ON 29 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 29, 2009

1368 : Death of Go-Murakami, 97th emperor of Japan (September1339-March 1368), born in 1328
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Murakami

1849 : Britain formally annexes Punjab after defeating the Sikh

1857 : Sepoy Mangal Pandey, of the 34th Regiment, Nengal native Infantry, revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857, also known as thz Sepoy mutiny http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/ the_trial_of_mangal_pandey_i.html

1929 : Birth of Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist.
http://www.fantasyarts.net/kusama_bio.html

1929 : Birth of Utpal Dutt, Indian actor, who died on August 19, 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utpal_Dutt
http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com/2008/03/utpal-dutt-majestic- actor-of-bollywood.html

1938 : Biginning of the Battle of Taierzhuang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang

1942 : The Communist Party of the Philippines, founds the People’s Anti-Japanese Army (Huk) under the command of Luis Taruc http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1282039

1951 : The Chinese reject MacArthur's offer for a truce in Korea.

1953 : During the Korean War, on United Nations, the talks on the prisoners of war question resume

1955 : In Saigon (South Vietnam), Violent fighting during two days between the Buddhist Binh-Xuyen sect and the National army loyal to President Ngo Dinh Diem

1961 End of the meeting of SEATO which excludes any immediate military action in Laos

1969 : In the Philippines, foundation of the New People’s Army, by the Communist Party (maoist) led by Bernabe Buscayno (Kumander Dante) http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/npa.htm
http://www.pcij.org/edsa20/dante-buscayno.html

1971 : Lt William Calley is convinced of premeditated murder for the My Lay massacre (Vietnam) and sentenced to life in prison http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/29/ newsid_2530000/2530975.stm
http://www.reference.com/search?q=My%20Lai%20massacre

1971 : Death of Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician, born in November 1886
http://banglapedia.net/HT/D_0057.HTM

1972 : Birth of Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=48696

1973 : The last United State soldiers leave South Vietnam and Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle& id=6851

1974 : While ploughing, a Chinese peasant discover the grave of the first Chinese emperor’s terra cota army http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/biography/arybios98/ smithbio.html
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1977 : Death of General Sein Win, born on March 19, 1919, seventh Burma’s prime minister, succeeded by General Maung Maung Kha till July 1988

1979 : Death of Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan (1960-1979) and king of Malaysia (1975-1979) who died in March 1979
http://www.malaysianmonarchy.org.my/portal_bi/rk3/rk3a.php?id=rk3_6

1979 : In China, Wei Jingsheng, pro-democracy activist is sentenced, for the first time, to fifteen years in prison
http://www.echonyc.com/~wei/Mand.html

1980 : Birth of Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Tae_Hee
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Tae-hee.php

1982 : Birth of Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideaki_Takizawa
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/starclub/hideaki.html

2001 : Death of the begum Shaista Ikramullah
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010329/ai_n14373653

2002 : Death of Rico Yan, Philippine young movie and TV actor, born in March 1975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Yan
http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2002/03/rico_yan_is_dead/

2006 : Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declares the representative of United Nations persona non grata because he criticized the situation on human rights in Cambodia

2007 : In Thailand, beginning of demonstrations for the end of the military rule and the return of democracy

ON 30 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 30, 2009

1010 : Birth of Renzong, 4th emperor of the Song dynasty (1022-1063) who died on 30 April 1063
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Renzong_of_Song

1664 : Death of Guru Har Krishan, 8th guru of Sikhism since October 7, 1661, born on July 7, 1656
http://www.singhsabha.com/guru_har_krishan.htm

1875 : Birth of Jang In-hwan, Korean independence activist, who died on April 24, 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_In-hwan

1885 : The Battle of Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandjeh_Incident

1899 : Birth of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer, who died in September 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharadindu_Bandyopadhyay

1919 : Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act http://sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13375125

1940 : A pro-Japanese government is set up in Nanjing as Wang Jingwei as its leader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_Government
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6758

1941 : Birth of Wasim Sajjad, interim prior to elections president of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P084

1951 : In the Korea War, the United Nations forces cross the 38th parallel. The General MacArthur threatens to attack China

1956 : Prince Sihanouk resigns in protest against US press criticism of his neutralist policy and his recognition of the communist China

1965 : During Vietnam War: a car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.

