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ON 10 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 10, 2008
1878 : Birth of Rajaji (Rajagopalachari), India’s freedom fighter and first Indian Governor General after independence http://www.ceeby.com/people/Rajaji.cfm
1912 : Birth of Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese film director who died in July 1988 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847463/
1913 : Birth of Shunji Sakai, Japanese actor who died in August 1967 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757025/
1917 : Birth of Sultan Yahya Petra,ultan of Kelantan (1960-1979) and king of Malaysia (1975-1979) who died in March 1979 http://www.ceeby.com/people/Rajaji.cfm
1932 : Thailand adopts a constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy
1941 : Imperial Japanese forces under the command of Masaharu Homma land on northern Luzon in the Philippines http://www.answers.com/topic/masaharu-homma
1941 : Trained in Japan, Aung San and the « Thirty heros » found the Army for Independence of Burma http://www.aungsan.com/Time_Line.htm
1941 : Japanese troops overrun Guam
1949 : The People’s Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Nationalist-held big city
1950 : Birth of Tatsuya Gashuin, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309107/
1954 : After deposing Shigeu Yoshida, Ichiro Hatoyama sworn in as Japan Prime Minister (up to December 1956) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama
1962 : In Colombo, opening of the six non-aligned countries conference (end on 12th). Mrs Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka Prime Minister, will lead a conciliatory mission between India and Pakistan.
1970 : US president Richard Nixon threatens to resume air bombing on North Vietnam.
1972 : In the Japanese general elections, the Democratic Liberal Party keeps absolute majority
1979 : Mother Teresa receives her Peace Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-
lecture.html
1980 : Official visit of Soviet leader Leonid Brejnev to India. The common communiqué don’t mention Afghanistan.
1981 : Birth of Katsuya Kobayashi, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kobayashi_Katsuya
1981 : The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia
2002 : Off Yemen, US and Spanish navies board a ship caring North Korean long range Scud missiles
2006 : In Hong Kong, for the first time, the democrats, with 114 delegates, can have a candidate among the 800 personalities who will elect the next Chief Executive
2007 : Afghan army troops capture the Taleban-held town of Musa Qala, taken by Taleban in February despite a deal with tribal elders when UK troop withdrew http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7135850.stm[/color]
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ON 11 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 11, 2008
1465 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, 9th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, who died on 26 April 1489 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ashikaga-Yoshihisa
1840 : Death of 119th Japanese emperor Kokaku (1779-1817), born on 23 September 1771 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dkaku
1882 : Birth of Subramanya Barathi, Tamil poet who was a militant for India independence and died on September 1921 http://members.tripod.com/neyveliweb/bharathy.htm
1911 : Death of Nepal king Prithvi Bir Shah. His son Tribhuvan succceds him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan_of_Nepal
1915 : Yuan shikai accepts to become new Chinese emperor http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=10 http://www.gwpda.org/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1927 : Communist militia, under Ye Ting command, take control of Guangzhou (Canton) and announce the formation of Guangzhou Soviet. The city will be retake by warlords three days later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou_Uprising
1931 : Birth of Rajneesh, Indian religious leader, also known as Osho (Chandra Mohan Jain), Indian spiritual and philosophical figure, died in January 1990 http://www.oshoworld.com/biography/briefbio.asp http://www.religioustolerance.org/rajneesh.htm
1933 : Birth of Aquinilo Pimentel Jr, Filipino politician http://www.nenepimentel.org/
1935 : Birth of Pranad Mukherjee, a closed ally of Gandhi family and currently foreign Minister of India http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6079438.stm http://pranabmukherjee.blogspot.com/
1936: Birth of Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician http://www.taku.net/profile/english.html
1947 : First major riot against the British during their post-war occupation of Indonesia after that they declared void the marriage of Maria Hertogh, 14 year-old Eurasian girl with a Muslim. 18 people are killed and 173 injured, mostly Europeans and Eurasians.
