Events
- 1945 - World War II: Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in the continental US during the war.
- 1946 - The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Births
- 867 - Emperor Uda (d. 931)
- 1947 - Daisuke Ban, actor
- 1947 - Sansho Shinsui, actor
- 1961 - Hiroshi Hase, wrestler and politician
- 1962 - Kaoru Wada, composer and conductor
- 1964 - Minami Takayama, voice actress and singer
- 1967 - Takehito Koyasu, voice actor and singer
- 1968 - Atsuro Watabe, actor
- 1974 - Seiji Ara, race car driver
- 1985 - Shoko Nakagawa, actress and singer
- 1992 - Yōsuke Mikami, footballer
- 1992 - Taisuke Miyazaki, footballer