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ON 21 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 21, 2008
1786 : Tay Son rebellion leader Ngyuyen Hue captures the capital of Dai Viet (Vietnam), Thang Long (Hanoi)
1926 : Birth of Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general, governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahimuddin_Khan
1944 : American troops land on Guam, under Japanese occupation since December 1941, starting a battle that ended on August 10
1945 : Birth at Shanghai of Hong Kong actress Lydia Sum who died from liver cancer on February 19, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Shum
1947 : In Indonesia, Dutch troops launch the Operation Product, aiming to take control of the more useful eras of Java and Sumatra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatie_Product
1951 : Beginning of the negociations between United Nations and North Korea in the border town of Panmunjom
1953 : Birth of Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fatt
1954 : End of the Conference of Geneva on Indochina. Vietnam is cut in two eras separated by the 17th parallel. Hanoi signs but Saigon refuses http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/indoch/inch001.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/
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1955 : Birth of Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer http://www.artistopia.com/taco-ockerse
1956 : Birth of Asif Ali Zardani, head of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4032997.stm
1960 : In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike takes the oath as Prime Minister (up to1977) http://www.answers.com/topic/sirimavo-bandaranaike
1961 : Birth of Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer, gunned down in March 1988 http://www.dilapnapunjabi.net/artist/Amar%20Singh%20Chamkila.html
1964 : Riots in Singapore by Malays demanding the same privileges as in the other parts of the Federation of Malaysia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots
1964 : Birth of Akira Yasuda, illustrateur japonais http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1448771/
1969 : USA lifts some restrictions in its business with communist China
1972 : Death of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, king of Bhoutan since 1952 (born on May 2, 1929). Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 17 years old becomes the new kind
1977 : In China, end of the 3rd plenum du Xth Central of the CCP. Deng Xiaoping is established in all his positions
1978 : Sino-Japanese talks for a Treaty of Peace and Amity resume
1995 : Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
2001 : Death of Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor, born in 1927 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sivaji-ganesan.html http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/gallery/sg/sg026.htm
2005 : In Myanmar, Khin Nyunt sentenced to 41 years in prison. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4708435.stm
2006 : Death of Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born American actor, born on December 10, 1933 http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20060723210950987 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/23/local/me-mako23
2006 : Death of Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge leader “The Butcher”, born in 1930 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5201770.stm
2007 : For the first time since independence, 60 years ago, a woman, Pratibha Patil, is elected president of the republic http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6910097.stm
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ON 22 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 22, 2008
1831 : Birth of Prince Osahito, fourth son of Japanese Emperor Ninko who will become the 121th emperor in 1846 under the name of Komei up to January 1867 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei
1907 : Birth of Zubir Said, a Singapore composer who composed the national anthem and who died on November 16, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubir_Said http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_115_2005-01-19.html
1915 : Birth of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author who died on December 11, 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaista_Suhrawardy_Ikramullah
1923 : Birth of Mukesh, Indian singer, who died on August 27, 1976 http://www.singermukesh.com/
1953 : Birth of Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151827/ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/21/
content_325175.htm
1968 : North Vietnam condemn Honolulu conference between US president Johnson and South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1982
1971 : Japanese Prime Minister Sato says he is ready to go to China if invited
1972 : Beijing invites new Japanese premier Tanaka on an official visit
1974 : Birth of Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sonjia_Kwok http://female.thedailymodel.com/sonija-kwok/
1977 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22/
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2001 : Indonesian president Wahid announces the suspension of parliament and declares state of emergency
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ON 23 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 23, 2008
1227 : Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist master, born in 1148 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiu_Chuji
1864 : Birth of Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theorician and first prime minister http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/mabini.html
1906 : Birth of Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary, who died on February 27, 1931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar_Azad
1936 : Birth of Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary who died on May 7, 1973) http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/
Shiv_Kumar_Batalvi/index0.html
1954 : A civil British plane is shot down by chinese fighters off Haina island. Beginning of the first Taiwan crisis
1959 : In China, Beginning of Lushan Conference or Eighth plenum of the eighth Central committee to discuss the Great Leap Forward
1962 : Conference of Geneva on Laos which becomes a neutral country with the Pathet Lao taking part in the government as ceasefire becomes effective
1971 : Birth of Christopher Lee, Singaporean actor and model http://christopherleeweb.com/content/biography
1975 : Birth of Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Hyeon-ah http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Seong_Hyeon-ah.php
1975 : Birth of Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/surya-sivakumar/29331
1977 : In Sri Lanka, J.R. Jayewardene, Prime Minister (up to February 1978) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Jayawardene
1978 : Birth of Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_Sun
1988 - General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1983 : Beginning of Sri Lankan Civil War, with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In the subsequent government-organised pogrom of Black July, about 1,000 Tamils were slaughtered, some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India and many found refuge in Europe and Canada.
