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December 8

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on December 8 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

1 event 1 century 1 country

1941

Kelantan is widely considered the most-traditional Malaysian state

Kota Bharu Malaysia

The wider political-cultural identity is shaped by significant historical-linguistic-religious factors — the wider Kelantanese Malay dialect differs significantly from standard Malaysian Malay (Bahasa Melayu) and is sometimes considered a separate language; significant…

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