Events
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
- 1947 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
Births
- 1943 - Yukio Hashi, singer and actor
- 1955 - Seishirō Nishida, actor
- 1977 - Hiro Mashima, illustrator
- 1978 - Dai Tamesue, hurdler