1986 : Birth of Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress http://www.kineda.com/ayaka-komatsu/
2001 : In Indonesia, protected by Army and Police, the National Assembly empeachs president Wahid who is replaced by Megawati Sukarnoputri. http://www.famousmuslims.com/Megawati%20Sukarnoputri.htm
2004 : Death of Mehmood, Indian actor, born on September 29, 1932 http://www.gatewayforindia.com/entertainment/mehmood.htm
2007 : Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, king of Afghanistan (1933-1973), born on October 15, 1914 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/news/obits.php
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ON 24 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 24, 2008
1129 : Death of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087), born on July 7, 1053 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/emperor-shirakawa/
1886 : Birth of Junichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist, who died on July 30, 1965) http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tanizaki.htm
1907 : Signature od a treaty between Japan and Korea which becomes a protectorate of Japan. Known as Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan-Korea_Annexation_Treaty_of_1907
1927 : Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, commits suicide at 35, born on March 1st 1892
1957 : Cambodia and PRC establish diplomatic relations
1964 : Pakistan launches the Operation Gibraltar aiming at infiltrate Pakistani soldiers into the Indian Kashmir
1965 : During the Vietnam War, 4 US F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi (North Vietnam) are the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1985
1972 : Jigme Singye Wangchuk become fourth king of Bhutan at 16 (formally crowned on June 2, 1974) http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/05/tribute-to-his-majesty-jigme-
singye.html
1979 : Birth of Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Celebrities/Story/
A1Story20080131-47570.html http://my-favorite-girls.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-girl-lee-si-
yeon.html
1991 : Government of India announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
1993 : Death of tubercolisis of Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor, born on January 22, 1957 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rene-Requiestas
1996 : In Pakistan, thirteen opposition parties of the whole spectrum of politic opinion sign a pact aiming to bring down Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
1997 : In Myanmar, death of General Saw Maung who organized the bloody military coup in 1988, born in December 1928 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E03E6D7143AF934A15754C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199707/msg00408.html
1998 : In Indonesia, seven family members of former president Suharto are expelled from the Consultative People’s Assembly by their party, the Golkar
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ON 25 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 25, 2008
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1562 : Birth of Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord, who died on August 2, 1611 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomasa_Kato
1587 : Japanese strong-man Toyotomi Hideyoshi bans christianity in Japan and orders all Christians to leave http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2298.html http://www.samurai-archives.com/hideyoshi.html
1845 : China grants Belgium equal trading rights with Britain, France and the United States
1869 - The Japanese daimyō begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
1894 : The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/representations/jiawu/
historicalbackground.htm
1907 : Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.
