|
 Today's Moon
|
|
Events at the moon age 7 day
| Dec 17, 1996 |
Peruvian guerillas holed up in official residence of the Japanese ambassador taking hostages. |
| Oct 31, 1984 |
Indian Prime Minister Gandhi was assassinated. |
| Apr 8, 1984 |
China succeeded in the first launch of "Long March 3". |
| Sep 6, 1981 |
A Japanese, Yasuhiro Yamashita won two championships of judo for the first time in the world. |
| Jun 12, 1978 |
Earthquake offshore Miyagi Pref., Japan |
| Jul 15, 1975 |
The first U.S./Soviet joint project, Apollo-Soyuz was launched. |
| Jun 30, 1971 |
Crews of USSR's Soyuz 11 died in an accident on their way back to the earth. |
| Jul 2, 1968 |
Radical students holed up in the Yasuda Hall, Tokyo University. |
| Jan 7, 1968 |
U.S.A. launched the lunar explorer Surveyor 7, the last mission of its lunar exploration project "Surveyor". |
| Nov 9, 1967 |
U.S.A. made the first launch of Saturn V. |
| Dec 19, 1966 |
Agreement of the Space Treaty |
| Aug 23, 1966 |
U.S.A. succeeded in photographing the earth from near the moon by Lunar Orbiter 1. |
| Nov 23, 1963 |
The first US/Japan satellite link TV relayed the news of the assassination of President Kennedy. |
| Dec 18, 1958 |
U.S. satellite Score succeeded in the first voice transmission from space, sending a Christmas message from President Eisenhower. |
| Mar 27, 1958 |
831 died in typhoon 22 that hit Nakaizu, Japan. (Kanogawa Typhoon) |
| Sep 8, 1951 |
Peace treaty with Japan was concluded in San Francisco. |
| Aug 31, 1949 |
Typhoon "Kitty" hit Kanto area of Japan killing 135. |
| Feb 16, 1948 |
C. Kuiper of Holland discovered Miranda, a satellite of Uranus. |
| Aug 15, 1945 |
Japan accepted unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces. World War II ended. |
| Jul 12, 1940 |
Eruption of Miyakejima Island, Japan |
| Dec 24, 1933 |
Eruption of Kuchinoerabujima Island, Japan |
| Mar 3, 1933 |
Earthquake offshore Sanriku Coast. 3,008 died in a tsunami and fire. |
| Jun 22, 1931 |
Japan's first crash of a passenger plane |
| Dec 30, 1927 |
The first subway in Japan was completed in Tokyo (between Ueno and Asakusa). |
|
|
|
HOME