Births on May 5

Kaoru Wada

Born on May 5, 1962

Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor

Kaoru Wada (和田薫, Wada Kaoru, born May 5, 1962) is a Japanese music composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series including GeGeGe no Kitarō, Inuyasha, Strange Dawn, Princess Tutu, Samurai 7, D.Gray-man, and Casshern Sins.He, along with other later-famous musicians, studied at the Tokyo College of Music under Akira Ifukube and Sei Ikeno.

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Events on 1962

5 Feb

Charles de Gaulle
French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
5 Aug

Nelson Mandela
Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
15 Sep

Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
18 Sep

Jamaica
Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
6 Nov

Apartheid
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

Births on May 5

Kaoru Wada

Born on May 5, 1962

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Events on 1962

Charles de Gaulle

Nelson Mandela

Cuban Missile Crisis

Jamaica

Apartheid