1908 : Birth of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician, who died on October 31, 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer
1908 : Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in Konbu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. http://www.jpo.go.jp/seido_e/rekishi_e/kikunae_ikeda.htm http://www.glutamate.org/media/glutamate.htm
1927 : Birth of Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, who died on June 24, 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_Hussain_Qureshi
1928 : Birth of Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor, who died on August 27, 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montenegro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlAmljp1Xlo&feature=related
1929 : Birth of Somnath Chatterjee, Indian communist leader http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/somnathch.html http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/24/stories/2008072460760100.htm
1941 : The US government freezes all Japanese and Chinese assets
1954 : In retaliation for the British commercial plane shot down on July 23 off Hainan, the US air forces shot down two Chinese fighters
1964 : US Joint Chief of Staff propose air strike on North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1986
1969 : US President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This was the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2739
1982 : Zail Singh, born on May 5, 1916, is sworn as seventh president of India (up to July 1987), who died on 25 December 1994 http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/zail.html
1983 : In Sri Lanka, 37 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
1988 : Jakarta Informal Meeting of the four Khmer factions, joined later by Vietnam and Asean countries
1992 : Shankar Dayal Sharma becomes President of India up to 1997 http://www.khabarexpress.com/Education/Information/view.asp?infoID=9
1997 : K.R. Narayanan is sworn-in as India's 10th president and the first Dalit— formerly called "untouchable"— to hold this office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._R._Narayanan
1998 : US State Department says again the US “Three No” policy on Taiwan : no to independence, no to one China, one Taiwan, no to Taiwan admission in international organizations
2001 : Phoolan Devi, the most woman outlaw in India is killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1456441.stm
2002 : North Korea apologizes for the June 29 naval incident (first time since 1953) and asks the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue
2002 : Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing, famous in the 1980’s, is arrested on tax evasion charge http://www.danwei.org/magazines/liu_xiaoqing_billionaire_actre.php
2007 : Pratibha Patil is the first woman to be elected president of India http://www.thepresident.in/php/showContent.php?linkid=2
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ON 26 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 26, 2008
1380 : Death of Japanese emperor Komyo (1336-1348), born on January 11, 1322 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Komyo_of_Japan
1611 : Death of Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord, born in 1542 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horio_Yoshiharu http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Horio_Yoshiharu_tomb.JPG
1928 : Birth of Ibn-e-Safi (Asrar Ahmad), Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet,who died on July 26, 1980 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Safi
1941 : World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6531
1945 : Potsdam Declaration (USA, China, Great-Britain) defining terms for Japanese surrender http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c06.html
1945 : The US Navy cruiser Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
1947 : Conference of the Commonwealth at Canberra working on treaty of peace with Japan
1954 : Visit of South Korean president Syngman Rhee to USA where he calls for powerful action against Communism
1961 : Birth of Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_Matsui
1965 : Independence of the Maldives (from Great-Britain)
1968 : South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1989
1972 : South Vietnamese troops rise flag over Quang Tri http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1988
1980 : Birth of Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lee_Dong_Gun
1980 : Death of Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet; born on July 26, 1928)
1988 : Tun Tin becomes Myanmar’s Prime Minister, replacing Maung Maung Kha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha
1988 : Death of Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar, born on September 21, 1919 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazlur_Rahman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/531762/posts
1998 : General elections in Cambodia. 67 seats for the Cambodian People’s Party of Hun Sen, 43 for the FUNCINPEC of Norodom Ranariddh, and 15 pour Sam Rainsy Party
2001 : Hamzah Haz is elected vice-president http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1457865.stm
2002 : Hutomo (Tommy) Mandala Putra Suharto, son of former Suharto, is condemned to 15 years in prison for having finance the killing of a judge http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/08/01/
indonesia.tommy/index.html
2002 : Death of Singaporean actor Tony Anholt http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,767053,00.html
2003 : In the Philippines, mutiny of almost members of the armed forces who entrench in a mall. They surrender the following day.
