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Kyoto, Japan
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/index_e.html Population:
1,470,159 (2005) SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Chushiro Hayashi |
Astronomer |
25-Jul-1920 |
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Big Bang astrophysicist |
| Isamu Kaneko |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1971 |
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Mr. 47, developed WinNY p2p program |
| Saionji Kinmochi |
Government |
23-Oct-1849 |
24-Nov-1940 |
Twice Prime Minister of Japan |
| Koda Kumi |
Singer |
13-Nov-1982 |
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Japanese Pop Idol |
| Haruki Murakami |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1949 |
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle |
| Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1906 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Cid Corman |
Poet |
29-Jun-1924 |
12-Mar-2004 |
Founder of Origin poetry magazine |
| Kenichi Fukui |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1918 |
9-Jan-1998 |
Frontier orbitals |
| Kenji Mizoguchi |
Film Director |
16-May-1898 |
24-Aug-1956 |
The Life of Oharu |
| Hideki Yukawa |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1907 |
8-Sep-1981 |
Predicted existence of mesons |
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