Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 5

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March 5:

• 1869 - The regional Daimyō return their land holdings to the control of the emperor. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-third Day of the First Month, 1869)
• 1908 - Japan holds its first beauty contest when Jiji Shinpō Co., at the request of the Herald Tribune in the United States, solicits photographs from all over the country and chooses a winner, Suehiro Hiroko, from among the applicants. The publication of the photograph in the United States led to the first worldwide beauty contest held the next year.
• 1926 - The Labor Agriculture Party is formed.
• 1942 - The first air raid warnings are sounded in Tokyo.
• 1953 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls sharply, led by munitions company stocks.
• 1966 - A British Boeing 707 crashes near Mt. Fuji, killing 124 people.
• 1967 - The First Ōme Marathon is held.