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ON 9 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY

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1249 : Birth of Kameyama, 90th Japanese emperor (1259-1274) who died on October 4, 1305 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kameyama

1654 : Birth of Reigen, 112 emperor of Japan (1663-1687) who died on September 24, 1732 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Reigen_of_Japan

1883 : Death of Tu Duc, fourth emperor (1847-1883) of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam, born on September 22, 1829 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_Duc

1908 : Birth of Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher, who died on December 8, 1973 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allama_Rasheed_Turabi

1922 : Death of Mori Ogai, Japanese novelist and poet, born in February 1862 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392347/Mori-Ogai

1925 : Birth of Guru Dutt, Indian film director, producer and actor, who died on October 10, 1964 http://www.upperstall.com/people/gurudutt.html

1944 : US victory in the Battle of Saipan which started on June 15 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1770.html

1947 : Birth of Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,445688,00.html

1948 : Pakistan issues first set of postage stamps, having image of the constituent assembly, the Jinnah International Airport and the Shaki fort

1948 : Birth of Hassan Wirajuda, current Foreign minister of Indonesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Wirajuda

1963 : In London, signature of the agreement for the formation of the Federation of Malaysia (Malaya, Singapore, Sarrawak, Shabah)

1967 : In Hong Kong, Gurkha Nepalese troops of the British Army relieve policemen who had been attacked by Chinese communist forces at the border town of Shataukok

1969 : Soviets protest US bombing of Haiphong http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1956

1970 : Birth of Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author

1971 : In South Vietnam, United States turns over responsability for the Demilitaried Zone (DMZ) to South Vietnames http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1955

1971 : Beginning of a secret visit of Secretary of State Henry kissinger to Beijing (till July 11)

1978 : Birth of Linda Park, Korean-born actress http://www.lindapark.tv/ http://images.google.fr/images?q=Linda+Park&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images& ct=title

1979 : Birth of Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Koon http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/koon_ella.htm

1987 : One million South Koreans demonstrate against Chen Doo Hwan regime

2002 : Exiled former Pakistan’s prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is condemned in abstentia at 3 years of hard labour for graft in 1994

2005 : Death of Rafiq Zakaria, Indian author, born on 5 April 1920 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4666793.stm

2007 : For the first time since Indo-Pakistani war, a train with an Indian delegation links India to Bangladesh’s capital Dakha. Before this event, only bus liason were available
 
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649 : Death of Li Shimin, second Chinese Tang dynasty emperor (626-649), born on January 23, 599 http://tqnyc.org/NYC030285/tangtaizong.html

1419 : Birth of Go-Hanazo, 102th Japanese Emperor, who reigned from 1428 throught 1464 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Hanazono_of_Japan

1800 : The British Indian Government establishes Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub contineent
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/F_0170.htm

1806 : The Vellore mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East Indian Company http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9074981/Vellore-Mutiny http://www.1857mutiny.com/Analysis/vellore-mutiny/

1923 : Birth of Gurunath Abaji Kulkarni, Indian writer who died on December 11, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._A._Kulkarni

1940 : Birth of Meghnad Desai, British economist, born in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai

1947 : Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first governor general of Pakistan by the British premier Clement Attlee

1951 : At Kaesong, Korea, armistice negotiations begin between United Nations forces and North Korea

1952 : Birth of Lee Hae-chan, South Korean prime minister from June 29, 2004 through March 14, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hae_Chan

1959 : Death of Marcel Van, Vietnamese redemption missionary http://www.clairval.com/lettres/en/2004/01/17/2210104.htm

1961 : Birth of Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Cheung

1965 : Birth of Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544568/

1970 : Negotiations between China and Soviet Union on border rivers resume

1983 : Birth of Kim Heechul, Korean singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/kim-hee-chul

1988 : Prince Sihanouk announces his resignation as president of the chairmanship of coalition government of Democratic Kampuchea

1995 : In Myanmar, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, under house of arrest since July 1989, is released

1997 : Because the internal situation in Cambodia, Asean postpones Cambodia adherence

2000 : Death of Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, born on December 20, 1909 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakkom_Majeed

