BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 16th of August 1945 79 years ago |
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Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi aka The Father of the Kamikaze commits suicide by Seppuku at the age of 54 in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Ōnishi did not use a kaishakunin (second), and died of self-inflicted injuries over a period of 15 hours. |
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