ON 15 FEBRUARY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on February 15, 2019
1898: Birth of Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer who died on July 10, 1993
http://authorscalendar.info/ibuse.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masuji_Ibuse
1942: British troops in Singapore surrender to the Japanese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/singapore-falls-to-japan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/15/newsid_3529000/3529447.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore
1942: Following February 13 attack, Japanese troops march into Palembang (South Sumatra)
http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/palembang.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang
1943: Women’s camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) is hit by allied air raid
1949: Shigeru Yoshida becomes Japanese Prime Minister for second time
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Yoshida.html
1988: Birth of Hironori Kusano, Japanese idol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hironori_Kusano
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kusano_Hironori