Shigematsu Sakaibara
Shigematsu Sakaibara was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for ordering the Wake Island massacre, in which 98 American civilians were murdered by Japanese soldiers. Following Japan's surrender, Sakaibara was tried for war crimes and executed for his involvement.
28 December 1898
Born on the same birth date (28 December 1898): Carl-Gustaf Rossby
Born on the same birth day (28 December): Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis • Curt Byrum • Dylan Cease • Earl Hines • Martin Kaymer • Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper) • Pat Rafter • Philip Anschutz • Ratan Tata • Richard Clayderman
Born in the same month (December 1898): Alfred Eisenstaedt • Baby Dodds • Carl-Gustaf Rossby • Cyril Ritchard • Emmett Kelly • Grace Moore • Gunnar Myrdal • Indra Lal Roy • InejirÅ Asanuma • Irene Dunne • Irene Greenwood • John McDonald (Victorian politician) • Konstantinos Dovas • Loren Murchison • Stuart Garson • Vladimir Fock • Winifred Lenihan