1972 : In the Vietnam War, the Eastern Offensive bigins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1759

1983 : Birth of Tian Hebe, Taiwanese singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebe_Tian
http://female.thedailymodel.com/hebe-tian/
http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/12/30/hebe-tien-profile/

1986 : Birth of Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer
http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-161/artist_name-beni_arashiro/

1996 : Khaleda Zia quits as Bangladesh Prime Minister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleda_Zia

1997 : In Cambodia, an attack against a demonstration of Khmer National Party, led by opposition leader Sam Ramsy, causes at least 16 casualties http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm

1997 : In India, Congress Party (I) remove its support with no participation to the government of Deve Gowda of Janata dal.

2004 : Santo Domingo Premier Roosevelt Skerrit announces the establishment of diplomatic relations with Beijing to the detriment of Taipei

2005 : Death of O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist, birth on Jujy 2, 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._V._Vijayan
http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/31/stories/2005033106451100.htm

2007 : In Taiwan, the opposition demonstrates against the government campaign against Chiang Kai-shek. All his statues and his name have been removed from public places

ON 31 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 31, 2009

1074 : Death of Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japanese regent, born in 992
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/221630/Fujiwara-Yorimichi

1504 : Birth of Angad Dev, second Sikh guru
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Angad_Dev

1536 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, 13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1546-1565) who died in June 1565
http://indopedia.org/Ashikaga_Yoshiteru.html

1854 : Signature of the Convention of Kanagawa opening the Japanese ports of Shimodo and Hakodate to US trade
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4878
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Kanagawa

1860 : Death of Evariste Huc, , French missionary in China and ecplorer in Mongolia and Tibet, born on August 1, 1813
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_R%C3%A9gis_Huc
http://www.jeanguillemot.com/En/offres/Expedition_Evariste_Huc.htm
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1877 : The family with samurai antecedents who responded to the Saigo army in join Ōita Nakatsu rebels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamori_Saigo

1904 : In India, hundreds of Tibetans are slaughtered by the British.

1906 : Birth of Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Nobel Prize in Physics (1965) who died in July 1979
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/tomonaga- bio.html

1915 : Birth of Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man, who died on September 22, 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi

1932 : Birth of Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/oshima.html

1936 : Birth of Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029098/
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/dokumamushi_sandayu

1938 : Birth of Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Dikshit

1938 : Birth of Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4633

1942 : Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession
http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/christmas.html

1944 : Japanese Navy Marshal Minechi Koga dies in the crash of his plane
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWkoga.htm

1959 : The Dalai Lama who escaped from Lhasa on March 17, arrives to India http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/31/ newsid_2788000/2788343.stm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4879

1964 : Birth of Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wong
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=4859

1968 : President Johnson announces the end of the bombings on North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1763

1972 : Death of Meena Kumari, Indian actress, born on August 1, 1932
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meena_Kumari
http://www.angelfire.com/film/meenakumari/

1977 : Birth of Toshiya, Japanese musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiya_(musician)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2b4DoUveds

1979 : The Chinese authorities put an end on the « Beijing Spring » and arrest around thirty antiestablishment protestors

1980 : Birth of Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaya_Sakamoto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-C9gjmhtxw
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=527

1993 : The basic Law of the Special administrative Region of Macao is adopted by the Chinese National Congress, effective in December 1999

1993 : Death of Chichay, Filipino actress, born on January 21, 1918
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichay
http://listing-index.ebay.com/actors/Chichay.html

1996 : In Burma the National Convention is suspended

2005 : Death of Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, born on September 5, 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justiniano_Montano

2006 : In Sri Lanka, the coalition supporting President Mahinda Rajapakse, The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) wins 225 of the 266 seats in the parliament. The main opposition party, the UNP gets 33 seats

ON 1 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 1, 2009

1087 : Death of Shenzong, the sixth emperor (1067-1085) of the Chinese Song dynasty, born on 25 May 1048
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shenzong_of_Song_China

1220 : Birth of Go-Saga, 88th emperor of Japan (1242-1246) who died on 17th March 1272
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Saga

1637 : Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord, born on 11 May 1571
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Niwa_Nagashige

1793 - In Japan, the volcano Unsen erupts killing about 53,000.

