Events

1180 - Fukuhara capital is relocated.
1467 - Onin turbulence happens in Kyoto.
1849 - The first international yacht race occurred.
1869 - The Boshin War ended, Enomoto Takeaki from Hakodate was surrendered in Goryokaku.
1871 - New Huo Tiao is promulgated, their monetary unit is the Yen and Qian Lin. On this day, it is by gold standard. Its designation is in "circle", "Qian", and "phosphorus" in decimals. The old one was converted to gold 1.5g to 1 Yen.
1882 - The Bank of Japan is established.
1915 - Kitazawa Rakuten, Okamoto Ippei and several others hold the first Manga Festival in Chōfu, Tokyo.
1949 - The repatriation of Japanese soldiers from the former Soviet Union begins with the first ship landing at Maizuru.
1964 - The National Summer Sports Festival is cancelled due to a strong earthquake in Niigata.
1972 - The Supreme Court of Japan recognizes a right to sunlight, which limits builders from building in such a way as to block the amount of sunlight received by residential homes.
1994 - Seven people die in the Matsumoto sarin incident. Later it is discovered that the Aum Shinrikyō is responsible.
1994 - The yen trades at 100 yen to the dollar for the first time and finishes the day at 99.93 yen to the dollar.

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