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ON 9 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on January 9, 2008
1150 : Emperor Xizong of Jin is murdered by Prince Hailing in a coup d’état http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xizong_of_Jin
1283 : Song Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang, prisoner of the Yuan for four years is executed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Tianxiang
1562 : Death of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord, born in March 1514 http://www.detarver.com/Famous_Samurai/Amago_Akihisa.html
1624 : Birth of Empress Meisho, 109th emperor of Japan (1629-1643) and the seventh woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, who died in December 1696 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Meish%C5%8D
1760 : Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52627/Battle-of-Barari-Ghat
1903 : Birth of Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator, artist and writer who died on April 16, 1969 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hem-Vejakorn
1920 : Birth of Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist who did in October 1988 http://www.hakim-said.com.pk/
1945 : US forces land on Luzon island (Philippines) with 67,000 soldiers
1953 : Birth of Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghan hero, killed by Al-Qaida suicide bomber in September 2001 http://www.massoudhero.com/
1972 : RMS Queen Elisabeth is destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong http://rmhh.co.uk/ships/pages/RMS%20Queen%20Elizabeth%201.html
1974 : Birth of Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood director, actor, producer, singer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar http://buzz18.in.com/celebrity-profile/farhan-akhtar/1701
1979 : Tomiko Van, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomiko_Van http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Tomiko+Van
1988 : Death of Jukichi Uno, Japanese actor born in September 1914 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881303/
1989 : First visit (up to 20) by a Thai Foreign minister to Vietnam since 1976.
1993 : First meeting of Myanmar National Convention in charge of writing a new constitution
1995 : Death of Souphanouvong, President of Laos (1975-1986), born on July 13, 1909 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Souphano.html
1997 : General Ershad, President of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990, in jail for corruption since 1991 is freed http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/E_0071.htm
1998 : Death of Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, born on October 4, 1918 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/kenichi-fukui/
1998 : Death of Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Charito-Solis
2001 : Shenzhou 2, a unmanned Chinese spacecraft is launched with a monkey, a dog and a rabbit on board http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/
china_launch_010109.html
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