April 23 ⇒Back
April 23 ⇒Back
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June 4, 1858 - ▲Ii Naosuke holds the position of Tairo in the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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May 27, 1905 - ◆Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. Japanese Navy Day.
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May 29, 1940 - ▲(birth) "Taiho Koki", Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna.
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May 29, 1940 - ▲The first flight of the "Vought F4U Corsair" is made (USA).
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June 13, 1944 - ◆Battle of Villers-Bocage (World War II).
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June 13, 1944 - ◆Germany launches a counter attack on Carentan (World War II).
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June 13, 1944 - ◆Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England (World War II).
Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.
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June 13, 1944 - ◆(birth) Ban Ki-moon, South Korean United Nations Secretary-General.
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May 18, 1960 - ▲(birth) Michael Ryan, perpetrator of the Hungerford massacre in the UK.
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