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Jun 26, 1998 The University of California announced the existence of planets around the fixed star in Aquarius which is 15 light-years away.
Sep 4, 1997 A great crater was found on the asteroid "Vesta" through Hubble Space Telescope.
Feb 12, 1994 A heavy snowfall recorded 25cm in Tokyo for the first time in twenty-five years.
Mar 24, 1993 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered.
Jan 17, 1991 Gulf War "Desert Storm" was brought into action.
Oct 25, 1976 The first F1 race in Japan was held at Suzuka Circuit.
Jul 28, 1976 Tangshan earthquake, China
Apr 13, 1975 Civil war in Lebanon
Dec 7, 1972 U.S.A. launched Apollo 17 to finalize the Apollo project.
Jul 16, 1969 U.S.A. launched Apollo 11, the first manned spaceship that landed on the moon in human history.
May 18, 1969 U.S.A. launched Apollo 10 into the lunar orbit.
Feb 11, 1967 The first "National Foundation Day of Japan"
Jun 1, 1965 237 died in gas explosion at Yamano mine in Kyushu, Japan.
Sep 1, 1962 North-western Iran earthquake
Aug 13, 1961 East Germany built the wall of Berlin.
Jun 8, 1959 Eruption of Torishima Island, Okinawa, Japan
Sep 7, 1956 Mars drew nearest to the earth in the previous thirty-two years.
May 12, 1956 The first night game in Japan at Koshien baseball stadium
Aug 4, 1951 8000 residents of Amami-Oshima island went on a 24-hour hunger strike demanding restoration of the island to Japan.
Jul 16, 1950 Eruption of Mt. Mihara, Oshima island, Japan
Jun 23, 1944 Mt. Usu erupted, forming a new mountain "Showa Shinzan" in Hokkaido, Japan



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