Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/June/June 19
Events
- 1917 - RIKEN is installed in Tokyo as an institution that performs Japan's first basic and applied research.
- 1933 - Tanna Tunnel is completed, in 7.8 km, and was opened in December 1, 1934.
- 1944 - Mariana offshore battle.
- 1985 - Investment journal president Shigeki Nakae is arrested.
Births
- 1301 - Prince Morikuni (d. 1333)
- 1909 - Osamu Dazai (d. 1948), author
- 1909 - Midori Naka (d. 1945), actress
- 1966 - Joi Ito, Japanese-American businessman
- 1973 - Yuko Nakazawa, singer and actress
- 1973 - Yasuhiko Yabuta, baseball player
- 1987 - Miho Fukuhara, singer and actress
- 1987 - Mutsumi Tamura, voice actress
- 1998 - Suzu Hirose, actress and model