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Shinji Okazaki
1986Apr, 16

Shinji Okazaki

Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer
Shinji Okazaki (岡崎 慎司, Okazaki Shinji, born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Spanish club Cartagena and the Japan national team.

Internationally, he is currently the top active Japan national team goalscorer and third all-time in team history with 50 goals. He also won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016.

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    Ferdinand Marcos

    People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
  • 1Apr

    Kathmandu

    Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
  • 26Apr

    Chernobyl disaster

    A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
  • 27Apr

    Chernobyl disaster

    The city of Pripyat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster.
  • 2Jul

    Augusto Pinochet

    Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.