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Featured article: January 28, 2006
Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's renouncement of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes in its post-World War II Constitution of Japan. The origins of the Imperial Japanese Navy trace back to early interactions with states on the Asian continent at the beginning of the medieval period, and reached a peak of activity during the [16th century|16th]] and 17th centuries at a time of cultural exchange with European powers during the Age of Discovery. After two centuries of stagnation during the country's ensuing seclusion policy under the shoguns of the Edo period, Japan's navy was comparatively backward when the country was forced open to trade by American intervention in 1854. This eventually led to the Meiji Restoration, a period of frantic modernization and industrialization accompanied by the re-ascendance of the emperor. The navy's history of successes, sometimes against much more powerful foes as in the 1895 Sino-Japanese war and the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, ended with almost complete annihilation in 1945 against the United States Navy, and official dissolution at the end of the conflict. (more...)

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1930 recording of the Japanese national anthem, Kimi ga Yo. Includes both the vocal and instrumental parts. (file info)

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Tracks of all tropical cyclones, 1985 to 2005
This map shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones that formed worldwide from 1985 to 2005. The points show the locations of the storms at six-hourly intervals and use the color scheme shown on the right from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
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Featured list: List of Baja California Peninsula hurricanes
Paths of all hurricanes to hit the peninsula from 1949-2000

The list of Baja California hurricanes includes all of the tropical cyclones that impacted the Baja California Peninsula, which includes the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.

  • Sometime in between June and October 1884: a tropical cyclone of unknown intensity made landfall in the peninsula.[1]
  • July 1902: A tropical cyclone made landfall in Baja California.[2]
  • August 1915: A tropical cyclone impacted the northern part of Baja California.[2]
  • September 13, 1918: Twenty five deaths and heavy damage in La Paz and elsewhere were a result of a tropical cyclone of unknown intensity making landfall on this date.[3][4]
  • August 1921: A tropical cyclone impacted the central part of the Baja California peninsula.[2]
  • September 1921: A tropical cyclone's remnants tracked across the Baja California Peninsula.[2]
  • September 1921: The remnants of a tropical cyclone dissipated moved inland after dissipating on this date.[2]

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  1. ^ Stephen Visher (June 1922). "Tropical Cyclones in the northeast Pacific, between Hawaii and Mexico" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. Bloomington, Indiana: American Meteorological Society. pp. 295–97. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-06-0295.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Jack Williams (2005-05-17). "Background: California’s tropical storms". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whhcalif.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
  3. ^ Willis Edwin Hurd (February 1929). "Tropical cyclones of the eastern north Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. American Meteorological Society. pp. 45–49. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/057/mwr-057-02-0043.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
  4. ^ F. G. Tingley (December 1918). "Tropical cyclone of September 14–17, in the Pacific Ocean just west of Mexico" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. American Meteorological Society. pp. 568–70. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/046/mwr-046-12-0568b.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
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