1920s
From Sun Myung Moon Archive
On February 25, 1920, Moon was born Mun Yong-myeong in modern-day Sangsa-ri (上思里), Deogun-myon, Jeongju-gun, North P'yŏng'an Province, at a time when Korea was under Japanese rule.[1]
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- February 20 - Birth in Sangsa-ri, Deogun-myun, Jeongju-gun, North Pyeongan Province, North Korea. His parents were Moon, Kyeungyoo and Kim, Kyung-gye, who gave him the name Yongmyung.[2]