Events

1902 - Tokyo Gas Co. gets an exclusive license to begin selling gas powered rice cookers. It is around this time that gas begins to be used for heating in addition to lighting.
1947 - One hundred eighty four people are killed when a train on the Hachikō Line in Saitama jumps the tracks.
1969 - The Fuji Evening News (Yūkan Fuji) is launched.
1974 - The Budget Committee of the Lower House holds a hearing on consumer prices.
1983 - Sakai City in Osaka passes the nation's first ethics regulations.

Births

1923 - Takeo Kajiwara (d. 2009), Japanese Go player
1926 - Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda (d. 2003), Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic
1962 - Yasufumi Terawaki, actor
1975 - Chiemi Chiba, voice actress, singer, and model
1983 - Wataru Mori, actor
1984 - Wakana Matsumoto, actress
1989 - Kana Hanazawa, voice actress and singer

Deaths