2003 : Death of Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnu_Maden

2007 : Former head of China’s State Food and Drug Administration is executed for corruption http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6286698.stm

2007 : Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric who led the Red Moque resistence in Islamabad is killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6281228.stm
 
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1156 : In Japan, the siege of Shirakawa-den begins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Shirakawa-den

1405 : Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sails for his first campaign http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html

1628 : Birth of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, famous Japanese warlord http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9072772/Tokugawa-Mitsukuni#290932.hook

1688 : Death of King Narai of Siam (1656-1688), born in 1629 http://www.simply-thai.com/Thailand_History_King_Narai_the_Great.htm

1893 : The first cultural pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto http://www.pearl-guide.com/mikimoto.shtml

1921 : After a revolt against the Chinese led by Sukhbaatar, a provistional government is formed in Outer Mongolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damdin_S%C3%BCkhbaatar

1937 : Birth of Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/16266

1947 : USA announces it sends a mission led by General Wedemeyer to China during the civil war

1950 : Birth of Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistany nuclear physicist http://www.chowk.com/writers/495

1952 : Treaty of Amity between India and the Philippines

1969 : Birth of David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tao

1975 : Birth of Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/riona_hazuki.htm

1975 : Chinese archealogists announce they have found thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb of first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi http://www.chinavista.com/travel/terracotta/warrior01.html

1976 : Invaded six month ago, East-Timor becomes the 27th province of Indonesia

1983 : Birth of Kelly Poon, Singaporian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Poon

1984 : Birth of Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile& friendid=1000016246 http://www.cinemorgue.com/hitomihyuga.html

1985 : Birth of Aki Maeda, Japanese actress http://wiki.theppn.org/Maeda_Aki http://akimaeda.free.fr/

1987 : Birth of Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol http://shige-kun.livejournal.com/683.html

1992 : Death of Deng Yingchao, widow of Zhou Enlai, born on February 4, 1904 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9E0CEED61E39F931A25754C0A964958260 http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dyc.html

1995 : United States establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5171

2001 : In Cambodia, the National assembly pass a bill that authorize the trial of the former Khmer Rouge leaders

2001 : Visit of Kim Yong-nam, number 2 of North Korea to Hanoi. He is the highest leader to go to Vietnam since Kim Il-sung in 1964

2001 : With no more majority, Sri Lankan president suspends Chandrika Kumaratunga the parliament for two months and announces a referendum on a new constitution

2003 : The Lahore-Delhi bus service resume after suspension of 18 months

2004 : In Japan, renewal of half of the members of the Senate. Failure for the Liberal democratic party of PM Koizumi, but he keeps the majority thanks to his Komeito party ally

2006 : 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attack in Mumbai (India) http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/ http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/india.bombs/ index.html?section=cnn_world

2007 : For the first time since 1971, a train cross the India-Bangladesh border with an Indian delegation to Dakha. Before, only buses where authorized

2007 : After height days of siège. The Pakistani army storm the Red Mosque in Islamibad where islamists where entrenched http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19704888/ http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.mosque/ index.html
 
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1394 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshinori, 6th Japanese shogun (1429-1441) of the Ashikaga shogunate http://www.japan-101.com/history/ashikaga_yoshinori.htm

1441 : Japanese Ashikaga Yoshinori is assassinated http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshinori.htm

1918 : Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan western Hongshu, killing at least 621 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kawachi

1921 : The organized Outer Mongolian governing body request Russian aid in orfer to become independent from China

1948 : South Korea adopts its first constitution

1967 : During the Cultural Revolution, in Hong Kong, new incidents. Public buildings and police stations are attacked

1970 : Birth of Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t558.html http://www.byunghunlee.org/

1973 : Violent US air bombing on Khmer Rouge positions arounf Phnom Penh

1976 : Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia recognize the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRVN) after the merging of North and South Vietnam

2007 : In the scope of the progressive closing of North Korea Yongbyon nuclear reactor, first delivering of oil to Pyongyang
 
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1402 : Death of Chinese emperor Jianwen, born on December 5, 1377 and enthroned on June 30, 1398 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianwen_Emperor

