1987 James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies
1984 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
1971 U.S. and Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
1969 Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
1966 Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress, Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara
1963 Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, U.S. 10K runner
1956 John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Oly-84, 88, 92, 96
1945 Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
1945 Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa
1945 Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
1945 Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead
1945 U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
1945 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
1945 U.S. 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
1945 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
1945 U.S. offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered
1945 U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
1945 U.S. Marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1945 U.S. forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 U.S. offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1945 U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1945 U.S. forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 U.S. Marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
1945 U.S. Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa
1945 U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1945 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa
1945 U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II
1945 U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
1945 U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa
1945 U.S. minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa
1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa
1945 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
1945 Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa
1945 US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa
1944 Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die
1944 U.S. takes Okinawa
1904 Herbert D Riley, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa
1897 Rhys Williams, Wales, actor, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart
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