2013 Event Japan set Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island and sent two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan 2012 Event Amid tension with China, Keen Sword, the biennial naval training exercise between the United States and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, takes place off the shore of Okinawa 2012 Event In crowded Ginowan, Okinawa, tens of thousands of Japanese people protest, demanding closure of the Futenma airbase (MCAS) and halting the deployment of twelve MV-22 Osprey aircraft 2011 Event Typhoon Muifa approaches Japan's island of Okinawa; the typhoon is expected to be one of the most powerful storms to hit China in recent years 1987 Death James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies 1984 Death Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack 1971 Event U.S. and Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan 1969 Death Rhys Williams, actor 'Nightmare', 'Okinawa', 'Corn is Green', dies at 71 1966 Birthday Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress, Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara 1963 Birthday Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, U.S. 10K runner 1956 Birthday John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1945 Event Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low) 1945 Event Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa 1945 Death Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II 1945 Event Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead 1945 Event U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1945 Event 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa 1945 Event 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa 1945 Event Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered 1945 Event U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa 1945 Event He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die 1945 Event U.S. forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Event Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa 1945 Event Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa 1945 Event 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II 1945 Event U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa 1945 Event Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1945 Event 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa 1945 Event Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. aircraft carriers attack Okinawa 1944 Event Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die 1944 Event U.S. takes Okinawa 1904 Birthday Herbert D Riley, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa 1897 Birthday Rhys Williams, Wales, actor, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart
