Japan's Order of Culture
Time: 1961
Place: Japan
Details: In 1961, Kawabata was awarded Japan's Order of Culture.
‹ Earlier in historyDag Hammarskjöld deathTuesday Sep 19, 1961 Later in history ›Thatcher Was Promoted To The FrontbenchOct, 1961
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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1950s - Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-President of Japanese P.E.N.
1950s - Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-Death Mystery
Sunday Apr 16, 1972 - Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-The Master of Go
1951 - Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-Snow Country
1930s - Kamakura, Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-Relocation
1934 - Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kaká-The FIFA Club World Cup
Sunday Dec 16, 2007 - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kaká-World Cup 2002
Sunday Jun 30, 2002 - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Mobile Phones-The First automatic analog Cellular Systems
1971 - Tokyo, Japan
Ronaldinho-World Cup 2002
Sunday Jun 30, 2002 - International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
Disasters with highest death tolls-1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
Tuesday Sep 11, 1923 at 02:58:00 AM - Japan
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was present in Tokyo Bay
Sunday Sep 2, 1945 - Japan
Mobile Phones-The First Full Internet Service On Mobile Phones
1999 - Japan
Sony Corporation-Sony Entered again Into The Global Computer Market
1996 - Tokyo, Japan
Mobile Phones-The First Pre-Commercial Trial Network With 3G
May, 2001 - Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-Canon RC-701
1986 - Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-Painful Love
1919 - Japan
Sony Corporation-Sony's announcement about The Betamax
Monday Nov 9, 2015 - Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-Beginning of The Family Reunion
Sunday Nov 10, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Sony announced Selling VAIO PC business
Tuesday Feb 4, 2014 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-The Walkman Brand
Sunday Jul 1, 1979 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Introduced The Trinitron brand
Apr, 1968 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-P5, Inc.
Friday Feb 28, 2014 - Japan
Sony Corporation-Launching Their Memory Stick
Oct, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Launching The Discman Series
Nov, 1984 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Introducing The BRAVIA Name
2005 - Tokyo, Japan
Nokia-Nokia signed a deal with NTT Docomo
Friday Jan 19, 2018 - Tokyo, Japan
Virtual reality-Sega VR Headset
1991 - Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Hirohito became Regent of Japan
Tuesday Nov 29, 1921 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Introducing The MiniDisc Format
Sep, 1992 - Tokyo, Japan
Harald V-The Opening Parade of The 1964 Summer Olympics
Saturday Oct 24, 1964 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Launching the Betamax
Saturday May 10, 1975 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Changing The Name To Sony
Jan, 1958 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Releasing The PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Sunday Dec 12, 2004 - Japan
Sony Corporation-Founding
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Sony Life
Aug, 1979 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Releasing PlayStation 3
Saturday Nov 11, 2006 - Japan
Sony Corporation-Announcing The first Cyber-shot camera
1996 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Releasing CD
Friday Oct 1, 1982 - Tokyo, Japan
Mobile Phones-The First Commercial 3G Network
Monday Oct 1, 2001 - Tokyo, Japan
Akio Morita-Producing a pocket-Sized Radio
1957 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Releasing PlayStation 4
Friday Nov 15, 2013 - Japan
Xerox-Xerox announced that Fujifilm had agreed to acquire a 50.1% controlling stake in the company for US$6.1 billion
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018 - Japan
Cameras-Fuji DS-1P
1980s - Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-Sony Mavica
1981 - Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-DS-X
Dec, 1989 - Tokyo, Japan
Virtual reality-PlayStation VR
2014 - Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-Nikon D1
1999 - Tokyo, Japan
Huawei-Toshiba briefly Suspended All Shipments To Huawei
Thursday May 23, 2019 - Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-Nikon first DSLRs
1986 - Japan
Hachikō-Hachikō's Death
Friday Mar 8, 1935 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-Bronze Statue
Apr, 1934 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-Second Statue
Aug, 1948 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-Annual ceremony
Sunday Mar 8, 1936 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-The Wait Starts
Friday May 22, 1925 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
Nintendo-DeNA Partnership
Monday Mar 16, 2015 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Releasing PlayStation 2