2005 : Mumbai, in India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
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ON 27 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 27, 2008
1549 : Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached Japan, but it is only until August 15 that he went ashore at Kagoshima http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm
1709 : Nakamikado ascends to throne as 114th emperor of Japan (1709-1735), born on 14 January 1702, died on 10 May 1737 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emperor-Nakamikado-of-Japan
1853 : Death of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12st shogun (1837-1853) of the Tokugawa shogunate, born in June 1793 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyoshi
1914 : Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo
1923 : Birth of Masutatsu Oyama, founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate, who died on 26 April 1994 http://www.masutatsuoyama.com/kyokushinkai.htm
1927 : Birth of Sat Mahajan, Indian politician http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sat-Mahajan
1931 : Birth of Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge, president of the Democratic Kampuchea 1976-1979 (Cambodia) http://angkor1431.tripod.com/index/id30.html http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Biography-of-KHIEU-Samphan-(PhD)&id=233501
1953 : End of Korean War. The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0727.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2741
1954 : Birth of G. S. Bali, Indian politician http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/G.S.-Bali
1963 : Birth of Donnie Yen, Hong Kong martial arts film actor http://www.donnieyen.com/biography.htm
1964 : Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1990
1965 : US jets attack new North Vietnamese air defense sites http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1991
1972 : Birth of Takako Fuji, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Fuji http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/9380/takako-fuji.htm
1974 : Birth of Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eason_Chan
1976 : Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals
1983 : In Sri Lanka, in what is called the Black July, 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1996 : In Indonesia, supporters of Suryadi, with the help of police, take the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Indonesia, held by the ones of Megawati Sukarnoputri. Two-day violence erupt in Jakarta.
2002 : Death of Krishan Kant, vice-president of the Republic of India and president of the National Assembly http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/07/28/stories/2002072804410100.htm
2003 : Elections in Cambodia. The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen gets 73 of the 123 seats but not the two-third necessary to govern alone. Funcipec gets 26 seats, and the SRP 24.
2003 : Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi gets a bill that authorizes him to send 1000 soldier for the reconstruction of Iraq
2005 : Death of Swami Shantanand, Indian Saint and Philosopher, born on April 7, 1934 http://templeoffinearts.org/sg/AboutFounder.htm
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ON 28 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 28, 2008
1757 : Treaty between Alungpaya, king of Burma, and the British East Indian Company http://web.soas.ac.uk/burma/pdf/Treaty1.pdf
1938 : Birth of Chuan Leekpai, twice times Prime Minister of Thailand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuan_Leekpai http://www.thaiembdc.org/bio/pms/chuan.htm
1941 : Birth of Susan Roces, Filipina actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Roces http://www.susanroces.com/
1946 : Birth of Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahmida_Riaz http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/riazF.html
1952 : Birth of Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist http://www.amanosworld.com/
1952 : Birth of Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Vajiralongkorn
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Vajiralongkorn.jpg
1960 : Birth of Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker http://digilander.libero.it/sicchan/yoichi_en.htm
1965 - Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/
newsid_2754000/2754033.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1992
1965 : Birth of Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Satellite/9494/priscilla.html
1965 : Death of Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic, born on October 21, 1894 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampo_Edogawa
1966 : Birth of Shikao Suga, Japanese singer and songwriter http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=18818
1972 : Death of Charu Majumdar, Indian Maoist revolutionary leader, born in 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charu_Majumdar http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mazumdar/index.htm
1972 : Birth of Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yeom_Jung-Ah http://www.koreanmovie.com/Yeom_Jeong_ah_ka1237/
1976 : The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/
newsid_4132000/4132109.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6972
1978 : Birth of : Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer and songwriter http://wiki.theppn.org/Yaida_Hitomi
1979 : Birth of Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa) http://www.ampedasia.com/hunks/Lee-Min-Woo/ http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2101
1981 : Birth of China Fukunaga, Japanese gravure model and actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/china_fukunaga/
1981 : Birth of Jo In Sung, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Insung http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=455
1986 : Soviet Union Presisent Gorbatchev makes his Vladivostock adress, marking the beginning of a new Asian policy
1993 : Singapore deputy prime minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected president http://www.answers.com/topic/ong-teng-cheong
1997 : Death of Seni Pramoj, three timesThai Prime Minister, born onMay 26, 1905 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seni_Pramoj
2002 : Meeting at London between Sri Lankan minister Milinda Moragada and LTTE negociator Anton Balasingham.