1950 : Birth of Ma Ying-jeou, current president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou

1954 : In Geneva, the US, Great-Britain and France reach an accord on Indochina which divides Vietnam into two countries North and South along the 17th parallel, leading to the 21 July general accord

1978 : Albania drops its diplomatic relations with the People Republic of China

1981 : In New York, international conference on Cambodia, boycotted by Vietnam and Soviet Union. China opposes an Asean suggestion for a disarmament of the Khmer Rouge before elections in Cambodia

1989 : Birth of Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Michishige_Sayumi

2001 : At a huge majority, the International Olympic Comittee attributes to Beijing the organization of the 2008 Olympic Games
 
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1853 : US commodore Matthew Perry lands at Kurihama (Yokosuka) and gives the shogun one letter from USA’s president asking for trade relations http://members.tripod.com/~MickMc/perry.html

1889 : Birth of Laos king Sisavang Vong (1904-1959) who died on October 29, 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vong

1897 : Birth of Plaek Pibulsonggram, twice prime minister of Thailand (1938-1944 and 1948-1957), who died on June 11, 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaek_Pibulsonggram

1908 : In Japan, second government Katsura Taro (jusqu’en août 1911) http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml

1920 : Birth of Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician who died in February 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankarrao_Chavan

1937 : Birth of Yoshiro Mori, Japanese Prime Minister from April 5, 2000 to April 26, 2001 http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/moriprofile/index_e.html

1943 : Birth of Rohana Wijeweera, founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front, in Sri Lanka, killed on 13 November 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohana_Wijeweera

1946 : Americano-Philippine agreement on US military bases in the Philippines

1964 : US military intelligence publicly charges that North Vietnamese regular army are fighting in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1966

1978 : Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Vice Premier Ieng Sary, pays a visit to Bangkok

1981 : Birth of Yomi, Japanese vocalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomi_%28vocalist%29

1984 : In a telegram to Khieu Samphan, Prince Sihanouk threatens to resign as chairman of the coalition government of Democratic Kampuchea if Khmer Rouges forces don’t stop its attacks against his National Army

1985 : Khmer Rouge announce that a future Cambodia government should be « liberal on economy and parliamentary in politics »

1987 : In Taiwan, the martial law in in force since 1949 is lift and the family links with Communist China are now authorized

1998 : Zhu Lilan, Minister of Technologies, is the first member of Beijing government to go to Taiwan for an international seminar
http://211.147.20.15/chinagov/main/whois/zhulilan.htm

2001 : First day of a three-day summit in Agra between Indian premier Vajpayee and Pakistani president Musharraf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1430367.stm

2001 : In Nepal, after the kidnapping of 71 policemen, the Nepali army is send for the first against the communist rebellion. 160 guerrillas are killed

2003 : Indonesian Fathur Rahman al-Ghozi, member of Jemaah Islamiyah, who planned deadly attacks in the Philippines, escapes from jail with the complicity of Philippine officers http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=fathur_rohman_al- ghozi_1

2004 : Giving in the blackmail of the kidnappers of a Filipino in Iraq, Manila starts to withdraw its 51 soldiers in that country

2004 : In Cambodia, following an agreement between Funcipec and PPC parties signed on June 30, king Sihanouk reappoints Hun Sen as Premier, putting an end to an 11 months crisis. Hun gets 60 % of the members of the cabinet

2007 : North Korea closes its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, but the total end of its nuclear program has to be discussed
 
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756 : Yang Guifei, concubine of emperor Xuanzong and one of the most famous women in China history, is forced to commit suicide http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/China/tales/yangguifei_b.htm

1571 : Death of Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimazu_Takahisa

1871 : Birth of Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer who died on June 1908 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/262.html

1893 : Birth of Nurul Amin, a prominent Bengali leader of Pakistan’s Muslim League, Chief Minister of East-Pakistan, Prime Minister and vice-president of Pakistan http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/A_0221.htm

1903 : Birth of Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician, who died on October 20, 1975 http://www.answers.com/topic/kumaraswami-kamaraj