1851 : King Mongkut acceeds to the Siamese throne, crowned on May 15

1856 : Birth of Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician who discovered the bubonic plague and died in 1933
http://www.goacom.com/goanow/2000/nov/lookingback.html

1867 : Singapore, Penang and Malacca becomes a British crown colony

1901 : At the Malacanang Palace, Aguildano who has been captured, swears on oath accepting the authority of the USA over the Philippines

1912 : Sun Yat-sen is obliged to give up as president of the Republic of China in favor of Yuan Shikai

1914 : Birth Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor, who died April 29, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lor_Tok

1920 : Birth of Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor who died on 24 December 1997 http://www.toshiromifune.org/biography/index.html

1928 : Chiang Kai-shek’s army crosses the Yangzijiang to conquer northern China

1929 : Birth of Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai cartoonist, animator, film director and teacher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payut_Ngaokrachang

1936 Orissa Formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India

1944 : Japanese troops conquer Jessima, East-India

1945 : Americans invade Okinawa (Ryukyu)
http://www.goacom.com/goanow/2000/nov/lookingback.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6366

1946 : Birth of the Malayan Union, but Singapore continue to be a British colony

1949 : After three years of fighting, the Communist Party of China held unsuccessful peace talks with Kuomintang

1955 : Birth of Humayun Akthar Khan, Pakistani stateman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humayun_Akhtar_Khan

1960 : U Nu, prime minister of Burma since 1948 is re-elected

1963 : In Burma, General Ne Win launches an amnesty offer to all the rebel groups
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1963 : In Laos, neutralist Foreign Minister Quinim Pholsena is assassinated in Vientiane
http://www.foia.cia.gov/browse_docs.asp?doc_no=0000598464

1968 : North Vietnamese declare that they are ready to meet US representatives on the possibility to stop fighting. Proposition accepted by President Lyndon Johnson

1969 : Opening of the IXth congress of the Chinese Communist Party, up to March 24

1970 : Birth of Sung Hi-lee, Korean-born model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung_Hi_Lee
http://www.sung-hi.com/

1970 : France calls for global negotiations on Indochina

1972 : North Vietnamese launch Nguyen Hue offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1764

1975 : In Cambodia, end of president Lon Nol who flees to Indonesia
http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/history/end.html

1981 : Birth of Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006
http://www.alivenotdead.com/aimeechan

1981 : Death of Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader, born on January 21, 1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eua_Sunthornsanan

1989 : Birth of Yu Ayanami, Japanese video model
http://fhg.javmodel.com/yu_ayanami/index.php

1993 : Birth of Keito Okamoto, Japanese Singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keito_Okamoto
http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/Keito_Okamoto_love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjDNIYI_SA

2001 : An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese fighter jet which pilot is killed. The American crew makes an emergency landing on Hainan Island and is detained eleven days by the Chinese authorities
http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident

2001 : Death of Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese composer, born on 28 February 1939
http://www.trinh-cong-son.com/

2001 : The Dalai Lama begins a visit to Taiwan despite the opposition of Beijing

2003 : Death of Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer, born on September 12, 1956
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Cheung
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002000/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2aCJlZR1Fo

2007 : In Nepal, following an agreement that put an end to ten years of civil war and five communist leaders join the temporary government

2008 : Pakatan Rakyat or PR (English: People's Alliance) is established. The political coalition comprises a group of Malaysian political parties, namely, the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), who collectively worked together as the Barisan Rakyat (or People's Front) during the 12th Malaysian general election in 2008

ON 2 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 2, 2009

1565 : Birth of Cornelis de Houtman, brother of Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and managed to begin the Dutch spice trade.
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Cornelis_de_Houtman

1595 : Dutch expedition under Cornesis de Houtman leaves for Indies. http://www.speedylook.com/Cornelis_de_Houtman.html

1788 : Birth of Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet, who died on February 20, 1862
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Balagtas

1890 : Birth of general Ho Ying-chin, Republic of China defense minister from 1930 to 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Yingqin

1942 : Birth of Roshan Seth, Indian actor
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/529878/index.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786022/

1947 : The United Nations Security Council entrusts the USA for the guardianship of the Pacific islands formerly under Japanese control

1951 : Birth of Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriteru_Ueshiba
http://www.aikikai.or.jp/eng/doshu.htm

