Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
On this Date in 1914...
...World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China. Residents of Qingdao are overheard yelling, "But we are not in Germany!"
Friday, July 1, 2011
On this Date in 1943...
...Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city). So basically if you have ever been to Tokyo you have been to a place that no longer exists. Wrap your head around that one.
Monday, January 24, 2011
On this Date in 1990...
...Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
Reportedly, the moon is still uncomfortable about this one since it went a bit deeper than its predecessors.
Reportedly, the moon is still uncomfortable about this one since it went a bit deeper than its predecessors.
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