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1623 - ★Tokugawa Iemitsu becomes the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty.
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1785 - ▲(birth) Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander.
He is an older brother to Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry who compels the opening of Japan.
The day is the 69th anniversary of the establishment of "Oniwaban" group of ninjas (August 23, 1716 in the Japanese calendar).
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1819 - ★(death) Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander.
He is an older brother to Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry who compels the opening of Japan.
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1884 - ▼The Battle of Fuzhou. France wins the battle (Sino-French War).
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1892 - ◇(death) Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil。
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1914 - ▼Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China (World War I).
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1971 - ◆Rebellion of the Unit 684 trainees (South Korea).
Unit 684 was a South Korean "black operations" team whose mission was to kill North Korea's premier Kim Il-sung. But for reasons which remain unclear, Unit 684 members rose up and killed all but six of their guards and made their way to the mainland, where they hijacked a bus to Seoul. The bus was stopped by the army. Twenty members of the unit were shot or committed suicide with hand grenades. The four survivors were sentenced to death by a military tribunal and executed on 10 March 1972.
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2010 - ★"Elin Nordegren" and "Tiger Woods" get divorced.
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2011 - ◆Rebels storm Gaddafi's personal residence.
They hoist their flag above it, which symbolizes the fall of Gaddafi's regime. (2011 Libyan civil war)
The day is July 24 in the Japanese calendar and is the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks (July 24, 2001 in the Japanese calendar).
The day is the 6,000th anniversary of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995).
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2011 - ◆A 5.8 earthquake occurs in Mineral, Virginia.
The earthquake is felt as far north as Ontario and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia. Damaged occurs to monuments in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $100 Million.
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October 8, 1716 - ▼Tokugawa Yoshimune sets up the "Oniwaban" group of ninjas.
They were not an espionage unit, but an internal security unit. Yoshimune was not the first shogun to come up with the idea of a internal security unit, but he was the one that popularized it.
※ The description above is a formal one. But in the light of date coincidences, Oniwaban were related to espionage and subversive activities overseas.
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October 20, 1871 - ◆Japanese are allowed to marry people of different social classes.
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September 25, 1872 - ◇Komatsu Kiyonao inherits a lord status from Komatsu Kiyokado.
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October 14, 1873 - ▲Japan designates February 11 as National Foundation Day. (timeline)
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October 14, 1873 - ▲(birth) Jules Rimet, president of FIFA.
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October 11, 1884 - ▼(birth) "Eleanor Roosevelt", the 39th "First Lady of the United States".
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She is an American political figure, diplomat and activist.
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October 1, 1885 - ▲Tokyo Gas is established.
The day is August 23 in the Japanese calendar and is the 100th anniversary of Oliver Hazard Perry's birth (August 23, 1785).
He is an American naval commander and is called "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. He is an older brother to Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry who compels the opening of Japan.
Oliver Hazard Perry is probably a good example of Japanese camouflaged ninja squads. He is born on August 23 and dies on August 23. In fact, a special ninja squad is set up on August 23, 1716 in the Japanese calendar.
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October 1, 1885 - ▲Special delivery mail service begins in US.
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September 24, 1902 - ◇(birth) Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Islamic religious leader and politician.
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September 28, 1945 - ▲(birth) Fusako Shigenobu、leader of the Japanese Red Army (notes)。
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September 16, 1957 - ★(birth) Hideo Higashikokubaru, Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture.
He is a popular TV entertainer.
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October 1, 1980 - ★The Japanese National Railways changes schedule on a large scale.
(timeline)
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September 18, 1984 - ▼Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
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September 22, 2008 - ◆Taro Aso accepts the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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September 22, 2008 - ◆A PC of the editor of "Japan's Conspircy" has a glitch.
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September 20, 2011 - ◆Wadah Khanfar steps down as the head of Al Jazeera Network.
(US time September 20, 2011: Japan time September 21, 2011)
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