1947
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In the real world
- Masaichi Nagata becomes the president of Daiei.
January
- 26 January: Ryoichi Tanaka is born in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
March
- Daigo Fukuryū Maru, the fishing boat which would later be caught in the radioactive fallout of the Castle Bravo nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, is launched in Koza, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan as Dainana Kotoshiro Maru. The vessel was then based at Miura, Kanagawa until 1953, when it received its current name and was moved to Yaizu, Shizuoka.
- 31 March: Gakken is founded.
May
- 3 May: The government of Japan signs Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution into law, formally outlawing the use of war to solve international disputes involving the nation. Japan lacks an organised military for 7 years, ending in 1954 when the JSDF is established.
- 27 May: Kenpachiro Satsuma is born in Kagoshima, Japan.
July
- 8 July: The Roswell Army Air Field in Roswell, New Mexico claims to have recovered a "flying disc", retracting the statement the following day. This incident goes on to become a cornerstone of UFO conspiracy theories.
- 12 July: Hiroshi Aramata is born in Tokyo, Japan.
October
- 31 October: Kiyotaka Matsumoto is born in Tokyo, Japan.
November
- 24 November: Peggy Neal is born in Mississipi, United States.
In fiction
- Shinomura attacks Busselton, Western Australia. (Godzilla: Awakening)
- A Xilien ship crashes in Roswell, New Mexico, with one of their Hedorah drones attacking the U.S. military personnel investigating the crash. (Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #2)
March
- Following Godzilla's emergence, he attacks numerous American vessels on a path towards Japan, including the USS Lancaster and Redfish. Wary of inflaming tensions with the Soviet Union, the American government decides not to use direct intervention; however, Douglas MacArthur authorizes the return of several Imperial Japanese Navy vessels to Japan, including the Takao and Yukikaze.
May
- The crews of the Shinseimaru and Kaishinmaru minesweepers travel to the Ogasawara Islands to locate Godzilla and stall him while the Takao catches up on its return voyage to Japan from Singapore.
- 14 May:[1] Godzilla sinks the Kaishinmaru before the Shinseimaru's crew manages to evade Godzilla long enough for Takao to arrive and rescue them. The warship engages Godzilla at close range, though it is swiftly obliterated by his atomic breath.
- 16 May:[1] Godzilla makes landfall in Tokyo and rampages through Ginza, eventually leveling the district with his atomic breath. At least 30,000 people are killed or injured.
- Operation Wada Tsumi is formulated to take down Godzilla, and is carried out in Sagami Bay. The operation is successful, and Godzilla's body falls apart, though a single piece begins regenerating as it sinks into the depths of the bay.
References
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