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8th February 1904: Russo-Japanese War triggered by Japanese torpedo attack on Port Arthur

8th February 2020
Tagged as: China, Imperialism, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Port Arthur, Russia, Russo-Japanese War, War

Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.

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18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb

18th September 2019
Tagged as: China, Diplomacy, Japan, League of Nations, Manchuria, War

On the 18^th September 1931, the Manchurian Crisis – also known as the Mukden Incident –began when Japanese soldiers blew up a section of their own railway in the Chinese region of Manchuria.

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8th February 1904: Russo-Japanese War triggered by Japanese torpedo attack on Port Arthur

18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb

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9th August 1173: Construction begins on the Leaning Tower of Pisa

5th February 1958: Nuclear bomb lost off Tybee Island in Georgia, USA after an in-air collision

17th March 1992: White South Africans vote to end apartheid in a referendum

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9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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