ON 7 JULY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on July 7, 2019
1053: Birth of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087) who died on July 24, 1129
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shirakawa
1119: Birth of Sutoku, 75th emperor of Japan (1123-1142), who died on September 14, 1164
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sutoku
1333: Japanese emperor Kogon is forced to resign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dgon
1891: Birth of Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general, killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 26, 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadamichi_Kuribayashi
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMH1pewOOo
1901: Birth of Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer, who died on January 25, 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Tsuburaya
1937: In China, Marco Polo bridge (Lugouqiao) incident. Beginning of the Japanese invasion (second Sino-Japanese war)
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/marco-polo-bridge-incident
http://totallyhistory.com/marco-polo-bridge-incident/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB2qDwAlxw4
1943: Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java and meets Sukarno
1944: During World War II, largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-saipan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiM66v2Tpuw
1972: Kakuei Tanaka becomes Japanese Prime Minister till December 1979, succeeding Eisaku Sato
1973: Birth of Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=712
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsuki_Takaya