ON 10 DECEMBER IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on December 10, 2018
1867: Death of Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai, born on January 3, 1836
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Sakamoto_Ryoma
1882: Birth of Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician who died on January 23, 1950
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2008/11/09/people/wrestling-with-a-guilty-verdict/#.WixO_0xFw2w
1912: Birth of Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese film director who died on July 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuji_Takechi
1913: Birth of Shunji Sakai, Japanese actor who died on August 10, 1967
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757025/
1941: Birth of Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor who died in a plane crash on August 12, 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto
1941: British battleship Prince of Wales and battlecruiser Repulse (Force Z ) sink following Japanese aerial attacks off Malaya. 840 men die
http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/sinking1.html
http://combinedfleet.com/battles/Sinking_of_the_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse
1941: Chinese army began to fight against the Japanese in Burma
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11433.html
1941: Japanese troops overrun Guam
1950: Birth of Tatsuya Gashuin, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309107/
http://asianmediawiki.com/Tatsuya_Gashuin
1954: After deposing Shigeru Yoshida, Ichiro Hatoyama is sworn in as Japan Prime Minister (up to December 1956)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama
1972: In the Japanese general elections, the Democratic Liberal Party keeps absolute majority
1981: Birth of Katsuya Kobayashi, Japanese actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kobayashi_Katsuya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuya_Kobayashi
2015 : Two Japanese scientists, Takaaki Kajita and Satoshi Omura, receives Nobel Prizes. Kajita, a winner in physics, and Omura, a laureate in physiology or médicine
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/11/national/science-health/nobel-prizes-medicine-physics-handed-japanese-pair/#.WEsKGuRSNC8
https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015/oct/06/nobel-prize-for-physics-announcement-live