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Events at the moon age 28 day
| Jun 21, 1990 |
50,000 were killed in earthquake in Iran. |
| May 4, 1989 |
U.S.A. launched the Venus explorer Magellan, which covered about 98% of Venus surface with camera and made a map of the planet. |
| Dec 7, 1988 |
Earthquake in Armenia, USSR |
| Jul 14, 1977 |
Japan launched its first geostationary meteorological satellite Himawari 1. |
| Feb 16, 1977 |
Tsuneo Hasegawa became the first Japanese mountaineer to succeed in a solo climbing of the North Face of the Matterhorn in winter. |
| Aug 30, 1970 |
Naomi Uemura reached the summit of McKinley, Alaska all by himself. He achieved, at the same time, a world record of conquering highest summits of the five continents. |
| Jan 16, 1969 |
Soviet Soyuz 4 and 5 succeeded in the world's first attempt of docking manned spaceships. |
| Aug 20, 1960 |
USSR succeeded in recovery of satellite, and the Laika dog returned to the earth. |
| May 24, 1960 |
Earthquake in Chile caused a tsunami to hit Japanese coast. |
| Nov 10, 1958 |
Great eruption of Mt. Asama, Japan |
| Jul 25, 1957 |
475 died and 489 were lost in the flood covered the western part of Kyushu, Japan. |
| Sep 26, 1954 |
1,155 were drowned or lost in the accident of Toyamaru (a ferry to connect the Main Island of Japan and Hokkaido). |
| Sep 26, 1954 |
Big fire in Iwanai-cho, Hokkaido |
| Sep 17, 1952 |
A submarine eruption created a reef named "Myoujinshou" on the south of Hachijojima Island, Japan. |
| Jun 3, 1951 |
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) experimented Japan's first live TV broadcasting. |
| Aug 15, 1947 |
The independence of India |
| Dec 12, 1936 |
Sian incident in China. Chiang Kaishek was imprisoned. |
| May 4, 1913 |
The first victim of a civilian plane crash. |
| Aug 14, 1909 |
Earthquake in Kounou region in the central part of Japan |
| Jul 30, 1905 |
Albert Einstein released the "theory of special relativity". |
| Dec 17, 1903 |
Wright brothers succeeded in the first flight of their airplane. |
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