Events
- 1894 - Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
- 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
- 1989 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
Births
- 1916 - Saburō Sakai (d. 2000), lieutenant and pilot
- 1956 - Takeshi Okada, footballer, coach, and manager
- 1967 - Nobuyuki Hiyama, voice actor
- 1968 - Yuri Mitsui, actress, model and race car driver
- 1968 - Takeshi Ueda, singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1977 - Masumi Asano, voice actress
- 1979 - Masato Wada, actor and singer
- 1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, singer and actress
Film and television
- 2012 - Anata e, a film starring Ken Takakura, Yūko Tanaka, Koichi Sato, Hideji Otaki, Kimiko Yo, and Haruka Ayase