1954 : Birth of Prachanda (Puspa Kamal Dahal), leader of the Maoist guerilla in Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5087004.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5094948.stm
1961 : A U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived in Saigon - the first direct American military support for South Vietnam's battle against Communist guerrillas. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1546
1963 : General Thanon Kittikachorn becomes new Thailand prime minister http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0848351.html
1966 : Birth of Leon Lai (Li Ming) an Hong Kong singer and actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lai
1974 : Former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato receives his Nobel Peace Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1974/sato-
lecture.html
1975 : Birth of Tomoka Kurutani, Japanese actress http://www.bobx.com/idol/tomoka-kurotani/
1980 : Birth of Jamshad, known as Arya, a Kerala-born Indian movie actor in Tamil films http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya_%28actor%29
1983 : General Hossein Mohammad Ershad, who has deposed president Sattar in March 1982, proclames himself president of the Republic of Bangladesh http://search.com.bd/banglapedia/HT/E_0071.htm
1985 : The opposition to president Ferdinand Marcos chooses Corazon Aquino as its candidate for the February 1986 presidential elections.
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1991 : Salman Rushdie, Indian writer, under an Islamic death sentence for blasphemy, made his first public appearance since 1989 in New York, at a dinner marking the 200th anniversary of the First Amendment (which guarantees freedom of speech in the U.S.)
2000 : Death of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, a prominent female pakistani politician, diplomat and author, born in July 1915 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010329/ai_n14373653
2001 : China becomes officially a member of World Trade Organization
2004 : Legislative elections in Taiwan. Defeat of the pan-green coalition supporting president Chen Shui-bian which gets 101 seats while the KMT and its allies (pan-blue coalition) get 114 seats.
2004 : Death of M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer, born on September 16, 1916 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0woA2birTHA
2006 : First election of an Aceh governor after the agreement between separatists and the Indonesian government. Irwandi Yusuf, from independentist movement Gam is elected with 39 % of vote. In 29 years, this conflict has caused 15, 000 deads. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6169303.stm
2007 : The first rail service for more than 50 years begins between North and South Koreas http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7137739.stm
2007 : India's main opposition BJP announces that its leader LK Advani, 80 years old, will be its prime ministerial candidate in the 2009 general elections http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7137799.stm
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ON 12 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 12, 2008
1754 : Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer, born in 1701 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Wu-Jingzi
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1903 : Birth of Yasujiro Ozu, one of the most famous Japanese film director, who died in 1963 http://www.ozuyasujiro.com/life.htm
1911 : Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India
1912 : Birth of Prince Boun Oum, twice Laos’ prime minister : 1948-1950 and 1960-1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
1915 : Chinese president Yuan Shi-kai announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy for himself http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1929 : Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician http://www.kendormusic.com/composer/akiyoshi.htm
1931 Japanese Government of Imukai is formed
1932 USSR and China resume diplomatic relations
1936 : In what is called “Xi’an incident” the generalissimo of Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is arrested by general Zhang Xueliang who demands an alliance with the Red Army to fight the Japanese invaders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_incident
1937 : Japanese aircraft shell and sink US gunboat Panay on Yangzijiang in China. (Japan will apologize and eventually paid US $2.2 million in reparations) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panay_incident
1940 : Birth of Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, president of National Congress Party which was founded by him in 1999 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6167853.stm
1941 : Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesus Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; Cesar Basa, Philippine Air Force and World War II hero is killed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Villamor http://www.paf.mil.ph/history/basa.html
1941 : USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island.
1941 : India declares war on Japan.
1948 : During the Malayan emergency, Scots Guards allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians in the village of Batang Kali http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/
3897147.stm
1950 : Birth of Rajinikanth, Indian actor http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm
1953 : In the United Nations, Breaking off of the talks on the political pre-conference on Korea.
1963 : Birth of Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Orikasa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENkkmjGtleI
1963 : Despite December 6 call from Soviet Union to appease the contraversy, the People’s Daily accuses the Soviet of betraying Marxism.
1963 : Death of Yusujiro Ozu, Japanese film director http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/ozu.html
1966 : Birth of Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10944
1967 : Birth of Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpZodHy7qY
1967 : Birth of Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takenobu_Mitsuyoshi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwLLwpRfl-8
1968 : Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari receives the Nobel Prize for Literature http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-
lecture-e.html
1978 : General elections in South Korea, the party in power is weakened.
