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1809 - ◆(birth) Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
(Julian calendar) January 31, 1809
Lincoln's birthday commemorated the birth of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543), the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. It also commemorated the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate (February 12 1603 in the Japanese calendar).
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1836 - ★(birth) Godai Tomoatsu, samurai from Satsuma Domain, businessman later.
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1877 - ★(birth) "Louis Renault", French industrialist, founder of "Renault".
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1889 - ★(death) Mori Arinori, Minister of Education.
Mori is stabbed by an ultranationalist the previous day on February 11, and dies on this day.
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1909 - ◆The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
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1909 - ◆The SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
It becomes New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century.
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1941 - ★(birth) "Sara Nazarbayeva", the "First Lady of Kazakhstan".
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2009 - ◆Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash.
The plane crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
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The day was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809). The time of the crash was reported to be around 10:10 pm, which indicates the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan (10/10/1964).
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2010 - ◆The 2010 Winter Olympics begin in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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The day was the 201st anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809). The year 2010 was the pun on the 201st anniversary.
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2010 - ◆Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger, is killed in a crash during a practice run.
The accident occurs during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
February 12 ⇒Back
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March 24, 1603 - ★(death) Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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March 24, 1603 - ★James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.
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March 24, 1603 - ★Tokugawa Ieyasu establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei on this day. But it is obvious that the day was arranged with the historical events, the battle on the beach of Yashima and the battle of Dan-no-ura.
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March 16, 1935 - ★Adolf Hitler announces German re-armament.
(European time March 16, 1935: Japan time March 17, 1935)
It violates the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
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March 23, 1956 - ★Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
The day is Republic Day in Pakistan.
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April 1, 2004 - ★"Tokyo Governor Ishihara" sets up the "ShinGinko Tokyo bank".
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March 19, 2008 - ★Stabbing rampage in Tsuchiura, Japan.
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