1904 : The first Buddhist temple in the US is established in Los Angeles

1905 : Birth of Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 1955 to September 1956 http://pakistanweb.com/html/muhammad.htm

1913 : Birth of Noor Muhammad Taraki, Afghanistan Prime Minister (1978-1979) http://www.afghanland.com/history/taraki.html

1942 : The first supply flight from India to China over the « hump » was carried to help China’s war effort

1942 : Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader, is bayoneted to death, born on September 28, 1910 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Vinzons

1968 : Death of Cai Chusheng, Chinese film director, born on January 12, 1906 http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/directors_ccwlc.html#cai

1971 : A Sino-American communiqué announces the visit of President Nixon to China http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle& id=52647

1974 : Birth of Chot Ulep, Filipino musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chot_Ulep

1975 : The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Provisional Revolutionaly Government (South Vietnam communists) ask their admission to the United Nations

1977 : Birth of Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist http://www.farazanwarfan.tk/ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Faraz_Anwar-l-en.html

1979 : Morarji Desai resigns as Indian Prime Minister http://www.boloji.com/people/04006.htm

1982 : Nguyen Co Tach announces the begining of the first Vietnamese troops withdrawal from Cambodia

1992 : Birth of Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Kusumi_Koharu http://www.chickipedia.com/koharu-kusumi/

1993 : First meeting between Nepalese Home minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Bhutanese and his Bhutanese counterpart Dago Tshring on the refugees question

2001 : In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigns as prime minister

2002 : Anti-terrorist court of Pakistan gives the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Seikh and live terms to three other suspects in murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ahmed+Omar+Saeed+Sheikh http://members.fortunecity.com/terrorgate/profile-sheikh.htm

2002 : US citizen John Walker Lindh pleads guilty supplying services to Afghanistan’s former Taliban government and for carrying explosives http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1779455.stm http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/walker/profile.html
 
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1324 : Death of Go-Uda, 91st emperor of Japan (1274-1287), born on December 1267 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Uda

1683 : Chinese Qing dynasty naval force, under Admiral Shi Lang, defeats the kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands http://granitestudio.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060403_2.htm

1919 : Birth of Choi Kyu-ha, prime minister, then shortly president of South Korea (1979-1980) who died on October 22, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Kyu-ha

1935 : Death of Zheng Zhengqiu, Shanghai screenwriter, director and playwright, born in 1888 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-09/24/content_38434.htm http://www.dianying.com/en/person/ZhengZhengqiu

1936 : Birth of Yasuo Fukuda, current Japanese Prime Minister since September 26, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7006285.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_Fukuda


1960 : Soviet Union breaks off with China and calls back all its experts in China while suspending all cooperation agreements

1970 : Birth of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director http://www.scaithebathhouse.com/en/exhibition/data/ 080109apichatpong_weerasethakul/

1981 : Mahathir Mohamad becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, replacing Tun Hussein Onn, until October 31, 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2059518.stm

1984 : Birth of Katrina Kaif, Indian actress http://www.katrinakaif.org/bio.html

1993 : In Cambodia, after the first elections under UN control, formation of a two-headed government, with Prince Ranariddh as First Premier and Hun Sen as Second Prime Minister

1999 : Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer, dies in a car accident. She was born on October 19, 1979 http://wapedia.mobi/en/Hiromi_Yanagihara

2001 : End of the Indo-Pakistani Agra summit between Indian Vajpayee and Pakistani Musharraf : Failure http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/agra.summit/

2001 : Chinese president Jiang Zemin and his Russian counterpart Putin sign a Treaty of Amity, the second one in history

2001 : For the first time, Aung San Suu Kyi, don’t attend the Martyrs’ Day ceremony in memory of the assassination of her father in 1947

2004 : Brunei sultan announces the restoration of the Legislative Council suspended since 1984

2004 : Retired Air Force Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki dies at age 84 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60638-2004Jul18.html

2004 : Beginning of the withdrawal of 3,600 US soldiers from South Korea to send them in Iraq

2005 : In Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, Mayor of Taipei is elected chairman of the KMT.

