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Shigekazu Shimazaki

Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (died 1945)

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Born
September 9, 1908
Died
January 9, 1945
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1908

About Shigekazu Shimazaki

Shigekazu Shimazaki was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. For this success he and Mitsuo Fuchida, the leader of the 1st wave of attack, were awarded with an audience with Emperor Shōwa at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on December 25. Shigekazu Shimazaki (嶋崎 重和, Shimazaki Shigekazu; 9 September 1908 – 9 January 1945) was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.

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The world when Shigekazu Shimazaki was born

Shigekazu Shimazaki was born in 1908. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1908

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Crewe's Career" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win World Series
  • Top headlineFord Model T goes on sale — $850
  • Technology milestoneFord Model T — affordable automobile for the masses
  • Defining fadAutomobile craze
  • World population~1.68B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population87.4M

1908 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Shigekazu Shimazaki's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19082026
Population87.4M341 million

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