Kobe in History

Japan: Fukuoka - Hiroshima - Kawasaki - Kyoto - Nagasaki - Nagoya - Osaka - Saitama - Sapporo - Sendai - Tokyo - Yokohama

Historical Events

  • 1184-03-18 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani near Kobe, Japan
  • 1945-03-19 US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure
  • 1985-09-04 Russian Igor Paklin sets new high jump world record at 2.41m in Kobe, Japan
  • 1995-01-12 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
  • 1995-01-17 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe, Japan and kills 5,372

Famous Birthdays

  • 1888-07-10 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat), born in Kōbe, Japan (d. 1960)
  • 1934-12-28 Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (Crazed Fruit), born in Kobe, Japan (d. 1987)
  • 1938-09-03 Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist (Nobel Prize 2011), born in Kobe, Japan
  • 1967-08-13 Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer (Fear and Trembling), born in Kobe, Japan
  • 1967-12-26 Ken Tanigawa, American golfer (Senior PGA C'ship 2019), born in Kobe, Japan

Famous Weddings

  • 2007-02-17 Japanese actress Noria Fujiwara weds comedian Tomonori at Jinnai Ikuta Shrine in Kobe, Japan