1954 : An Amity Treaty is signed between Pakistan and Turkey

1954 : North Vietnamese Vietminh enter northern Cambodia

1954 : Birth of Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susumu_Hirasawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKeKzkM784

1954 : Indian Prime Minister Nehru calls for an arrest for and end on nuclear weapons race

1955 : Birth of Princess Maha Chakri Serindhorn, third child of Thailand king Rama IX
http://kanchanapisek.or.th/biography/sirindhorn/index.en.html

1965 : Leaster Pearson, the Canadian Prime Minister, asks the USA to suspend the bombings on North Vietnam

1966 : South Vietnamese troops joined in demonstrations at Hue and Da Nang for an end to military rule.

1967 : In Beijing , hundreds of thousands demonstrated against Mao foe Liu Shaoqi
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAliu.htm

1972 : Death of Toshitsugu Takamatsu, grandmaster of Binjutsu, born on 10 March 1887
http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/toshitsugu-takamatsu.htm

1972 : During the Easter offensive, North Vietnamese soldiers take the northern half of Quang Tri Province
http://www.olive-drab.com/od_history_vietnam_easter1972.php

1975 : Death of Dong Biwu, vice-president of China (1959-1972), born in 1886 http://jugglecate.blogspot.com/2008/10/dong-biwu.html

1975 : In Vietnam, thousands of civilians refugees flee from the Quan Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops

1976 : Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as Premier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khieu_Samphan

1992 : Death of Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor, born on 1st September 1929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomisaburo_Wakayama
http://www.kungfucinema.com/tag/tomisaburo-wakayama

1997 : Death of Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer, born on 26 April 1910
http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/biography.asp?z=y&CTR=654119

2001 : In the Philippines, the Supreme Court refuses to grant immunity to president Joseph Estrada accused of corruption and recognizes Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new president

2002 : First visit of Pakistani president General Musharaff to Kabul. With Afghan president Hamid Karzai, they commit to fight the terrorism

2003 : Vietnamese prime minister Phan Van Khai has a talk with patriarch Thich Huyen Quang, in house arrest since 21 years, leader of the Unified Buddhist Church, forbidden since 1981
http://www.hdvnbtdt.org/article.php3?id_article=109

2004 : Early legislative elections in Sri Lanka. The United People’s Freedom Alliance wins 105 of the 225 seats ( 77 before) missing the absolute majority by 8 seats. UNP dropes from 114 to 82

2006 : Legislative elections in Thailand, boycotted by the opposition. With 57 % of the votes, Thai Rak Thai wins 349 seat vis 377 one year before.

ON 3 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 3, 2009

78 : Origin of Saka Era in India
http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-518603/Saka-era

1680 : Death of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire in 1674, born on 19 February 1627
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji

1929 : Birth of Fazhur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi American civil engineer known for his innovations in high-rise building constructions who died on 27 March 1982
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045265/Fazlur-R-Khan? source=ONTHISDAY

1942 : Japanese forces begin an assault on the US and Filipino troops in the Bataan peninsula
http://home.pacbell.net/fbaldie/Battling_Bastards_of_Bataan.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1817

1945 : US and Philippine forces recapture Corregidor (Bay of Manila)

1946 : General Masaharu Homma who led the Battle of the Philippines, condemned to dead, is executed by firing squad
http://www.answers.com/topic/masaharu-homma

1948 : In Jeju (South Korea) a civi-war-like period of violence and human rights abuse begins known as the Jeju massacre
http://kontrasaceh.blogspot.com/2006/04/43-jeju-massacre.html

1956 : After the resignation of Norodom Sihanouk Vice-Premier Khim Tit is sworn in as new Prime Minister of Cambodia (up to 29 July)

1958 : Birth of Jaya Prada, Indian Actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayaprada

1962 : Birth of Jaya Prada, Indian actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419685/bio

1963 : Birth of Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
http://squarehaven.com/people/Tsuyoshi-Sekito/

1965 : Signature of a draft agreement -- which addressed the question of fisheries, South Korean property claims and the legal status of Koreans living in Japan -- between the Republic of Korea and Japan

1965 : Birth of Nazia Hassan, first South Asian pop singer, who died on 13 August 2000 of lung cancer
http://www.jazbah.org/naziah1.php
http://www.onesmartclick.com/bollywood/jaya-prada.html

