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Junko Takeuchi

Naruto Uzumaki is the fictional protagonist of the Japanese manga series Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. A carefree, optimistic and boisterous teen ninja who befriends other ninja, he aspires to become the leader of his fictional village, Konohagakure. He appears in anime, films, video games and original video animations, as well as a sequel Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, with his son Boruto Uzumaki as the protagonist. Kishimoto initially aimed to keep the character "simple and stupid", while giving him many attributes of an ideal hero, and a tragic past. The author has revised Naruto's image many times, providing the character with different clothes intended to appeal to Western audiences and to make him easier to illustrate. Naruto is voiced by Junko Takeuchi (pictured) in the original animated series and Maile Flanagan in the English adaptations. The character's development has been praised by anime and manga publications, and has drawn scholarly attention. (Full article...)

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Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in

In Spanish football, FC Barcelona win La Liga.
At the inter-Korean summit at the Peace House in Panmunjom, the leaders of North and South Korea (pictured) agree to formally end the Korean War later this year.
American comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in a retrial of a case that was closed as a mistrial in 2017.
Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Kim Wall.
Serzh Sargsyan resigns as Prime Minister of Armenia, following large-scale protests.

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May 2: Birth of Muhammad al-Mahdi (Shia Islam, 2018); Flag Day in Poland

2008 Chaitén eruption

1194 – King Richard I of England gave the city of Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
1559 – Scottish clergyman John Knox returned from exile to lead the Scottish Reformation.
1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion caused by Viet Cong commandos led USNS Card to sink in the port of Saigon.
1995 – Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began firing rockets on the Croatian capital of Zagreb, killing 7 and injuring around 200 others.
2008 – The Chaitén volcano (pictured) in Chile began to erupt for the first time since around 1640.

Liu Zong (d. 821) · Giacomo Meyerbeer (d. 1864) · B. B. Lal (b. 1921)

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Antonie Frederik Jan Floris Jacob van Omphal (1788–1863) was a Dutch lieutenant general and extraordinary aide-de-camp to William III of the Netherlands. He fought in Napoleon's Imperial Guard in the Battle of Leipzig and the invasion of Russia, then under the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Battle of Waterloo. He was awarded a knighthood in the Military Order of William, among other honors.

Painting: Herman Antonie de Bloeme

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