Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 19
Events
- 1821 - The Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura burns down. (Traditional Japanese Date: Seventeenth Day of the First Month, 1821)
- 1907 - The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department implements driving regulations that require the registration of automobiles and the licensing of drivers and sets a speed limit of 13 km per hour. The number of automobiles registered during the first year was a mere 16.
- 1942 - World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
- 1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.
- 1945 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima.
- 1946 - Emperor Shōwa begins his tour of the nation following Japan's surrender in the fall of the previous year.
- 1954 - Rikidōzan and Kimuragumi battle the Sharp Brothers at the Kuramae National Stadium in Japan's first pro wrestling match.
- 1972 - The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins when five members of the Japanese Red Army take a hostage in the mountain resort of Karuizawa.
- 1976 - Executive Order 9066 was rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417
Births
- 1855 - Nishinoumi Kajirō I (d. 1908), sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna
- 1946 - Hiroshi Fujioka, actor
- 1972 - Nao Ōmori, actor
- 1983 - Mika Nakashima, singer and actress
- 1986 - Reon Kadena, model and actress
- 1988 - Miyu Irino, voice actor
Deaths
- 1709 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (b. 1646), shogun
- 1992 - Tojo Yamamoto (b. 1927), Japanese-American wrestler and manager