February 8 ⇒Back
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1567 - ◇Matsudaira Ieyasu changes his personal name to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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1587 - ◇(death) Mary, Queen of Scots. She is executed for treason.
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1807 – ◇Battle of Eylau. Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
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1864 - ★(birth) Otojiro Kawakami, Japanese actor and comedian. (timeline)
The day is January 1 in the Japanese calendar, the 60th anniversary of Haiti's independence (January 1, 1804).
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1868 - ◆Emperor makes an announcement about the restoration of his power.
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1904 - ★Battle of Port Arthur.
A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
On the same day (on February 7 in the US), the Great Baltimore Fire breaks out in Baltimore, Maryland.
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1960 - ★(birth) Noynoy Aquino, elected president of the Philippines in 2010.
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1967 - ◇Matsushiro Earthquake Center is established (Nagano, Japan).
The earthquake center is established in the Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters Site, which was a large underground bunker complex built during World War II. The facility was constructed so that the central organs of government of Imperial Japan could be transferred there.
The day is the 400th anniversary of Tokugawa Ieyasu's change of name (February 8, 1567).
The day is December 29, 1966 in the Japanese calendar and is also the 400th anniversary of Tokugawa Ieyasu's change of name (December 29, 1566 in the Japanese calendar).
The day is the 5,000th day anniversary of the birth of Chinese President Xi Jinping (June 1, 1953),
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1982 - ▼Hotel New Japan fire, downtown of Tokyo, Japan, kills 33 on 8 February.
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1984 - ★The 1984 Winter Olympics is held in Sarajevo.
At that time, Sarajevo is the capital of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which later becomes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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1992 - ▼The 1992 Winter Olympics is held in Albertville, France.
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1995 - ◆Princess Diana wants to offer her condolences, but is declined. (timeline)
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2002 - ▼The 2002 Winter Olympics is held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
February 8 ⇒Back
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March 1, 1868 - ◆(birth) Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
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March 6, 1903 - ★(birth) "Empress Kojun", empress consort of "Emperor Showa" of Japan.
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March 11, 1946 - ▲Rudolf Hoss is arrested by British military police. (timeline)
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March 11, 1946 - ▲"Japan's Industrial Convention Preparatory Meeting" is established.
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March 2, 1955 - ◆(birth) Shoko Asahara, founder of Aum Shinrikyo. (JD Timeline)
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March 2, 1955 - ◆(birth) Nobuo Gohara, former prosecutor, lawyer.
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March 2, 1955 - ◆(birth) Ken Salazar, US Secretary of the Interior.
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March 2, 1955 - ◆(birth) Tomoko Sasaki, member of the House of Councillors.
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March 2, 1955 - ◆"McDonald's Systems, Inc." is founded.
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March 2, 1955 - ◆Norodom Sihanouk abdicates the throne (Cambodia).
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March 2, 1955 - ◆Chinese ships attack on Japanese ship
"Daisan SeitokuMaru".
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March 15, 2008 - ◆Xi Jinping is elected Vice-President (the NPC, China). (timeline)
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March 27, 1977 - ◇Tenerife airport disaster. 1
(Spain time March 27, 1977; Japan time March 28, 1977)
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March 12, 2011 - ★Kyushu Shinkansen section from Yatsushiro to Hakata opens.
However, opening ceremonies are canceled due to 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
The Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies.
The opening is auspicious not only for Hakata and Yatsushiro but also for Kagoshima. Kagoshima is finally connected to the national bullet train transportation system.
Kagoshima used to be a major and powerful region in japan. Around 16th century, Kagoshima was controlled by the Satsuma domain, one of the most powerful feudal domains in Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate. However, due to the insidious segregation strategy by the Tokugawa clan, Kagoshima has been bullied and undermined continually for about 400 years. The connection of the bullet train system is actually auspicious for Kagoshima, but irritating for some Tokyoites, particularly for the Tokugawa clan.
So, the earthquake that happened on March 11 was too timely to deny the government's conspiracy.
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February 29, 2012 - ▼Tokyo Skytree construction completed.
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It is, as of 2017, the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest artificial structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa.
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