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August
August 14
:
Events
1183
-
Taira no Munemori
and the
Taira
clan take the young
Emperor Antoku
and the
three sacred treasures
and flee to western
Japan
to escape pursuit by the
Minamoto
clan. (Traditional
Japanese date
: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of
Juei
).
1885
-
Japan's
first
patent
is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
1900
- A joint European-
Japanese
-
United States
force (
Eight-Nation Alliance
) occupies
Beijing
, in a campaign to end the bloody
Boxer Rebellion
in
China
.
1937
- The beginning of
air-to-air combat
of the
Second Sino-Japanese War
and
World War II
in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese
Mitsubishi G3M
bombers were shot down by the
Nationalist Chinese Air Force
while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknowledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
1945
-
Japan
accepts the Allied
terms of surrender
in
World War II
and the
Emperor
records the
Imperial Rescript on Surrender
(
August 15
in
Japan standard time
).
Births
1297
-
Emperor Hanazono
(d. 1348)
1916
-
Fumio Fujimura
(d. 1992), baseball player and manager
1947
-
Jiro Taniguchi
, illustrator
1973
-
Daisuke Ishiwatari
, game developer, voice actor, and composer, created
Guilty Gear
1979
-
Yōichirō Morikawa
, actor, director, and screenwriter
Deaths
1204
-
Minamoto no Yoriie
(b. 1182), shogun
1573
-
Saitō Tatsuoki
(b. 1548), daimyo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Japan
|
Anniversaries
|
August
August 14
:
Events
1183
-
Taira no Munemori
and the
Taira
clan take the young
Emperor Antoku
and the
three sacred treasures
and flee to western
Japan
to escape pursuit by the
Minamoto
clan. (Traditional
Japanese date
: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of
Juei
).
1885
-
Japan's
first
patent
is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
1900
- A joint European-
Japanese
-
United States
force (
Eight-Nation Alliance
) occupies
Beijing
, in a campaign to end the bloody
Boxer Rebellion
in
China
.
1937
- The beginning of
air-to-air combat
of the
Second Sino-Japanese War
and
World War II
in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese
Mitsubishi G3M
bombers were shot down by the
Nationalist Chinese Air Force
while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknowledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
1945
-
Japan
accepts the Allied
terms of surrender
in
World War II
and the
Emperor
records the
Imperial Rescript on Surrender
(
August 15
in
Japan standard time
).
Births
1297
-
Emperor Hanazono
(d. 1348)
1916
-
Fumio Fujimura
(d. 1992), baseball player and manager
1947
-
Jiro Taniguchi
, illustrator
1973
-
Daisuke Ishiwatari
, game developer, voice actor, and composer, created
Guilty Gear
1979
-
Yōichirō Morikawa
, actor, director, and screenwriter
Deaths
1204
-
Minamoto no Yoriie
(b. 1182), shogun
1573
-
Saitō Tatsuoki
(b. 1548), daimyo
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