1966 : Birth of Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miina_Tominaga

1968 - North Vietnam agreed to meet with U.S. representatives to set up preliminary peace talks

1969 : In the Vietnam War, US secretary Defense Melvin Laird announces that the USA will start to « vietnamese » the war effort
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1818

1972 : Nixon orders response to North Vietnamese invasion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1817

1974 : After ten years, Prince Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao comes back to Vientiane
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Souphanouvong,+Prince

1979 : China denounces the Amity treaty signed with Soviet Union in 1950

1982 : Birth of Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol
http://www.kineda.com/kasumi-nakane/

1984 : Sikh terrorists kill a member of the Indian Parliament in his home

1985 : Beginning of the fourth official withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia, totalling 15,000 soldiers

1999 : Beginning of massacres in East Timor by militiamen opposing independence

2005 : Beginning of huge anti-Japan demonstrations in China, officially against the reprinting of an revisionist history book, in fact to oppose the Japanese candidacy for a standing seat at the Security Council of the United Nations
http://flickr.com/photos/wzhang/sets/228300/

2006 : Death of Genzo Murakami, Japanese writer, born on March 14, 1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genz%C5%8D_Murakami

ON 4 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 4, 2009

1884 : Birth of Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander who was killed when his plane was shot down on 18 April 1943
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6404

1885 : Signature, in Paris, of a Protocol for the suspension of hostilities between France and China
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/cts166-76.htm

1897 : Birth of John Lionel Kotalawela, third Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953-1956) who died on 2nd October 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lionel_Kotalawela

1905 : In India, an earthquake at 6:19 am, hit the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala

1912 : Chinese republic is proclaimed in Tibet

1947 : Birth of Wiranto, Indonesian General
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiranto
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1949 : Birth of Yau Shing-tung, Chinese mathematician
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9090417/Shing-Tung-Yau

1951 : Birth of Hun Sen, current Cambodian prime minister
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138761.stm

1954 : At the end of French Vietnam war, the French government asks the USA an air and sea operation on Dien-Bien-Phu

1954 : Birth of Chen Yi, Chinese composer
http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=chenYi

1954 : Birth of Jackie Chan
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000329/
http://www.jackiechan.com/

1957 : Birth of Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Kuwano

1960 : In Burma, U Nu is nominated PM for the third time, up to March 1962 when he will be replaced by Ne Win
http://www.bookrags.com/U_Nu

1964 : Birth of Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
http://www.thewriterspost.net/author_dangthan.htm

1967 : The U.S. lost its 500th plane over Vietnam.

1971 : In Sri Lanka, beginning of a Che Guevarist uprising by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Uprising
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/05/08/fea01.html

1972 : Birth of Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ray
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712908/

1975 : In Laos, the king give his agreement for a government of twelve members, five of each side, plus two neutral

1975 : Execution of Zhang Zhixin, born on 5 December 1930
http://clearharmony.net/articles/200601/31118.html

1975 : In Vietnam, the Operation Baby Lift knows a terrific blow when an American plane transporting orphans crashes near Saigon causing 172 dies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Baby_Lift
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1768

1976 : Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand

1976 : In China, during the All Souls Day, violents demonstrations in honour of Zhou En Lai
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ZhouEnla.html

1976 : Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest

1978 : Birth of Kim Hyun Jung, Korean pop singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hyun_Jung

1978 : Birth of Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aska_Yang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ8xCzyO5YI

1979 : President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/ newsid_2459000/2459507.stm

1987 : Secret US overture to North Korea proposing food and medical aid if Pyongyang participates in Seoul 1988 Olympic

1987 : Death of Chogyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist master, born in February 1939
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chogyam_Trungpa
http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/chogyam-trungpa.php

1994 : Birth of Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risako_Sugaya
http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?Display=143

1999 : In Malaysia, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is elected chairman of the People’s Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Azizah_Wan_Ismail

2006 : In spite of his victory in the April 2 legislative elections, but boycoted by opposition, Prime Ministet Thaksin Shinawatra resigns after a meeting with the king

2007 : Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe, condemns the government decision to withdraw from the school history books any references to the imposed suicides in Okinawa before the US landing in 1945

