Events
- 1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
Births
- 1053 - Emperor Shirakawa (d. 1129)
- 1119 - Emperor Sutoku (d. 1164)
- 1891 - Tadamichi Kuribayashi (d. 1945), general and poet
- 1901 - Eiji Tsuburaya (d. 1970), cinematographer and producer
- 1973 - Natsuki Takaya, illustrator
- 1984 - Yousuke Itou, actor and singer
- 1997 - Erina Ikuta, singer and actress
Film and television
- 2002 - Season of the Sun begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Hideaki Takizawa
- 2003 - Boku dake no Madonna begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Hideaki Takizawa and Kyōko Hasegawa
- 2005 - Densha Otoko begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Misaki Ito, Atsushi Itō, and Miho Shiraishi
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries