14, 1996 ) was a Chinese film director and playwright.

On 14 December 2009, Oracle pledged to continue to enhance MySQL as it had done for the previous four years.

This explains the later offer of December 1955, in which the US and UK pledged $ 56 and $ 14 million respectively towards the construction of the dam.

The elections, held on 5 December 2001, saw a sweeping victory for the United National Front, led by Ranil Wickremasinghe, who campaigned on a pro-peace platform and pledged to find a negotiated settlement to the conflict.

On 19 December, amidst efforts by Norway to bring the government and the Tamil Tigers to the negotiating table, the LTTE announced a 30 day ceasefire with the Sri Lankan government and pledged to halt all attacks against government forces.

When the Emperor died in December 1722, the field of contenders was reduced to three princes after Yinsi pledged his support to the 14th prince, Yinti.

In December 2007, Smurfit-Stone Container Company pledged $ 1 million to the YMCA of Greater St. Louis.

On 13 December 2007 Yongsan Garrison officials and the IMCOM-Korean commanding general pledged their support to develop and improve family programs during an Army Family Covenant signing ceremony.

Under the leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations pledged to work towards climate neutrality in December 2007.

McMahon and the Churchill White Paper maintained that Palestine had been excluded from the territorial promises, but minutes of a Cabinet Eastern Committee meeting held on 5 December 1918 confirmed that Palestine had been part of the area that had been pledged to Hussein in 1915.

In October 2006, COA pledged to become carbon neutral, offsetting all of its carbon emissions, including those created by visiting students ; COA fulfilled the pledge in December 2007 by purchasing carbon offsets for their emissions through the Climate Trust of Oregon.

On 29 November 2007 Haslam rejected a bid from James Derry's consortium and the Mansfield fans pledged to have a TV protest against him on 2 December 2007 against Harrogate Railway Athletic live on the BBC's Match of the Day programme.

In 2009, Trader Joe's pledged to use the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program to inform its purchasing decisions regarding sustainable seafood and to offer only sustainable seafood in stores by December 31, 2012.

By that December, the Intergovernmental Conference was coming to an end and the member states had pledged themselves to establishing Europol through Article K. 1 ( 9 ) of the Maastricht Treaty.

In December 2005, he pledged support for a civil union scheme after the UK began granting civil partnerships.

The chapter contains elements modelled on the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act 1998 ( US ) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 ( US ) In December 2003, Trade Minister Mark Vaile pledged to defend the copyright term in Australia: “ It is a very important issue, particularly in terms of cost to libraries, educational institutions and the like here in Australia .” Two months later, Australia agreed to a copyright term extension, as part of the deal with the United States.

On December 14, the Free Software Foundation pledged a donation of sixty thousand dollars.

He was the Minister of Defense in the government of Madagascar under President Didier Ratsiraka until he resigned on March 8, 2002, and pledged his support to Marc Ravalomanana, the opposition presidential candidate who claimed to have won the December 2001 presidential election.

In December 1314, to cover the costs of his election, Ludwig IV pledged it for 58, 300 pounds of Hellers to John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, and his uncle Baldwin, Electoral Archbishop of Triers.

When the elections for parliament occurred on December 15, 2005, insurgents pledged not to disrupt them, and the day passed peacefully.

Originally Italy's central bank pledged to redeem Italian coins and banknotes until 29 February 2012, but this was brought forward to 6 December 2011.

On 14 December 2006 the Football Association of Ireland pledged financial assistance for the Hoops ’ High Court battle involving Thomas Davis.

Following the Sydney match, which saw the Jets notch up their first ever win against their big-city rivals at the Sydney Football Stadium, Bridges pledged his commitment to the club by signing a two-year extension to his contract on 2 December which will see him play with the Jets until the end of the 2011 – 12 A-League season.

As of 15 December 2011, the amount pledged for their jump stands at £ 2, 525.

In December 2002, the Cairo Anti-war Conference pledged to organise demonstrations in Egypt and the International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq ( which came out of the Cairo conference ) sought to co-ordinate more demonstrations across the world.