ON 3 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on July 3, 2009
1442 : Birth of Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd emperor of Japan (1464-1500) who died on October 1500
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Tsuchimikado
1844 : In Macau, signature of the Treaty of Wanghia (Wangxia) between China and the United States (based on Nanjing treaty with the British)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/528001/
the_sino_american_treaty_of_wanghia.html
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/dwe/82011.htm
1872 : Birth of Habib Ullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-1919), murdered in February 1919
http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/detail/dhabib.html
1918 : Birth of S.V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, who died on July 18, 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._V._Ranga_Rao
1922 : Although, the Dutch had banned political activities in Dutch Indies, Ki Hajar Dewantoro founds the Taman Siswa organization to promote national education for Indonesians
http://simplecell.blogsome.com/2006/05/02/indonesias-national-
education-day-remembering-ki-hajar-dewantara/
1924 : Birth of Sellapan Rama Nathan, president of Singapore since August 18, 1999
http://www.upto11.net/generic_wiki.php?q=sellapan_rama_nathan
http://www.nndb.com/people/241/000083989/
1930 : Death of Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director, who died on January 12, 2003
http://www.midnighteye.com/features/focus_fukasaku.shtml
1938 : Birth of Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
http://www.bolo-yeung.com/
1945 : US troops land at Balikpapan and take Sepinggan airfield on Borneo (Indonesia)
1950 : US carrier-based planes attack airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War
1951 : In Korea War, US general Ridgway agrees to ceasefire talks with North Korea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/
newsid_2785000/2785543.stm
1953 : France says it is ready to « perfect » the independence of the three French Indochina countries
1954 : Zhou Enlai, Chinese foreign minister, and Ho Chi Minh meet on the sino-vietnamese border to talk on Indochina situation
1956 : In a joint communiqué, USA and the Philippines said again that the US military bases in that country are under the Philippine sovereignty
1969 : Serious naval incident between Communist China and Taiwan off of Fujian province
1978 : Beijing, definitively halts its economic aid to Vietnam
1982 : Birth of Kanika, Indian actress
http://www.santabanta.com/contestants.asp?picid=691
1985 : Birth of Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisuke_Minami
http://asianmediawiki.com/Keisuke_Minami
1988 : Chatichai Choonhavan becomes Thai Prime Minister, up to 23 February 1991, when deposed by a military coup d’état
1998 : End of the visit of Bill Clinton in China (since June 25), the first of an American president in China since Tiananmen Square massacre
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