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Events

1703 - The Love Suicides at Sonezaki is first staged.
1899 - The first Japanese-made film is screened at the Kabuki-za.
1933 - Japan's first dominant marriage agency is established in Tokyo. It is opened in Shirokiya in order to eliminate the tragedy arising from an inadvertent marriage.
1958 - A peace march to appeal the ban of atomic and hydrogen bombs, started between Tokyo and Hiroshima from 1,000 km.
1991 - Tōhoku Shinkansen is opened between Ueno and Tokyo. With a city center section of 3.6 km, it led from Morioka to contact Tokyo Station to Hakata.

Births