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Events at the moon age 16 day
| Jan 3, 1999 |
U.S. Mars explorer Mars Polar Lander was launched. |
| Jan 17, 1995 |
Great earthquake in Hanshin/Awaji regions killed 6,425 people. |
| Apr 26, 1994 |
264 died in a China Airlines plane crash at Nagoya Airport from failure of landing. |
| Nov 30, 1993 |
World's first euthanasia law was regulated in Holland. |
| Mar 18, 1984 |
President of Ezaki Glico (one of the leading confectionaries in Japan) was kidnapped. |
| Feb 9, 1982 |
A JAL plane crashed offshore Haneda Airport. |
| Apr 8, 1974 |
A major league player Hank Aaron achieved 715 home-runs. |
| Dec 3, 1971 |
A full-scale war broke out between India and Pakistan. |
| Sep 17, 1970 |
Sony was listed on NYSE for the first time as a Japanese corporation. |
| Jan 27, 1967 |
U.S. spaceship Apollo 1 caught fire during training. |
| Mar 18, 1965 |
Soviet astronaut Leonov succeeded in the first space walk in history. |
| Feb 20, 1962 |
Lt. Col. Glenn revolved around the earth three times in Friendship 7, the first manned satellite of U.S.A. |
| Feb 1, 1961 |
Tokyo metropolitan headquarters adopted staggered office hours for the first time in Japan. |
| Dec 27, 1958 |
Big fire in Setouchi-cho of Amamioshima, Japan |
| May 29, 1953 |
Hillary and Tenzing reached the summit of the Everest for the first time in history. |
| Dec 27, 1939 |
Earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey |
| Nov 18, 1929 |
Earthquake in Grand Bank, Canada |
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