1978 : In China, opening of the 3th plenum of XIth Central committee (up to December18), in which Deng Xiaoping partisans will take control on the CCP
1979 : Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_December_Twelfth
1979 : President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/salam-
bio.html
1989 : Britain begins the forced repatriation of Vietnamese refugees from camps in Hong Kong
1995 : Death of David Marshall, first Singapore Chief Minister, born on March 12, 1908 http://www.a2o.com.sg/a2o/public/html/etc/marshall.htm
2002 : Pyongyang announces that because the deliveries of oil by Korean peninsula Energy Development Organization (Kedo) have been suspended, North Korea reactivates its nuclear plants.
2005 : Sam Rainsy, Cambodia opposition leader, in exile, is condemned to 18 months in jail for slandering the government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
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ON 13 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 13, 2008
1678 : Birth of Yongzheng, 4th Qing emperor (1722-1735) http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/yongzheng_en.htm
1769 : After the defeat of its fourth invasion army. China renounces to invade Burma
1863 : Gojong is enthroned as emperor of Korea http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/12/176_35304.html
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1897 : In China, Port-Arthur (Lüshun) is occupied by the Russian
1920 : Birth of Kaysone Phomvihana, Laos Prime minister (1975-1991) and president (1991-1992) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaysone_Phomvihane
1921 : By a Four-Powers Pact, Britain, France, Japan and the United States pledge mutual respect for the possessions and mandates of other signatories in the Pacific
1929 : Birth of Ngo Quang Truong, South Vietnam general who died on January 22, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_Quang_Tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng http://news.webshots.com/album/557241111YgEmPF
1936 : Birth of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV), Imam (leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims http://www.anusha.com/agakhan.htm http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/more-pictures-of-his-
highness-prince-karim-aga-khan-in-islamabad-pakistan/
1937 : Japanese troops take Nanjing and start mass killings and rapes. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm http://www.centurychina.com/wiihist/njmassac/rape.htm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5599
1944 : Birth of Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang_Lee http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=504
1944 : Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1954 : Agreement between USA, France and Vietnam to provide military assistance to South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem government
1960 : In Laos, Phoumi Nosavan attacks Vientiane. After the victory, he will install a rightist government with Boun Oum as Prime Minister http://www.drugtext.org/library/books/McCoy/book/53.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
1960 : Birth of Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian film actor http://www.answers.com/topic/daggubati-venkatesh
1964 : Birth of Hide (Hideto Matsumoto), Japanese musician who commited suicide on May 2, 1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musician)
1968 : Birth of Chen Hong, Chinese actress, wife of Chen Kaige http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Hong_(actress) http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=8234
1972 : Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris deadlocked http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1549
1974 : North Vietnamese commence attack on Phuoc Long Province http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1550
1991 : North and South Korea sign a treaty of non aggression and reconciliation after 46 years of conflict
1995 - China's most influential democracy activist, Wei Jingsheng, who already had spent 16 years in prison, was sentenced to 14 more years. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/Dec95d.htm
2001 : Suicide attack on Indian parliament by Kashmiri militants http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/
newsid_3695000/3695057.stm
2006 : Sultan Nizam Zainal Abidin (elected on 3 November) starts his 5 years term as king of Malaysia http://www.malaysiasite.nl/newking.htm
2006 : The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, announced as extinct. http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/baiji.htm
2007 : Hong Hong Chief Executive Donald Tsang urges Beijing to allow direct elections http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?aid=13944
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ON 14 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 14, 2008
1009 : Birth of 69th Japanese emperor Go-Sugaku from 1036 to 1045 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku
1924 : In China, Chiang Kai-shek troops occupy Hankou
1924 : Birth of Raj Kapoor, a legendery Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies, who died in June 1988 http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/apr/16dinesh.htm
1931 : Birth of Jon Elia (Jaun Elia), Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher, who died on November 8, 2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Elia http://www.esnips.com/doc/55d9d8d3-2511-48f5-aeb4-6c2e91bb7d5e/Jon-
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1937 : Japanese install a puppet government in Beijing
1955 : United Nations Security Council welcomes 16 new members, including Laos, Cambodia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Nepal, but said no to Outer Mongolia and Japan
1961 : Kennedy announces intent to increase aid to South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1551
1963 : Visit of Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to United Arab Republic. He starts the support of Chinese people to Palestine, Yemen and Oman people.
