Events
- 713 - Emperor Genmei ordered the armistice of the "fudoki". (Japanese Date: Second Day of the Fifth Month, 713)
- 1590 - Edo Castle surrendered. (Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the Fourth Month, 1590)
- 1921 - The Ministry of Communications allowed private wireless telephones.
- 1958 - Closure of the war criminal camp Sugamo Prison.
- 1966 - US military nuclear submarine Snook arrived in Yonosuka for the first time.
- 1967 - Toyo Kogyo's (currently Mazda) Cosmo Sports is the first rotary engine vehicle in the world on sale.
- 1968 - Promulgated Consumer Production Basic Law.
- 1972 - Tel Aviv airport shootings, 26 people were killed.
- 1983 - A policy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will allow CATV business to the private sector is announced.
- 1990 - An acid icicle is found in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Births
- 1914 - Akinoumi Setsuo (d. 1979), sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna
- 1920 - Franklin J. Schaffner (d. 1989), Japanese-American director and producer
- 1969 - Naomi Kawase, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 - Ryuhei Kitamura, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 - Sōichirō Hoshi, voice actor and singer
- 1979 - Rie Kugimiya, voice actress and singer
- 1980 - Ryōgo Narita, author
- 1981 - Hisanori Takada, footballer
- 1982 - Asahi Uchida, actor
- 1993 - Sota Fukushi, actor