Events
- 1945 - World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
- 1953 - Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.
- 1971 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.
Births
- 1984 - Ryōhei Kimura, voice actor
- 1985 - Shinwa Kataoka, actor
- 1993 - Miho Miyazaki, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1912 - Emperor Meiji (b. 1852)
- 1965 - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (b. 1886), author