1964 : Operation Barrel Roll begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1552
1966 : Birth of Shailendra, Indian lyricist, born on August 30, 1923 http://www.hindilyrix.com/lyricists/lyricist-shailendra.html
1966 : The US authorities suggest to North Vietnam to extend Chrismas truce.
1975 - Six South Moluccan terrorists surrendered to police after holding 23 people hostage for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen.
1978 : People’s Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor (Xinjiang)
1981 : Birth of Amber Chia, Malaysian supermodel and actress http://www.amberchia.com/
1985 : Birth of Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonami_Takizawa http://www.photo111.com/html/gallery/japanese/NonamiTakizawa.htm
1985 : Birth of Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yagami_Ren http://www.yagamiren.com/
1988 : Last Sino-Vietnamese military border incident
1997 : Ex South Korea president Chun Doo-hwan death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9403E3D7153EF930A15751C1A961958260
2003 : President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes a first assassination attempt. http://www.nndb.com/people/877/000024805/
2006 : By Royal Edit, king Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Nepal hands over power to his eldest son Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
2006 : Death of Anton Balasingham, chief political strategist of Sri Lanka separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20610 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6180653.stm
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ON 15 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 15, 2008
1256 : Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/hulagu-khan/
1660 : In the Philippines, Adres Malong’s rebels plunder Bagnotan http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Andres_Malong
1868 : Foundation of the Republic of Ezo (Hokkaido), with Enomoto Takeaki as president, which will have an end in June 1869. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo
1892 : Birth of Hakira Muto, Japanese Army commander, hanged in December 1948 after Tokyo Trial http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/legal-procedures/
akira_muto_82.html
1908 : Birth of Shankaran Kutty, known as Swami Ranganathananda, Hindu monk who took part in Indian politics, who died on 25 April 2005 http://www.geocities.com/kpmiyapuram/rkp.htm
1914 - Gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, 687 killed. This accident is the worst coal mine disaster in Japanese history.
1933 : Birth of Bapu (Sattirayu Lakshmi Narayana), Indian cartoonist, designer and film director http://www.bapubomma.com/
1944 : US troops lands on Mindoro island (Philippines)
1945 : General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the occupation forces, orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6644
1950 : Death of Sardal Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian vice-premier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel
1955 : Park Hon-yong, the leader of South Korea Communist Party, victim of a purge by Kim Il-sung, is sentenced to death http://myhome.shinbiro.com/~mss1/pakhonyong.html
1957 : Birth of Yuichi Nagashima, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=68750
1962 : The Chinese Party of China launches an attack against Nikita Khruchtchev, accused to be a defeatist and suggests a world communist conference.
1965 : A typhoon causes around 10,000 killed in Karachi (Pakistan)
1965 : U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1554
1968 : Birth of Javid Hussain, Indian film producer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javid_Hussain http://peperonity.com/go/sites/mview/md.javid.hussain.fatru0;
jsessionid=1DC2CAE95225333EF0EF24210A9035F7.c02
1969 : Nixon announces additional U.S. troop withdrawals http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1553
1971 : Offensive of Communist rebellion Pathet Lao in Laos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathet_Lao
1973 : Birth of Ryu Seun-wan, South Korean actor and film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753423/
1978 : United States announces that it will recognize communist China http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2515
1986 : 150 killed during race riots in Karachi
1986 : Opening of the Vth congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, launching the Doi Moi policy http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/fall98/thompson/doimoi.htm
2006 : South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the new General Secretary of the United Nations. He is the first Asian to get this position since 35 years. http://www.un.org/sg/biography.shtml
2006 : Bhutan king Jigme Singye Wangchuk announces that he immediately abdicates for his son Jigme Khesar Namgyel. Bhutan is to become a parliamentarian monarchy by 2008. http://www.bhutan2008.bt/en/node/81 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT7q-RmovU8
2006 : The Japanese government votes a law imposing the teaching of patriotism in schools, a taboo topic since 1945, and creates a Defense Ministry.
