Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 16

May 16:

Events

  • 1689 - Matsuo Bashō's journey of "The Narrow Road to the Deep North". He went out to Michinoku with his disciples. (Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the Third Month, 1689)
  • 1889 - The Imperial Museum opened in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Nara.
  • 1949 - Japan joins the World Health Organization.
  • 1958 - Television reception contracts exceeded one million.
  • 1968 - The Tokachi-oki earthquake occurred, 52 people are either dead or missing.
  • 1975 - The Japan Women's expedition succeeded in the first Mount Everest ascent as a woman.
  • 1995 - Chizuo Matsumoto of Aum Shinrikyo is arrested.

Births

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