Saturday Mar 4, 2000 - Japan
James Bond-Thunderball premiere
Thursday Dec 9, 1965 - Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-The First Article
Tuesday Oct 4, 1932 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-Hidesaburō Ueno Took him as a Pet
1924 - Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-National Symbol
1930s - Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-Casio VS-101
1987 - Tokyo, Japan
Hachikō-National Spotlight
1932 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Born
Monday Apr 29, 1901 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Bitcoin-Disappeared
2010 - Japan
Hirohito-The Cabinet decided a fight to the last man
Jun, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-The Blu-ray Optical disc Format
Tuesday Jun 20, 2006 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Launch The 1st PlayStation
Saturday Dec 3, 1994 - Japan
Bitcoin-"bitcoin.org"
Monday Aug 18, 2008 - Japan
Hachikō-The professor's Death
Thursday May 21, 1925 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
3D printing-Hideo Kodama filed a patent for this XYZ plotter
Tuesday Nov 10, 1981 - Japan
Martial arts-First Pancrase event was held in Japan
1993 - Japan
Hot Dog-The world's longest hot dog
Friday Aug 4, 2006 - Akasaka Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
World War II-Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire
Monday Dec 8, 1941 - Japan
Hirohito-The Rank of Major in the Army
1920 - Tokyo, Japan
Martial arts-Kickboxing
1950s - Japan
World Bank-World Bank's annual meeting
2012 - Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-The NMOS active-pixel Sensor
1985 - Tokyo, Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-The Protest
1933 - Tokyo, Japan
Martial arts-Karate World Championships were introduced
1970 - Tokyo, Japan
Cameras-First video clips recording DSLR
1995 - Tokyo, Japan
Banking Frauds and Hacks-Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange
2001 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Hirohito was removed from the court and placed in the care of the family of count Kawamura Sumiyoshi
Jul, 1901 - Tokyo, Japan
PlayStation-"PlayStation VR"
Oct, 2016 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Hirohito was formally proclaimed Crown Prince and Heir Apparent
Thursday Nov 2, 1916 - Tokyo, Japan
Harry S. Truman-Japan agreed to surrender
Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Japan
Hirohito-The Coronation
Nov, 1928 - Tokyo, Japan
PlayStation-PlayStation 2
2000 - Tokyo, Japan
World Trade Organization-Tokyo Round
Sep, 1973 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-The February 26 Rebellion was suppressed
Saturday Feb 29, 1936 - Tokyo, Japan
PlayStation Network-Temporary suspension of operation
Wednesday Apr 20, 2011 - Tokyo, Japan
World War II-Hideki Tojo resignation
Saturday Jul 22, 1944 - Japan
Hirohito-The February 26 Incident
Wednesday Feb 26, 1936 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Emperor Hirohito signed an imperial rescript condemning to death American fliers
Sep, 1942 - Tokyo, Japan
Yasunari Kawabata-Graduation
Mar, 1924 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Hirohito assumed the Throne
Saturday Dec 25, 1926 - Tokyo, Japan
PlayStation-The Sony PSX
2003 - Tokyo, Japan
1973 oil crisis-Japanese automakers also benefited from the crisis
1970s - Japan
1961
Silvio Berlusconi-Graduated
1961 - Milan, Italy
Muhammad Ali Clay-Ali Converted to Islam
1961 - U.S.
Marilyn Monroe-3rd Divorce
Jan, 1961 - Mexico
Muhammad Yunus-He Was appointed Lecturer In Economics In Chittagong College
1961 - Chittagong College, College Road, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Algerian War-Pressure de Gaulle to abandon his demand to keep the Sahara
1961 - France
Carlos Slim-Graduating
1961 - National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Akio Morita-The First Japanese Company To be Listed on The New York Stock Exchange
1961 - New York, U.S.
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Hospital Transportation
1961 - Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
DC Comics-National Periodical Publications became publicly traded on the stock market
1961 - New York, U.S.
Samuel Little -Little spent three years in prison
1961 - Lorain, Ohio, United States
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz-The basic plan
1961 - Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
Nicaraguan Revolution-Forming The FSLN
1961 - Managua, Nicaragua
Warren Buffett-The Sanborn Map Company
1961 - U.S.
Algerian War-The first referendum on the self-determination of Algeria
Sunday Jan 8, 1961 - France and Algeria
Charles de Gaulle-French voters approved of Algerian self-determination
1961 - Algeria
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Final televised Address
Tuesday Jan 17, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
John F. Kennedy-A President
Friday Jan 20, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-The End of His Term of office as Vice President
Friday Jan 20, 1961 - White House, Washington D.C., U.S.
