Today in Japan History (Part 6)
Sub-Topics: Tokyo
Historical Events
Results 501 - 600 of 727
1961-12-03 - Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1962-05-03 - Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
1962-06-23 - Larry Doby, retires from Cleve Indians to play in Japan
1962-08-30 - Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
1963-07-26 - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
1963-11-09 - 450 die in a coal-dust explosion & 160 die in train crash (Japan)
1963-11-12 - Train crash in Japan, kills 164
1964-04-28 - Japan joins OECO
1964-06-16 - Quake strikes Niigata Japan
1964-07-21 - Neth last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1964-09-01 - Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (NY Mets)
1964-10-23 - Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball
1964-10-24 - 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan
1964-10-25 - Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
1964-11-09 - Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan
1965-02-17 - US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
1965-04-19 - 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
1965-06-01 - coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
1965-08-15 - Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
1966-02-04 - All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
1966-03-11 - A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people.
1966-04-19 - 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11
1966-11-12 - Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
1968-01-23 - Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
1968-03-27 - Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF
1968-05-16 - Earthquake kills 47 in Japan
1968-06-26 - Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
1968-12-10 - Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo.
1969-04-15 - North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea
1969-04-21 - 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1970-02-11 - Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
1970-03-15 - Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
1970-05-06 - Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest
1970-11-25 - In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
1971-01-20 - John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
1971-06-11 - US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
1971-07-30 - Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162
1971-10-09 - Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
1971-11-11 - Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
1972-01-24 - Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1972-02-03 - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1972-02-13 - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
1972-02-19 - The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan.
1972-02-28 - The Asama-Sanso incident ends in Japan.
1972-03-20 - 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1972-05-13 - 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan)
1972-05-15 - Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
1972-05-15 - The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
1972-09-28 - Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
1972-09-29 - Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations
1973-04-01 - Japan allows its citizens to own gold
1973-08-31 - 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1973-11-09 - Fire at Taiyo dept store, kills 101 & injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan)
1973-12-01 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic
1974-03-09 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1974-09-13 - -17] 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague
1974-09-24 - Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title
1974-11-03 - Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
1975-05-16 - Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
1975-10-09 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
1975-10-19 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic
1976-07-27 - Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair)
1976-07-30 - Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball
1976-09-06 - Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet
1976-11-03 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
1976-12-25 - Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier
1977-09-03 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
1977-11-03 - Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978-08-12 - China & Japan sign peace treaty
1978-10-23 - China & Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension
1978-11-03 - Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1979-01-25 - 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
1979-02-21 - Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km)
1979-11-03 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
1980-04-23 - Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
1980-07-17 - Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan
1980-11-09 - Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1981-02-21 - Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1981-04-09 - US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1981-04-20 - 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26
1981-04-25 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.
1981-11-08 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1982-07-24 - Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
1982-08-18 - Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
1982-11-07 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1982-11-24 - Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan
1982-11-26 - Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1983-02-20 - Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
1983-02-24 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
1983-11-06 - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament
1983-11-11 - Pres Reagan became 1st US pres to address Japan's legislature
1983-11-13 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984-03-21 - Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
1984-08-07 - Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
1984-11-04 - Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1985-01-07 - Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
1985-01-08 - Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
1985-01-13 - 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
1985-08-07 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1985-08-08 - Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
Famous Birthdays
Results 501 - 600 of 1,078
1963-05-11 - Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
1963-05-29 - Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
1963-06-03 - Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
1963-08-01 - Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut (STS 72, sk: 92)
1963-08-22 - Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, US 10K runner
1963-08-24 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
1963-09-08 - Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
1963-10-04 - Koji Ishikawa (children's book author and illustrator)Japanese children's author
1963-10-12 - Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director
1963-11-03 - Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
1963-11-12 - Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
1963-11-23 - Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
1963-12-08 - Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler
1963-12-09 - Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
1963-12-12 - Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1963-12-22 - Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter
1964-01-20 - Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer
1964-03-19 - Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
1964-04-09 - Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
1964-04-28 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1964-06-09 - Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
1964-07-24 - Banana Yoshimoto, Japanese author
1964-08-23 - Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese professional wrestler
1964-09-03 - Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1964-09-15 - R Kikuchi, Japan cosmonaut
1964-09-15 - Ryoko Kikuchi, Japan cosmonaut
1964-09-23 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
1964-10-01 - Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
1964-10-18 - Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star
1964-12-07 - Tadao Uematsu, Japanese racing driver
1965-01-09 - Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1965-02-02 - Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler
1965-02-17 - Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)
1965-03-18 - Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress
1965-04-15 - Soichi Noguchi, Yokohama Japan, astronaut
1965-04-17 - Yoshiki Kuroda, Japanese urban planner
1965-05-09 - Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
1965-05-13 - Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
1965-05-24 - Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director
1965-07-18 - Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1965-08-05 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
1965-08-06 - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1965-08-11 - Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil)
1965-08-13 - Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
1965-08-18 - Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
1965-09-17 - Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer
1965-09-27 - Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
1965-10-10 - Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan)
1965-11-04 - Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician
1965-11-18 - Matt Kabayama, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1965-11-20 - Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan)
1965-11-29 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1965-11-30 - Prince Akishino of Japan
1965-12-16 - Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-2nd)
1966-04-03 - Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1966-06-13 - Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
1966-06-19 - Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
1966-07-28 - Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter
1966-09-11 - Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family
1966-09-19 - Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
1966-10-26 - Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
1966-12-02 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1966-12-07 - Shinichi Itoh, Japanese motorcycle racer
1966-12-12 - Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor
1966-12-18 - Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress
1967-02-06 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
1967-03-07 - Ai Yazawa, Japanese mangaka
1967-03-15 - Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
1967-03-25 - Takayuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1967-03-30 - Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
1967-05-05 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1967-05-10 - Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1967-06-15 - Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor
1967-07-20 - Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1967-07-31 - Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese seiyū
1967-07-31 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005)
1967-08-22 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986)
1967-09-16 - Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka
1967-10-19 - Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer
1967-11-06 - Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo Japan, tennis star (1995 USTA/Binghampton)
1967-11-21 - Toshihiko Koga, Japanese Judoka
1967-11-25 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1967-12-08 - Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1967-12-12 - Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer
1967-12-12 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer
1968-01-01 - Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
1968-01-12 - Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
1968-01-13 - Chara, Japanese singer and actress
1968-01-22 - Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan)
1968-02-06 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
1968-02-29 - Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress
1968-03-10 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1968-03-13 - Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler
1968-03-15 - Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
1968-03-18 - Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1968-03-31 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1968-05-02 - Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
1968-05-14 - Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1968-07-05 - Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
1968-07-08 - Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu
Famous Deaths
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