January 1
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1804 – ★Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever.
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1814 – ★(birth) Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel.
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1863 - ★The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory (American Civil War).
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1863 - ★(birth) Pierre de Coubertin, French aristocrat and founder of the modern Olympic Games.
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1880 - ★Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
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1926 - ★(birth) Yasuo Matsushita, Governor of the Bank of Japan.
Matsushita becomes the governor of the Bank of Japan on December 17, 1994. A month later, the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurs on January 17, 1995. But the day is December 17 in the traditional Japanese calendar. On March 20, 1995, the Bank of Japan establishes its subsidiary company, the Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC: at first, the name of this company is "Tokyo Kyodo Bank"). On the very day, however, Aum Shinrikyo cult carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. In addition, just two years after Matsushita's taking office, the Japanese embassy hostage crisis takes place in Peru on December 17, 1996.
As it turns out, the Bank of Japan fails to deal with bad loans and the deflationary economy. On top of that, Matsushita is involved in a government-related scandal. In the end, he resigns as governor of the Bank of Japan on March 20, 1998. But the day is just three years after the sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Since then, the governor of the Bank of Japan takes office on March 20.
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1944 - ★(birth) Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan.
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1959 - ★The Cuban Revolution. Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
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1930 - ★(birth) Gaafar Nimeiry, President of the Sudan.
Nimeiry died on May 30, 1981. But on June 29, 1981, two passenger trains collided at Chenzhou railway station, Hunan Province in China. And it is obvious that two events coincided in the Japanese calendar as the result of Japan's conspiracy.
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January 1
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February 7, 574 - ★(birth) Prince Shotoku, regent and politician of the Asuka period in Japan.
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February 8, 1587 - ★(death) Mary, Queen of Scots. She is executed for treason.
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February 11, 1804 - ★The name of the era is changed from Kyowa to Bunka in Japan on March 22, 1804. But February 11 is the first day of January according to the traditional Japanese calendar in that year. The year 1804 is a memorable year for Japan. Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804.
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February 7, 1807 – ★Battle of Eylau. Napoleon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
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February 9, 1834 - ★(birth) Kamehameha IV, king of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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February 11, 1937 - ★★(death) Walter Burley Griffin, American architect and landscape architect. He is best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australia's capital city.
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February 11, 1937 - ★★The Order of Culture, a Japanese order, is established. The first award ceremony is held on April 28, the birthday of Saddam Hussein, the former President of Iraq.
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February 15, 1942 - ★The Fall of Singapore (World War II).
Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
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