Russo-Japanese War
(1904–1905). Japan's use of Western-style military organization and armaments to triumph over Russia in 1905 was a turning point in relations between Asia and the West...
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Jan 28 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on February 4 in history: 1904 - The Russo-Japanese war began when Japan laid siege to
Port Arthur. 1945 - British Prime ...
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Feb 1 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on Feb. 8 in history: 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began when the Japanese
launched a surprise attack on the Russian fle...
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A collection of rare postcards shows just how good relations
between Britain and Japan were in the early 1900s.
Many of them show Japanese sailors enjoying their stay in
Britain, almost to...
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The exhibition of photographs, selected from among more than 700
taken in Japan by an amateur photographer who accompanied a U.S.
diplomatic mission to Asia in 1905, got under way in New York...
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2007. There are 326 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in Englan...
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Today is Sunday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2006. There are 21 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred years ago, on Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the fir...
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Today is Friday, June 8, the 159th day of 2007. There are 206 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 8, A.D. 632, the prophet Mohammed died.On this date:In 1845, Andrew Jackson,...
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When the fleet sailed out of Norfolk, Va., on Dec. 16, 1907, it was simply the Atlantic Fleet beginning a globe-circling voyage. But trust writers to coin a flashy marquee name: the Great White Fle...
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. used to play a game with his children at the family home in Oyster Bay, N.Y.He would start them at Point A and tell them to go to Point B -- in a straight line.The kids had t...
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Russo-Japanese War
Reuters historical calendar - February 4
