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1284 - ▼"Nchimoku" and "Nisson" study under "Nikko".
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1284 - ▼"The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (Grimms' Fairy Tales). 1
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1760 - ▲(birth) "Johann I Joseph", "Prince of Liechtenstein".
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1945 - ◆The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
(Julian calendar) June 13, 1945
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1945 - ◆Nishijin district in Kyoto is bombed.
(Julian calendar) June 13, 1945
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1945 - ◆The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) is founded.
(Julian calendar) June 13, 1945
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1945 - ◆The rank of "Generalissimo" is created in the Soviet Union. 1
(Julian calendar) June 13, 1945
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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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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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1985 - ◆Nagashi Yamamoto(山本長) is sworn in as Commandant of the Japan Coast Guard.
He retires as Director-General of the Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Transport.
Yamamoto retired as Commandant of the Japan Coast Guard on June 14, 1986. But a documentary film which was released on the same day, "Za shokkusu: sekai no mokugekisha", actually included a remote-controlled plane crash test, strongly insinuating the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
※ The Ministry of Transport is transformed into the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on January 6, 2001, in the 2001 Central Government Reform Program.
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2010 - ▲G-20 Toronto summit is held (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
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July 24, 930 - ▲Seiryoden of the Court is struck by a large thunderbolt.
Two court nobles are killed. People believe that the lightning strike was the curse of a popular scholar, Sugawara no Michizane.
Sugawara no Michizane was so famous that many of his descendants formed the highest class of ancient Japanese nobility. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is said to be one of them.
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August 4, 1782 - ★Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber.（timeline）
(European time) August 4, 1782
(Japan time) August 5, 1782
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August 12, 1860 - ▲(birth) "Klara Hitler", the mother of "Adolf Hitler".
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August 12, 1985 - ◆Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash.
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August 12, 1985 - ◆(death) Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer.
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August 8, 2007 - ▲The national count down starts for Beijing Olympic Games.
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August 8, 2007 - ▲The extinction of Yangtze river dolphins is reported.
It is reported with exaggerations (CNN, BBC).
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August 8, 2007 - ▲An extensive media coverage on a dolphin in Tokyo suddenly begins.
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August 8, 2007 - ▲2007 Brooklyn tornadoes.
An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
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July 28, 2008 - ◆Typhoon Fung-Wong makes landfall in Taiwan.
Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Taiwan on July 17.
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July 28, 2008 - ◆Togagawa river accident.
The waters of the Togagawa river in Kobe rise suddenly and swallow more than 10 people, killing a woman and three children who are playing on the riverbank.
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July 28, 2008 - ◆Bombs explode in Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq.
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July 28, 2008 - ◆The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down (UK).
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August 6, 2010 - ▲UN's Ban Ki-moon attends the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony.
Ban Ki-moon is the first UN chief to attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony.
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August 6, 2010 - ▲Bronislaw Komorowski is sworn in as Polish President.
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