Atomic Bomb-The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
Tuesday Jan 24, 1961 - Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Nancy attended John F. Kennedy's inaugural address when he was sworn in as U.S. president
Jan, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Operation Pluto
Saturday Jan 28, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Anna May Wong-Death
Friday Feb 3, 1961 - Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Cuban Missile Crisis-The Soviets owned four intercontinental ballistic missiles only
1961 - Russia
Fidel Castro-Castro garnered support in New York City
Saturday Feb 18, 1961 - New York, U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev-First Secretary of the regional Komsomol
Mar, 1961 - Russia
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC)
Mar, 1961 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Algerian War-The talks that began in March 1961 broke down
Mar, 1961 - Algeria
Pablo Picasso-Second Marriage
Thursday Mar 2, 1961 - Vallauris, France
Ruby Bridges-Robert Coles
1961 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
James Bond-Thunderball was published
Monday Mar 27, 1961 - United Kingdom
Nelson Mandela-The Innocence
Wednesday Mar 29, 1961 - South Africa
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Bomb attack on militia barracks
Monday Apr 3, 1961 - Bayamo, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Bay of Pigs plan (Operation Zapata)
Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
John F. Kennedy-Final Invasion Plan
Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Brigade 2506 Started Transferring To Puerto Cabezas
Sunday Apr 9, 1961 - Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The El Encanto Fire
Thursday Apr 13, 1961 - Havana, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The invasion Fleet
Friday Apr 14, 1961 - Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Sending reconnaissance sortie
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Baracoa, Cuba
Fidel Castro-The CIA Attack
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Deception flight
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban national police Reaction
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Havana, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Air attacks on airfields
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 at 06:00:00 AM - San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba - Ciudad Libertad Airport, Havana, Cuba - Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU), Avenida al Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo Grajales, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Foreign Minister's Reaction
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 at 10:30:00 AM - New York City, U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The armed uprising
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 - Las Villas, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Failing to land near Baracoa
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 - Baracoa, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Brigade 2506 invasion fleet converged on 'Rendezvous Point Zulu'
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 - South of Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Losing Houston
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 06:50:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking The Cuban Navy Patrol Escort ship El Baire
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 07:00:00 AM - Nueva Gerona, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Operation Falcon
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 07:30:00 AM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-FAR Sea Fury crashed
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 08:30:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The arrival of Cuban troops and militia
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:00:00 AM - Australia, Cuba - Covadonga, Cuba - Yaguaramas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Rio Escondido was blew up and sank
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The messenger from Red Beach
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Two remaining freighters started retreating south to international waters
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Slaughter of the Lost Battalion
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 02:30:00 PM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Castro had arrived at the Central Australia sugar mill
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 04:00:00 PM - Australia, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Army open Fire
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 08:00:00 PM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Night air strike by three FAL B-26s Fail
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:00:00 PM - San San Antonio de Los Baños airfield, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The mock diversionary Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Che Guevara-Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Entering the Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 12:00:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Capturing Osvaldo Ramírez
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Aromas de Velázquez, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Principal Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Retreating
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 05:00:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking CEF ships
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Landing at Blue Beach
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 07:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban government began an offensive to take San Blas
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Nikita Khrushchev's Telegram To President Kennedy
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 02:00:00 PM - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Airdrops From four C-54s and 2 C-46s had Failled
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Arriving at Girón
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Girón, San Román, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Army infantrymen and militiamen started an offensive
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Tank battle
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking a Cuban column of 12 private buses
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 05:00:00 PM - Punta Perdiz, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Delivering arms and equipment to the Girón airstrip
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 - Girón, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Cuban Troops and Militia Took Playa Larga
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:30:00 PM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The 3rd Battalion surprise attack
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 11:00:00 PM - San Blas, Cuba
John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs Negotiations
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Final air attack mission
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Evacuating retreating Brigade Soldiers From Beaches
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Executed Prisoners
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Humberto Sorí Marin execution
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - Fortaleza de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Castro forced the Brigade to Surrender
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Searching For Scattered Brigade Survivors
Saturday Apr 22, 1961 - Cuba
Hachikō-Yaeko Sakano
Sunday Apr 30, 1961 - Japan
Algerian War-Talks with the FLN reopened at Évian
May, 1961 - Évian, France
Ruby Bridges-The Bridges family suffered for their decision to send her to William Frantz Elementary
1961 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
John F. Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting
Sunday Jun 4, 1961 - Vienna, Austria
Berlin Wall-First time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context
Thursday Jun 15, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret's husband has created Earl of Snowdon
1961 - England, United Kingdom
Algerian War-Fighting was "virtually finished"
Thursday Jun 29, 1961 - France
Princess Diana-Birth
Saturday Jul 1, 1961 - Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Raúl Castro-A Member of the National Leadership of the Integrated Revolutionary PO Organizations
Saturday Jul 1, 1961 - Havana, Cuba
Berlin Wall-Suggestion
Tuesday Aug 1, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Joe Biden-Archmere Academy graduation
1961 - Claymont, U.S.
Barack Obama-Birth
Friday Aug 4, 1961 - Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Berlin Wall-Advance Warning Information
Wednesday Aug 9, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Berlin Wall-The Order has signed
Saturday Aug 12, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Berlin Wall-Barbed Wire Sunday
Sunday Aug 13, 1961 - East Germany, Germany