2005 : Death of Prince Yi Gu, born in 1931 and a claimant to the throne of Korea http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000& biid=2005072528898
 
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1402 : Coronation of Yongle, third emperor of the China Song dynasty, born on 2 May 1360 and died on August 12, 1424 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Yongle.html

1531 : Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, the most powerful Japanese military commander in the Muromachi period under Ashikaga Yoshiharu shogun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_Takakuni

1881 : Birth of Xianfeng, eighth emperor of the Chinese Qing dynasty (1850-1861) who died on August 22, 1861 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/273860/Xianfeng http://www.chinapage.com/emperor/qing1209.html

1941 : Birth of Bharathi Rajaa, Indian film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707300/

1946 : Chinese communists open a drive against the Nationalist army on the Yangzijiang

1948 : Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)

1956 : Birth of Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong director and screenwriter http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/wong.html http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/wongkarwai/

1960 : Birth of Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0795225/ http://www.robinshou.com/

1966 : Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam forces to defend against American air strikes

1970 : Birth of Jan Hyeong-seong (Hyun-sung), South Korean actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486994/

1973 : Afghan Premier, Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan, seizes power from his cousin and brother-in-law, the king Zahir Shah and establishes the Republic with him as president http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/daoud.html

1976 : Annexed East Timor becomes the 27th province of Indonesia

1977 : Signature of a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between Laos and Vietnam

1980 : Birth of Tokio Sasaki, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2067962/

1980 : Zenko Suzuki Prime Minister of Japan until November 1982 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenko_Suzuki

1987 : Death of Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor, born on December 28, 1934 http://shishido0.tripod.com/ishihara.html

1998 : A violent tsunami hits Papua New Guinea causing more than 2,000 dead

2001 : Beijing and Moscow sign a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation for 20 years, including Defense
 
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715 : Death of Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian General who conquered the Singh and Punjab regions (now in Pakistan) beginning the Islamic era in South Asia, born on December 31, 695 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Qasim

1695 : Death of Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1684-1691), born on July 18, 1634

1871 : Birth of Sada Yacco, stage actress and singer, who died on December 7, 1946 http://www.derbycityprints.com/doc-details-895-people.htm http://www.h.ehime-u.ac.jp/~marx/YN/articles/Sadayacco.htm

1907 : Japan forces Korean emperor Gojong to abdicate in favor of his son Sunjong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjong_of_Korea

1909 : Birth of Muhammad Daoud Khan, first president of Afghanistan (1973-1978) http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034078328/

1944 : Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort http://www.world-war-2.info/figures/hideki-tojo.php

1947 : Birth of Wang Jin, Chinese film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910945/

1974 : Death of S.V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, born on July 3, 1918 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710036/bio http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/may2007/sv_rangarao.php

1985 : The second son of 'Ali Bhutto, Shahnawaz, dies of poisoning in an hotel room in Cannes (France) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnawaz_Bhutto http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C0CEFD91E3FF936A1575AC0A966958260

1985 : Death of Toyoko Takechi, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847464/

1993 : Nawaz Sharif doit quitter comme PM.

1993 : In Japan, for the first time the LDP loses the majority in the Lower House

1993 : In Pakistan, to solve the political crisis between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, both resign. Wsim Sajjad becomes president by interim prior to elections (up to November)

1996 : An flag operation by Japanese extreme right militants relaunches the sovereignty dispute with China on Diaoyu islands (Senkaku for the Japanese) http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/DIAOYU.HTM

1997 : In Taiwan, the National Assembly (Legislative Yuan) pass a bill extending the power of the president and announces the end of the Taiwan provincial government


1999 : In Kashmir, after the withdrawal of the Pakistanis, end of the Indian military operations in Kargil era http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/kargil-99.htm http://www.geocities.com/thalsena/1999war.htm

2000 : Visit of Vladimir Putin in China. Common opposition to the American Theatre Missile Defence system (TMD) project

2002 : Abdul Kalam is elected president of India http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2002_July_22/ ai_89564106

2005 : Visit of Indian Premier Manmohan Singh to USA http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/galmanmoh.html
 
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