2007 : Death of Ace Vergel, Filipino actor, from cardiac attack. He was born in January 1952 http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/
view_article.php?article_id=107056 
2007 : Pakistani President Musharraf lifts Pakistan's state of emergency and restores the constitution http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/15/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan.php
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ON 16 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 16, 2008
705 : Death of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian who founded her own dynasty in 690, interrupting the Tang dynasty, and ruled under the name Emperor Shengshen http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22664.htm
755 : An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shi_Rebellion
1392 : Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Kameyama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Komatsu_of_Japan
1598 : Amiral Yi Sun-sin (Yi Soon-shin or Lee Sun-shin) is killed during the Batlle of Noryang won by the Korean against the Japanese http://www.koreanhero.net/en/AboutYiSunsin.htm http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/455711
1707 : Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji
1779 : Morohito is enthroned under the name Kokaku. Up to 7 May 1817 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kokaku_of_Japan
1917 : Birth of Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, a Pakistani scholar who has written many books on Sindh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Bux_Khan_Baloch
1920 : The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5606
1941 : Japanese occupy Miri, on Sarawak island (Indonesia)
1945 : Suicide of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, three times Japanese Prime Minister between 1937 and 1940 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWkondo.htm
1941, after General MacArthur announced that he was to be tried for war crimes http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Konoye-F.html http://www.trivia-library.com/a/famous-suicides-prince-fumimaro-
konoye.htm
1948 : Independence of Cambodia from France in the frame of Union Française
1949 : Mao Zedong arrives to Moscow for the 70th birthday of Stalin and where he will stay two months
1949 : Proclamation of full independence of Indonesia. Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
1950 - President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2516
1956 : Visit of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to United States and Canada
1957 : Malik Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A064
1961 : US president Kennedy decides to ugrate to 15,000 the number of US soldiers based in Vietnam
1962 : British restore order in Brunei, after a pro-Indonesian revolt
1962 : King Mahendra promulgates the constitution of 1962. It granted to the people of Nepal all freedoms essential to the development of individual personality and democratic living.
1965 : General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966 in Vietnam
1971 : Indian forces enter Dakha. Capitulation of the Pakistani army. Bangladesh is independent http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5607
1972 : A year after declaring its independence, Bangladesh promulgates its constitution which enshrines the four pillars of Mujibbad: nationalism, secularism, democracy and socialism
1972 : Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1555
1978 : USA and the PRC announce that they will have diplomatic relations starting 1st January 1979.
1982 : South Korea opposition leader, Kim Dae-Jung, is authorized to go the USA « for health reasons »
1987 : General Roh Tae-woo is elected President of South Korea
After having replaced President Chun as president of the ruling Democratic Justice Party in August, Roh wins the presidential election, defeating 4 other candidates. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Tae-woo
1993 : Death of Kakuei Tanaka who was Japanese from July 1972 to December 1974. He has been obliged to resign because of bribes http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5229/is_2003/ai_n19150573
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1996 : Hong Kong businessman Tung Chee-hwa is selected by Beijing to be the first Chief Executive of the future Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1708244.stm
2006 : In Nepal, the government and Maoist rebels agree on a provisional constitution
2007 : The great Pakistani painter Ismail Gulgee is assassinated. He was 81 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7151914.stm
2007 : Buddhist monks and riot police are involved in a violent confrontation in Cambodia's capital http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7147981.stm
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ON 17 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 17, 2008
1239 : Birth of Kujo Yoritsugu, 5th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate from 1244 to 1252. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_Yoritsugu
1267 : Birth of Go-Uda, 91th Emperor of Japan who reigned from 1274 to 1287 and died on July 16, 1324
1275 : Death of Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi, Afghan scholar and famed sufi mistic poet http://www.shiachat.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t69194.html
1398 : Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P052
1586 : Go-Yozei ascends to the throne, as 107th Emperor of Japan. Born in December 1572, he will stay on the throne up to May 1611 and will die on September 1617 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Yozei_of_Japan
1637 : In the Shimabara Rebellion, Japanese peasants, lead by Amakusa Shiro, rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu http://www.japan-101.com/history/shimabara_rebellion.htm
1891 : Birth of Hu Shi, Chine philosopher who died on February 24, 1962 http://www.cgu.edu/pages/3279.asp
1907 : Independence of Bhutan. Ugyen Wangchuk is elected first king of the current dynasty. He will reign up to 1926. http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/bhutan-100-years-of-monarchy
1917 : Birth of Kriangsak Chomanan, Thai Prime Minister from 1977 to 1980 http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/24/local/me-passings24.1
1920 : Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands
1933 : Death of Thubten Gyatso, 13th dalai lama, born in 1876 http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Thubten_Gyatso,_13th_Dalai_Lama
1941 : Japanese forces land in northern Borneo (Indonesia)
1941 : On this day, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was relieved of his command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet as part of a shake-up of officers in the wake of the Pearl Harbor disaster. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6646
1944 : US army end of excluding Japanese-Americans from west coast. Japanese-Americans are released from detention camps http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5608
1949 : Burma Recognize the People’s Republic of China
1953 : Resignation of Nguyen Van Tam government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Van_Tam
1961 : Indian troops enter in the Portuguese enclaves Goa, Damao and Diu (operation Vijay). Portugal calls in United Nations Security Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vijay_(1961)
1963 : Tsjoi Doo-sun forms a new government in South Korea.
1972 : Birth of Indian actor John Abraham http://www.johnabraham.com/
1975 : Birth of Mayuko Aoki, Japanese voice actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayuko_Aoki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664bIZXNOe0
1978 : 5,000 people protest outside the U.S. embassy in Taipei in response to the decision to move the American embassy to Beijing
1978 : Birth of Riteish Deshmuker, Indian actor http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/12ritesh.htm
1979 : Khieu Sampan replaces Pol Pot as head of Khmers rouges government in the purpose to further a rapprochement between the resistance movements against the Vietnamese occupation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khieu_Samphan
1985 : Birth of Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Ogata http://www.freewebs.com/dedicatetoyou/ryuichi's%20room.html
1987 : Death of Linda Wang, the first Asian porn star of an accidental drug overdose http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&
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1993 : Extremist Muslims in Bangladesh issue death threat against author Taslima Nasrin
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1996 : Peruvian rebels seize Japanese ambassador's home http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5611
2002 : The International Court for justice give to Malaysia the Sipadan and Ligitan islets off Sabah.
2005 : On the National day, the king of Bhutan announces that his country regime will be change in a constitutional monarchy in 2008. http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/05/tribute-to-his-majesty-jigme-
singye.html
2005 : 200,000 peoples demonstrate in Hong Kong street, demanding the speeding up of democratization process.
2007 : Buddhist monks and riot police have been involved in a violent confrontation in Cambodia's capital http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7147981.stm
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ON 18 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 18, 2008
1271 : Kublai Khan renames his empire « Yuan » officially marking the start of the Chinese Yuan dynasty http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/China/KublaiKhan.html
1507 : Birth of Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord who was a daimo of Suo province in Japan http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/ouchi-yoshitaka/
1756 : Birth of Guru Ghasidas, freedom fighter an social Indian reformer http://chhattisgarh.nic.in/profile/guru.htm
1851 : Birth of Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino hero, orator and satirist who died of tuberculosis in January 1896 http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/history/jaena.htm
1886 : Birth of Zhu De (Chu Te) né le décembre 1886, décédé le 6 juillet 1976 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/zhude.shtml
1935 : The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka http://samasamaja.org/
1940 : Birth of Lei Feng, hero of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, who died in an accident on August 15, 1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng
1941 : In Singapore, the Communist Party of Malaya general secretary and the British sign an agreement for fighting the Japanese invader.
1941 - Japan invades Hong Kong after British governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young refuses to surrender to Japanese forces. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6647
1944 : 77 US B-29 superfortress and 200 other aircraft s bomb the Chinese city of hankow where is a Japanese supply base
1944 : The Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans.
1948 : Indonesia begins its second political elections
1949 : Birth of Joni Flynn, Assam India actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283510/
1952 : Abdul Haris Nasution, Army Chief of Staff in Indonesia since 1949, is dismissed
1956 : Japan is admitted to the United Nations.