Holidays and observances

. Taiwan and Hong Kong - Children's Day

To see the today events in Asian history, go down to the bottom of this page

ON 5 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 5, 2009

1288 : Birth of Go-Fushimi, 93th emperor of Japan (1298-1301) who died on 17th May 1336. Don’t confuse with his father Fushimi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Fushimi

1609 : The daimyo of the Satsuma clan in southern Kyushu, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryukyu kingdom in Okinawa and become a vassal of Japan

1843 : Queen Victoria proclaims Hong Kong a British crown colony

1882 : Birth of Sung Chiao-jen, a closed ally of Sun Yat-sen, fatally wounded in March 1913
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung_Chiao-jen

1908 : In Korea, the Japanese Army reached the Yalu River as the Russians retreated

1920 : Birth of Rafiq Zakaria, Indian author who died on 9 July 2005
http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/10/stories/2005071002261000.htm

1923 : Birth of Nguyen Van Thieu, president of South Vietnam (1967-1975) who died on 29 September 2001
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNthieu.htm
http://ngothelinh.tripod.com/NguyenVanThieu.html

1927 : Birth of Tanin Kraivixien, Thai Prime Minister (October 1976-October 1977)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanin_Kraivixien

1930 : In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/Dandi.html
http://www.kamat.com/mmgandhi/dandi.htm

1942 : Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_cornwall.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a1983170.shtml

1945 : Soviet Union reneges on the Neutrality Treaty signed with Japan

1945 : Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profil/db/facts/ kuniaki_koiso_596.html
http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034117281/

1947 : Birth of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th and current president of the Philippines
http://www.macapagal.com/gma/biography/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal-Arroyo

1955 : Birth of Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
http://lambiek.net/artists/t/toriyama_akira.htm

1956 : In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna wins the general elections in a landslide and Solomon W.R.D. Bandaranaike sworn in as the PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election% 2C_1956

1957 : In India, communists win their first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is swrn in as the first chief minister
http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/ems.html
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1964 : In Bhutan, Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister since 1952 is assassinated

1969 : Massive anti-war demonstrations occur in many United States cities
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1776

1970 : Birth of Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho_Hatori

1971 : In Sri Lanka, the Janatha Viwukthi Peramune (JVP) launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna

1971 : Birth of Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer and songwriter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Abay

1972 : North Vietnamese troops invade Binh Long province, launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive
http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-military-awards/soviet-bloc- awards/north-vietnam/9439-nguyen-hue-offensive-1972-campaign- badge.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1775

1974 : Birth of Uhm Tae-woong, South Korean actor and singer
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Eom_Tae-woong.php

1975 : Death of Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ch-Co/Chiang-Kai-Shek.html

1976 : In China, on the Qingming Festival (for the death), the April Fifth Movement in honour of Zhou Enlai, leads to the Tiananmen incident
http://www.chinatourdesign.com/introduction_of_Tiananmen_Square/ April_Fifth_Movement.htm

1980 : Birth of Lee Jae-won, South Korean, South Korean actor, singer and rapper
http://popseoul.com/category/lee-jae-won/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m024TsMiyZo

1984 : Birth of Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
http://www.kpopmusic.co.uk/shinmina.htm

1990 : Birth of Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruma_Miura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXJ0L6zO--s http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/Miura_Haruma

2004 : General elections in Indonesia. Golkar (party of former president Suharto comes first, beating the PDI-P of President Megawati who was first in 1999
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers10/paper981.html

2007 : Death of Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer. She was born on 26 February 1908
http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=21267

2007 : After a trial which inflamed Indonesia, the chief editor of Indonesian Playboy is acquitted of indecency
http://www.nowpublic.com/indonesian_playboy_not_indecent_court_ruling

ON 6 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 6, 2009

1782 : In Thailand, Rama 1 (Chao Phraya Chakri) Succeeds King Taksin who was overthrown in a coup d’état, up to September 1809
http://www.thailandsworld.com/index.cfm?p=473

1886 : Birth of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (1911-1948) who died on November 19, 1967
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sir_Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Hyderabad
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1930 : In India, tens of thousands of people reached the sea following Gandhi’s call to refuse to pay taxes, particularly the tax on salt

1945 : 355 Suicide Japanese planes (Kamikazes) attack the allied fleet on Okinawa et continue during all the battle

