1934 Event Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 1934 Event Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 1930 Birthday Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba
