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February 13:

Events
 * 1219 - The third shōgun of the Kamakura period, Minamoto Sanetomo, is assassinated. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the First Month, 1219)
 * 1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry returns to Japan. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixteenth Day of the First Month, 1854)
 * 1862 - Andō Nobumasa is attacked by former Mito samurai in the Sakashita Gate Incident. (Traditional Japanese Date: Fifteenth Day of the First Month, 1862)
 * 1867 - Emperor Meiji accedes to the throne at the age of 16. (Traditional Japanese Date: Ninth Day of the First Month, 1867)
 * 1899 - The income tax law is promulgated.
 * 1951 - The Local Public Service Law is enacted.
 * 1985 - In an effort to bolster public morals, a new law is passed which expanded the number and kinds of businesses subject to the public morality law, including game centers.
 * 1989 - Chairman Hiromasa Ezoe and three others are arrested in connection with the Recruit scandal.
 * 1995 - Nomo Hideo announces that he has signed with the L.A. Dodgers.

Births
 * 711 BC - Emperor Jimmu (d. 585 BC)
 * 1953 - Akio Sato, wrestler
 * 1964 - Tetsurō Degawa, comedian
 * 1964  - Yamantaka Eye, singer
 * 1965 - Kiyotaka Nanbara, comedian
 * 1967 - Tomoko Ikuta, actress
 * 1968 - Daisuke Ikeda, wrestler
 * 1982 - Tsuyoshi Abe, Chinese-Japanese actor
 * 1993 - Kasumi Arimura, actress
 * 1995 - Ayame Koike, actress

Deaths
 * 1219 - Minamoto no Sanetomo (b. 1192), shogun
 * 1967 - Yoshisuke Aikawa (b. 1880), entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company