1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier
1995 World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge
1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1994 102.4 degrees F (39.1 degrees C) in Tokyo Japan: record
1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
1994 Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo
1993 James H Doolittle, U.S. air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96
1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
1989 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)
1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
1988 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
1985 B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
1985 Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS)
1985 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS)
1985 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens
1980 Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo, Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics
1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported
1980 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
1979 Padres and Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it
1977 Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS)
1977 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.)
1977 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA)
1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1976 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)
1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo
1975 Ai Sugiyama, born in Tokyo, Japan, tennis star
1974 Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
1973 Sessue Hayakawa, actor (Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83
1972 Kyoko Ina, Tokyo, Japan, figure skater, 1993 North Atlantic Sr champ
1969 Midori Ito, born in Tokyo, Japan, ice skater, Oly-silver-92
1967 Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo, Japan, tennis star, 1995 USTA/Binghampton
1966 D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96
1966 Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour
1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
1965 Brandon Lee, born in Emerson, Colorado, actor, Showdown in Little Tokyo
1964 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan
1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
1958 Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo
1958 Yoshinori Mizumaki, Tokyo, Japan, PGA golfer, 1994 Byron Nelson-2nd
1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1954 Takao Doi, Tokyo, Japan, astronaut, STS 87
1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
1950 Pamela Franklin, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Satan's School for Girls
1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine
1948 Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
1946 International Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals
1946 International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
1946 28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals
1945 Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa
1945 U.S. drops fire bombs on Tokyo
1945 American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace
1945 Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing
1945 334 U.S. B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb
1945 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
1944 U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo
1944 Richard Sorge and Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo
1942 James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities
1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward
1941 Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo
1941 Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist, Green Gulch Zen Center
1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
1936 Tokyo, Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled
1934 Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan
1932 Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
1930 Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo, Japan, composer, Ki No Kyoko
1924 Kobo Abe, born in Tokyo, Japan, playwright, Woman, the Dunes
1923 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 142,000
1919 Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68
1917 Joan Fontaine, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca
1916 Tokyo Rose, [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], propagandist, WW II
1916 Olivia de Havilland, born in Tokyo, Japan, actress, Adventures of Robin Hood
1913 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
1913 Stephen McNally, New York City, actor, Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo
1912 John Garfield, born in New York City, actor, Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez
1910 Akira Kurosawa, born in Tokyo, Japan, director, 7 Samurai, Living
1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
1896 James H Doolittle, USAF General, Raid on Tokyo 1942
1895 Richard Sorge, German spy for U.S.S.R. in Tokyo, WW II
1894 Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo, Japan, architect, modern sukiya style
1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo, 1921-39
1867 Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1861 Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer, How I Became a Christian
1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
1853 Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
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