Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 9
Events
- 1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
- 1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.
Births
- 1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane (d. 1523), shogun
- 1892 - Tsuru Aoki (d. 1961), Japanese-American actress
- 1903 - Phyllis A. Whitney (d. 2008), Japanese-American author
- 1908 - Shigekazu Shimazaki (d. 1945), admiral
- 1946 - Hayato Tani, actor
- 1973 - Kazuhisa Ishii, baseball player
- 1976 - Masaya Matsukaze, actor, voice actor, and radio personality
- 1982 - Ai Otsuka, singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
- 1983 - Yamato Kinjo, actor
- 1993 - Ryohei Kato, gymnast
- 1988 - Shizuka Nakamura, model and actress
Deaths
- 1612 - Nakagawa Hidenari (b. 1570), daimyo
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries