Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 30

May 30:

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.

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