Births
- 1914 - Maedayama Eigorō (d. 1971), sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna
- 1918 - Kakuei Tanaka, (d. 1993), soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister
- 1967 - Akiko Yajima, voice actress
- 1968 - Momoko Kikuchi, actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar
- 1978 - Daisuke Ono, voice actor
- 1990 - Asana Mamoru, actress and model
- 1994 - Sairi Ito, actress
Deaths
- 1938 - Kanō Jigorō (b. 1860), educator and martial artist, founded judo