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May 2 ⇒Back
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June 14, 1333 - ◆Ashikaga Yoshiakira escapes from Kamakura.
He is the son of the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji
Yoshiakira joins his father's army and later attacks the Kamakura shogunate. He becomes the 2nd shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate in 1358.
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June 21, 1974 - ★The 24th Berlin International Film Festival is held.
Akira Iwasaki, a prominent left-wing Japanese film critic, was a jury at the film festival.
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June 22, 2001 - ★"Hansen's Disease Indemnity Law" is promulgated and enforced (Japan).
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June 1, 2003 - ◆China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. (timeline)
The day is the 50th birthday of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (June 1, 1953).
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June 5, 2008 - ◆The Bilderberg meeting is held in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S.
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