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March 24:

Events

  • 1603 - Tokugawa Ieyasu is proclaimed shōgun. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twelfth Day of the Second Month, 1603)
  • 1855 - A treaty of amity and commerce is entered into between Japan and Russia. (Traditional Japanese Date: Seventh Day of the Second Month, 1855)
  • 1860 - Ii Naosuke, the Great Elder of the shogunate, was assassinated outside the Sakurada gate to Edo Castle (incident outside Sakurada gate (Sakuradamon-gai no hen). (Traditional Japanese Date: Third Day of the Third Month, 1860)
  • 1928 - "Manequin girls" (live girls modeling clothing for sale) make their appearance at the Tokyo and Ueno Takashimaya department stores.
  • 1983 - The Chūgoku Freeway, between Osaka and Shimonoseki, at the westernmost tip of Honshū, is opened.
  • 1988 - Twenty seven students and teachers on their graduation trip are killed in a train accident in Shanghai, China.
  • 1995 - The unmanned submarine explorer Kaikō sets a depth record of 10,911 meters.

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