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1914 - ◆(birth)"Tyrone Power", American actor.
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1982 - ▼Shibugakitai releases their debut single "NAI・NAI 16 (sixteen)".
Shibugakitai is a Johnny's Entertainment group.
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May 5 was a pun on "April 12, 1981" when Columbia made the first flight. The day was May 5 according to the Japanese traditional calendar. "NAI", which means rejection in Japanese, was a pun on the NASA Astrobiology Institute. And 16, which indicated their age, was a pun on the 16 seconds (the space shuttle needs 16 seconds for the preparation on its launch).
At T minus 16 seconds, the massive sound suppression system (SPS) begins to drench the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) and SRB trenches with 300,000 US gallons (1,100 m3) of water to protect the Orbiter from damage by acoustical energy and rocket exhaust reflected from the flame trench and MLP during liftoff.
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1982 - ▼A parcel explodes at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
At the university, a parcel addressed to Patrick Fischer, head of the computer science department, explodes, injuring his secretary, Janet Smith. Fischer is giving a series of lectures in Puerto Rico when the package is forwarded from Pennsylvania State University, where he taught before coming to Nashville. Canceled stamps were used to mail the parcel from Provo, Utah, causing investigators to consider that the bomb may have been intended for LeRoy Bearnson, an electrical engineering professor at Brigham Young University, who is listed as the return address. Later, the bomber was identified as Ted Kaczynski.
One injured.
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1983 - ★A Chinese passenger plane is hijacked by 5 men and a woman.
Two crew are injured.
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1984 - ◆Two trains collide with each other in Kobe, Japan.
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June 15, 701 - ▲The first Kemari competition is held in Japan.
Kemari is a ball game that was popular in Japan during the Heian Period. Kemari has been revived in modern times.
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May 24, 1281 - ▲A historical diary entitled "Brief Diary in 1281" starts.
(Koki1281)
This book is regarded as one of the basic historical sources about Mongol invasions of Japan.
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June 7, 1837 - ★Alois Hitler, the father of German dictator, Adolf Hitler.
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June 28, 1914 - ◆Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist, the casus belli of World War I.
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June 28, 1914 - ◆(death) Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria.
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June 28, 1914 - ◆(death) Countess Sophie Chotek, wife of Franz Ferdinand.
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June 26, 1952 - ▼(birth) "Ko Yong-hui", mother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un.
(Julian calendar) June 13, 1952
(Islamic calendar) October 3, 1371
(Hebrew calendar) April 3, 5712
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June 26, 1952 - ▼British movie "That Hamilton Woman" is released in Japan.
(Julian calendar) June 13, 1952
(Islamic calendar) October 3, 1371
(Hebrew calendar) April 3, 5712
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June 8, 2008 - ◆Hillary Clinton suspends her presidential campaign.
She endorses Barack Obama (in the US time on June 7).
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June 8, 2008 - ◆The Akihabara massacre.
It takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Kato drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife.
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