2014 Event The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for developing the blue light-emitting diode (LED), which emits low-energy white light that can replace incandescents and mercury-containing fluorescents 1970 Birthday Satoshi Kojima, professional wrestler, born in Koto, Japan, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Hiroshi Hase, Kensuke Sasaki 1968 Birthday Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1948 Death Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japan (stage)writer (Tjitj kaeru), dies at 59 1927 Birthday Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner for the Seattle Mariners 1888 Birthday Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japanese stagewriter, Tjitj Kaeru