2007 : In Thailand, the 300 members of parliament from disolved Thai Rak Thai joint the very small People Power Party to be eligible
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ON 29 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 29, 2008
To see the today events, go down at the bottom of this pages
1590 : Naresuan is enthroned as king of Siam, up to his dead on 25 April 1605 http://www.tonyjaa.org/sword_king.shtml
1858 : In Shimoda, signature of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States-
Japan_Treaty_of_Amity_and_Commerce http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Harris_Treaty
1937 : Tongzhou Incident between Chinese and Japanese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongzhou_Incident
1959 : Birth of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/sanjay-dutt/10849
1965 : The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1994
1965 : Birth of Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4525/Lee-Chang-rae.html
1967 : Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forrestal_%28CV-59%29
1982 : Death of Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor, born on July 1, 1920 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Sakata
1987 : Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues that authorizes the sending of an Indian Peace-Keeping Force(IPKF)in Tamil eras of Sri Lanka
1987 : Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author, born on October 24, 1894 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibhutibhushan_Mukhopadhyay
1996 : Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto pays a visit to the Yasukuni memorial where are buried all the Japanese soldiers since Meiji era. He is the second Japanese PM to do that since Nakasone in 1985
1998 : In Cambodia, the constitution imposing the support of 2/3 of the members of the parliament for forming a government, Hun Sen proposes an union government to Funcipec leader Ranariddh.
1998 : First meeting Sharif-Vajpayee, since the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests, during a SAARC conference,
1999 : Death of Indian actor Rajendra Kumar, born on July 20, 1929 http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/rajendra-kumar/biography/9687
2001 : Election of 121 of the seats of the Japanese Upper House. DLP gets 64 seats, the Komeito 12 and the New Conservative Party 1
2003 : Death of Indian actor Johnny Walker, born on 15 May 1923 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907888/
2007 : For the first time since its foundation, DLP loses the majority in the Upper House. It is a big blow for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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ON 30 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 30, 2008
1893 : Birth of Fatima Jinnah, sister of Ali Jinnah and an active figure in movement for independence of Pakistan (Mother of the Nation), who died on July 8, 1967 http://www.jazbah.org/fatima.php
1912 : Death of Emperor Mutsuhito (Meiji) http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_mutsuhito_emperor.shtml
1945 : At 00.14 Japanese sink the USS Indianpolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst loss in the US Navy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52739 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_%28CA-35%29
1963 : In Malina, Summit between Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaya on the project of Great Malaysia
1964 : South Vietnamese boats raid islands in the Tonkin Gulf http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1997
1965 : Death of Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese novelist, born on July 24, 1886 http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?
id=1055
1969 : Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with U.S. military commanders. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1998
1973 : Birth of Sonu Nigam, Indian singer/actor http://www.bollywoodgate.com/bollywood-pop/sonu-nigam.html http://www.geocities.com/worldofsonunigam/
1996 : Mochtar Pakpahan, leader of the Workers for Prosperity Trade Union (SBSI), the only one free but not recognised trade union in Indonesia is accused of subversion http://www.driftline.org/cgi-bin/archive/archive_msg.cgi?file=spoon-
archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-08-marxism/96-08-07.145&
msgnum=7&start=735&end=855
1997 : Death of Bao Dai, king of Annam (1926-1945) and last emperor of Vietnam (1945-1949), born on October 22, 1913 http://vnlisting.homelinux.com/vietnam/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=45&Itemid=41
1998 : Keizo Obuchi est élu 54e Premier ministre par la Diète. Sur 494 députés ayant voté à la Chambre basse, il a obtenu 268 votes et Naoto Kan 164. Par contre, à la Chambre haute, Kan l'a emporté par 142 voix contre 103. Il nomme un gouvernement de 20 membres (voir liste dans "politique"
1998 : Obuchi Keizo becomes the 84th Japanese prime minister till April 5, 2000 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ObuchiK.html
2002 : Birth of Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hridayendra_of_Nepal
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