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734 - ★The first national Sumo tournament is held in Japan.
In 728, Emperor shomu issued a draft call for Sumo tournament, and 6 years later on this day, Sumai-no-sechie, the first national Sumo tournament was held.
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1904 – ★The Battle of the Yellow Sea (Russo-Japanese War).
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1988 – ◆U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
(US time August 10, 1988: Japan time August 11, 1988)
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The act provids $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
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1988 – ◆Al-Qaeda is established.
(Western time August 10, 1988: Afghan time August 11, 1988)
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2006 – ★A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US. (timeline)
A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and commit "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" has been disrupted, Scotland Yard says.
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