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May 20, 1293 - ◆The Kamakura Earthquake (Japan). More than 23,000 are said to be killed.
The day is the 300th anniversary of Sugawara no Michizane's posthumous promotion to First Rank (May 20, 993 in the Japanese calendar).
Sugawara no Michizane is a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in Chinese poetry, and is today revered as the god of learning.
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May 20, 1293 - ◆King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcala.
King Sancho IV of Castile is probably Japanese.
Hojo Tokimune dies on April 20, 1284. He is the young regent to the shogun (military dictator of Japan). He is regarded as the samurai hero, who led the battle against the Mongol invasions.
But the day is April 4 in the Japanese calendar and is the same day with the coronation of King Sancho IV of Castile (April 4, 1284).
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May 13, 1612 - ★(death) Sasaki Kojiro.
He engages Miyamoto Musashi on the shores of Ganryu Island. Sasaki is killed at the duel.
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May 30, 1863 - ◆(death) Kiyokawa Hachiro, Japanese samurai of the late Edo Period.
He is assassinated by Tokugawa shogunate assassins.
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May 14, 1878 - ★(death) Okubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai of Satsuma.
Okubo is assassinated by seven Kanazawa Domain samurai. He was one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.
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May 8, 1884 - ★(birth) Harry S. Truman, President of the United States.
He made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan.
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May 30, 1931 - ◆(birth) Larry Silverstein, American businessman.
He is a real estate investor and developer in New York City, actuall owner of the World Trade Center reconstruction site.
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June 3, 1944 - ★Outline Campaign Plan GRANITE II is adopted.
It is a US tactical plan on the Battle of Saipan (landing operation on June 15).
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May 15, 2011 - ◆(death) Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan athlete (long distance running).
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