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322BC - ◆▲(death) "Demosthenes", Athenian statesman.
He is recognized as the greatest of ancient Greek orators.
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1492 – ▼Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas for Spain.
(Gregorian calendar) October 21, 1492
Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in the Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached South Asia.
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1792 - ▼The first Columbus Day celebration in the United States is held in New York City. 1
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1860 - ◇"Takasugi Shinsaku goes to the Tohoku region.
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On the same day,he visits the grave of Yoshida Shoin.
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1868 - ▲The enthronement ceremony of Emperor Meiji is held.
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1881 - ◆The Imperial Rescript on the Opening of the National Diet is issued.
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1928 - ▲A torii is constructed at Heian Shrine in Kyoto.
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The torii is the biggest in Japan at that time.
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1929 - ▲A British rigid airship, R101, is successfully launched.
It is the first flight of a rigid airship in the UK.
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1931 - ◆Christ the Redeemer is inaugurated (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
(Brazilian time October 12, 1931:Japan time October 13, 1931)
The day is September 2 in the Japanese calendar and is the Koki 660th anniversary of Japan's disregard of the Sambyeolcho Rebellion's asking for help (September 2, 1271 in the Japanese calendar).
The day is the 1,000th day anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929).
The day is the 50th anniversary of the Imperial Rescript on the Opening of the National Diet (October 12, 1881).
The day is September 2 in the Japanese calendar and is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Education.
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1940 - ◇Taisei Yokusankai is created by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
It is a para-fascist organization to promote the goals of Konoe's Shintaisei ("New Order") movement.
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1960 - ◇(death) Inejiro Asanuma, head of the Japanese Socialist Party.
Asanuma is assassinated by 17-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi, an extreme rightist.
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1960 - ◇Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's shoe-banging incident.
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1964 - ★The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit.
It is the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits.
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1976 - ★Hua Guofeng becomes chairman of Communist Party of China.
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1983 - ★Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a bribe.
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1984 - ◆NHK broadcasts an educational program entitled "Ferdinand von Zeppelin".
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On October 12, 1929, a British rigid airship, R101, is successfully launched. On September 18, 1984, Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. And the Brighton hotel bombing takes place on this day. So, the TV program insinuates that the combination of events are Japan's conspiracy.
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1984 - ◆Brighton hotel bombing.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
The day is the kanreki kazoedoshi 60th Japan's legal birthday of Margaret Thatcher (October 13, 1925).
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2000 - ◇USS Cole bombing.
The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
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2000 - ◇Kiyotaka makes a debut as a singer with a single "No No No".
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2002 - ▼Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202.
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2019 - ▲"Typhoon Hagibis" makes landfall in Japan.
(Julian calendar) September 29, 2019
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