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Events on Thursday 12 March 1925 1
1866 – 1925Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)Died 12 March 1925, aged 58Sun Yat-sen, first provisional president of the Republic of China and founder of the Kuomintang, died of cancer in Beijing. He is honored in both mainland China and Taiwan as the father of modern China. His death intensified the power struggle within the Kuomintang that Chiang Kai-shek would eventually win.