Hideki Tojo Timeline
30 Dec 1884 Hideki Tojo was born.
1 Mar 1937 Hideki Tojo was named the chief of staff of Kenkichi Ueda (Japanese Kwantung Army in northeastern China).
30 May 1938 Hideki Tojo stepped down as the chief of staff of Kenkichi Ueda (Japanese Kwantung Army in northeastern China).
22 Jul 1940 Hideki Tojo was appointed the Army Minister in Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe's new cabinet.
18 Oct 1941 Hideki Tojo was named 40th Prime Minister of Japan.
27 Nov 1941 Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo rejected the American counter-proposal for peace.
18 Jul 1944 Hideki Tojo submitted his letter of resignation for his position as the Prime Minister of Japan. He would be officially replaced by Kuniaki Koiso four days later.
8 Sep 1945 Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo failed in his suicide attempt at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan.
12 Nov 1948 Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death by hanging.
23 Dec 1948 Hideki Tojo passed away.