1967 : In South Vietnam, 1,500 Viet Cong attacked Quangtri and freed 200 prisoners

1970 : Death of Tang Shengzhi (Tang Sheng-chih), Chinese warlord, then a general of Chiang Kai-shek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Shengzhi

1971 : The Chinese Table Tennis Association issued an invitation to the U.S. table tennis team

1972 : During the Vietnam War’s Easter Offensive, American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1769
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive

1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim

1973 : Birth of Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actor and actress
http://www.mm52.com/japaneseidols/rie_miyazawa/index.htm

1975 : PM Yen Chia-kan is sworn in as new president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), to replace Chinag Kai-shek
http://www.president.gov.tw/en/prog/news_release/document_content.php? id=1105496087&pre_id=1105498701&g_category_number=410& category_number_2=373&layer=&sub_category=

1983 : Birth of Jeah Seah, Singaporean model and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Seah
http://ubertiful.net/stars/sg/?page=Jade%2520Seah

1995 : Birth of Ryutaro Morimoto, Japanese Actor and Singer, Nick Hall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryutaro_Morimoto
http://www.asianpopcorn.com/default.asp? display=Chinen_Yuuri_Vs_Ryutaro_Morimoto-11914
http://lynnz88.vox.com/library/photo/ 6a00cd973bdccf4cd500e398bb62000001.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrUQ5luLnpE

1992 : A general strike is declared by communist groups In Nepal

1998 : Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India

2001 : In Pakistan, the Supreme Court quashes the Benazir corruption sentence and orders a new trial

2004 : Mahinda Rajapakse of SLFP becomes the 13th Prime Minister ofSri Lanka up to November 2005
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RajapkseM.html

2005 : For the first time since 1948, a bus line links the two parts of Kashmir

ON 7 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on April 7, 2009

1521 : Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu
http://www.nndb.com/people/629/000092353/
http://www.studyworld.com/ferdinand_magellan.htm

1541 : Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies
http://www.cin.org/franxav.html

1638 : Death of Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma, born on 27 November 1576
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/shimazu-tadatsune/

1782 : After a rebellion, Taksin, King of Siam (Thailand) is executed. He was born on 17 April 1734
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071023/Taksin

1920 : Birth of Ravi Shankar
http://www.ravishankar.org/bio.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067128/Ravi-Shankar? source=ONTHISDAY

1934 : In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspends his campaign of civil disobedience

1934 : Birth of Swami Shantananda, Hindu saint and philosopher
http://www.siddhayoga.org/biographies/Sw-Shantananda.htm

1938 : End of the battle of Taierzhuang, won by the Chinese on Japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang

1942 : Birth of Jeetendra, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeetendra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qwFpKmYH4k
http://www.hamaraphotos.com/jeetendra_364.html

1945 : The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route on a suicide mission in Operation Ten-go
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6408
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato

1948 : In China, the communists launch a military action on the Yellow River

1948 : In Shanghai, a Buddhist monastery burns, leaving twenty monks dead

1954 : President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a "domino" effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called "domino theory" dominated U.S. thinking about Vietnam for the next decade
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2630

1954 : Birth of Jackie Chan (Sing Lung), Hong Kong actor and singer
http://men.stareastasia.com/jackie-chan/

1956 : In Sri Lanka, general elections. The leftist opposition wins with a program demanding the withdrawal of the British bases

1957 : Birth of Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453448/

1963 : In Laos, Kieng-Khuang city is taken by Pathet Lao (communist guerilla)
http://countrystudies.us/laos/18.htm

1971 : US president Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam

1976 : Following the 5 April demonstrations, Deng Xiaoping is fired from all his positions and Hua guofeng is nominated Prime Minister

1978 : In the Philippines, first legislative elections since the Martial Law has been proclaimed in 1972. Doubtful victory for the party of President Ferdinand Marcos

1992 : Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon is installed as prime minister, up to May 24
http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/eng/pm_19.htm

1998 : Death of Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broery_Marantika

1988 : Russia announces that it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan

2000 : Death of Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer, born on June 25, 1944
http://www.broery.com/

2006 : Ichiro Ozawa, 63 years old, is elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan prevailing on Naoto Kan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Ozawa
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