Events
- 1942 - World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
Births
- 1835 - Hijikata Toshizō (d. 1869), commander
- 1914 - Akira Ifukube (d. 2006), composer and educator
- 1962 - Noriko Hidaka, voice actress and singer
- 1964 - Yukio Edano, politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 1965 - Yōko Sōmi, voice actress
- 1968 - Kyōka Suzuki, actress
- 1974 - Hiroiki Ariyoshi, comedian and singer
- 1975 - Mac Suzuki, baseball player
- 1980 - Mika Katsumura, actress
- 1980 - Kaori Manabe, television personality and model
- 1987 - Nagi Yanagi, singer-songwriter