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1587 - ★Hideyoshi is appointed Chancellor of the Realm.
He is given the name of Toyotomi.
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1868 - ★The Battle of Toba-Fushimi occurs.
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1947 - ★(birth) Rebiya Kadeer, prominent Uyghur businesswoman and political activist.
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1959 - ★(birth) Goran Hagglund, Swedish politician.
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1962 - ▲(birth) Kim Hyon Hui, former North Korean operative.
She was responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing on November 29, 1987, which killed 115 people.
The day is the 100th anniversary (December 22, 1961) of the First Japanese Embassy to Europe (December 22, 1861) in the Japanese calendar.
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1973 - ◆The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War.
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1983 - ◆Nadashio, a Yushio class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, launches.
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2008 - ▲Toru Hashimoto is elected governor in the Osaka gubernatorial election.
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2008 - ▲(death) Suharto, President of Indonesia.
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February 11, 1732 - ▲(birth) George Washington
, 1st President of the United States.
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February 16, 1852 - ▲(birth) Charles Taze Russell, founder of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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February 17, 1909 - ★Geronimo, Apache leader.
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February 23, 1960 - ★(birth) "Naruhito, 126th Emperor of Japan".
(Western time legal birth February 21, 1960)
(Western time birth February 22, 1960)
(birth February 23, 1960)
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March 1, 1973 - ◆(birth) May Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu.
May Shigenobu is a daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu and of a Palestinian resistance fighter who was reportedly the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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March 11, 1983 - ◆Empress Zita repeats the claim about Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.
Empress Zita is the widow of the last Austrian emperor, Karl (r. 1916 - 1918), and repeats the claim that the death of Rudolf was the result of conspiracy.
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February 26, 1995 - ★The Crown Prince and Princess visit the quake-affected area.
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March 1, 2011 - ★Tokyo Skytree becomes the world's tallest tower.
Tokyo Skytree tops the 600-meter mark and reaches a height of 604 meters, beating Canton Tower.
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