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Events

1868 - Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
1914 - A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine on Kyūshū kills 687. This accident is the worst coal mine disaster in Japanese history.
1942 - The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal campaign.
1945 - Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan.

Births