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madshutterbug ([personal profile] madshutterbug) wrote2005-10-21 03:19 pm
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Anniversary

Today is the anniversary of a really big fracas in Japan that determined the course of events for several hundred years.

Bonus geek history points to the first person who correctly identifies the fracas.

[identity profile] thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com 2005-10-21 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Wasn't it that law that forbade foreigners to enter Japan?

Ended with the landing of Admiral...uhhmmm...Pershing, was it?

[identity profile] madshutterbug.livejournal.com 2005-10-21 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That follows this particular event. You are speaking of Commadore Perry and the Black Ships.