1959 : Zhou Enlai suggests a meeting with Nehru on December 26 to solve their border quarrel. Nehru answer that he is ready for that at an appropriate time.
1961 : India annexes Portugueses enclaves of Goa, Damao and Diu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vijay_%281961%29
1961 : Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea
1961 : United Nations Security Council rejects a « neutralist » resolution approving the invasion of the Portuguese enclaves by the Indian army. Soviet Union veto an Occidental resolution asking for a cease-fire
1962 : Birth of Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-born American singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_Lapuz http://www.renaldolapuz.com/
1965 : United Nations pass a resolution (2079-XX) condemning the « permanent violation of the basic rights » of Tibetan.
1966 : Birth of Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Esumi_Makiko
1971 : Birth of Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Matsueda http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/135/noriko-matsueda/
1972 : US president Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2518 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II
1975 : Birth Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Gay
1976 : Bith of Koyuki, Japanese actress http://www.hogacentral.com/People_Koyuki.html
1978 : Opening of the 3d plenum of the CCP Central comittee. Deng Xiaoping launches the “Four Modernizations” program
1982 : Death of Wu Yonggang, Chinese director born in November 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yonggang
1983 : After the refusal of ex-PM Kakuci Tanaka to resign his member of parliament seat after being condemned in the Lockheed scandal, general elections in Japan. LDP wins 258 seats on 511 (- 20)
1985 : Death of Xuan Dieu, Vietnamese poet (born in 1916) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu%C3%A2n_Di%E1%BB%87u
1987 : 1600 are arrested while protesting against the election of Roh Tae-woo as president of South Korea
1987 : Birth of Ayaka, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaka http://www.ayaka.tv/index.php
1987 : Benazir Buttho, future Prime Minister of Pakistan, marries Asif Ali Zardani
1997 : Kim Dae-jung is elected South Korea president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_Presidential_Election%
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2006 : Death ofShaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/19/top3.htm
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ON 19 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 19, 2008
1180 : The Kofuku is completely burned during the Nara siege http://www.kohfukuji.com/
1788 : Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5069/
1932 : Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist, born in 1908 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Bong-Gil http://www.yunbonggil.or.kr/
1934 : Birth of Pratibha Devinsingh Patil, President of India from July 2007 http://presidentofindia.nic.in/profile.html
1940 : Death of Shen Xiling, Chinese screenwriter and director, born in 1904 http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/shenxiling/
1941 : Birth of Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea since February 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak
1946 : Vietminh (North Vietnam guerilla) revolts against the French in Tonkin and Cochin china. French are massacred in Hanoi.
1948 : After the Indonesian Republican government refused the constitution proposed by Netherlands, this one break the truce, takes the Indonesia capital and arrest the members of the government.
1954 : In North Vietnam, promulgation of the law on agrarian reform.
1961 : Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization
1964 : Another bloodless coup topples the government in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1560
1966 : In a letter to United Nations General Secretary U Thant, the United States ask to him to do his best for the beginning of discussions on an enduring cease-fire in Vietnam.
1967 : Birth of Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lam http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=37
1972 : North Vietnam condemns Linebacker raids http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1559
1973 : Birth of Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi http://men.stareastasia.com/takashi-sorimachi/
1978 : Indira Gandhi is arrested and expelled from the parliament . Her detention caused major riots with more than 20 dead
1984 : General Zia Ul Haq gets 97,7 % of « yes » in his referendum about his politics of islamization of the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia-ul-Haq's_Islamization
1984 : Signature of the agreement between United Kingdom and China for the return of Hong Kong to China on 1st July 1997 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/19/
newsid_2538000/2538857.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7116 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
1984 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1986 : In Shanghai, students demonstrate, demanding democracy
2001 : Death of Son Sann, a Republican Cambodia politician, Prime Minister in 1967-1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Sann
2002 : Roh Moo-Hyun, 56 years old, candidate of the Millennium Democratic Party is elected President of South Korea with 48,2 % of votes against 46,9 % to Lee Hoi-chang, candidate of Grand National Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun
2005 : Afghanistan's first democratically elected parliament in more than three decades convened
2007 : In South Korea Lee Myung-bak is elected president with 48,7 % of the votes http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AD955491-23D7-41DE-A96C-
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