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31 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 31 JANUARY
877 : Birth of Taejo of Goryeo, founder of the Korean Goryeo dynasty who reigned from 918 to 943, who died in July 943 http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Taejo_of_Goryeo
1398 : Death of Emperor Suko (1348-1351), born in May 1334 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Suko
1435 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty Emperor Xuande (1425-1435), born in April 1398 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuande
1543 : Birth of Tokugawa Leyasu, shogun of Japan, who died in June 1616 http://www.samurai-archives.com/ieyasu.html http://www.detarver.com/articles/The%20Last%20Shogun/index.html
1561 : Death of Bairam Khan, Great Mughul General, regent of Akbar http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/bairam-khan.html
1865 : Birth of Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader who died in May 1951 http://swaminarayan.org/shastrijimaharaj/index.htm
1914 : Birth of Sri Daya Mata, Hindu religious figure http://www.yssofindia.org/sri_sri_dayamata.htm
1935 : Birth of Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer, Nobel Laureate 1994 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1994/oe-
bio.html
1948 : Formation of the provisionnal government of the United States of Indonesia by Mohammad Hatta
1948 : Birth of Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muneo_Suzuki
1955 : People’s Republic of China is invited to take parts to United Nations Security Council talks on Taiwan
1964 : French president general De Gaulleadvocates tne neutralization of South-East Asia
1966 : US bombing on North Vietnam, which have been suspended since Christmas, resume
1968 : Vietcong attack American embassy in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/
newsid_2648000/2648951.stm
1969 : Death of Meher Baba, born in February 1894 http://www.ambppct.org/meherbaba/meher-baba-life.php
1971 : Birth of Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress http://koreanfilm.org/actors2.html http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/TVMiniseries/
movie_03_view.asp?cpId=77&konum=2&kosm=
1972 : Death of Nepal king Mahendra (1955-1972), born in June 1920 http://www.infoclub.com.np/nepal/history/history_mahendra.htm
1975 : Birth of Preity Zinta, Indian actress http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/preity_zinta/
1996 : An explosive-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/
newsid_4083000/4083095.stm
2002 : In the Philippines, beginning of joint manoeuvers with US forces aiming the destruction of Abu Sayyaf group
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member Kylie (from China), and Pa_Ira (from India)
From all of us haved an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/31 15:20
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1 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 1st FEBRUARY
1662 : In Taiwan, after a nine-month siege, the Dutch entrenched in fort Zeelandia surrender to general Koxinga http://www.taiwandocuments.org/koxinga.htm
1789 : Chinese troops are driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1897 : Foundation of the Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea
1902 : Chinese empress Cixi forbids the binding of women’s feet
1922 : Death of Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and twice Prime Minister of the Meiji period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo
1930 : Birth of Hassain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (1982-1990) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+bd0112)
1931 : Birth of Iajuddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh since 2002 http://www.bangladeshhighcommission.org.uk/discover/president.htm
1951 : United Nations General Assembly declares China an agressor country in Korea War
1958 : Birth of Jackie Shroff, Indian actor http://www.bollywoodblog.com/tags/Jackie-Shroff/
1974 : Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory
1984 : China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1985 : In Cambodia, Vietnamese forces launch a large scale offensive against Khmer Rouge
1987 : The Filipinos, by a referendum approve the new democratic constitution proposed by President Corazon Aquino
2005 : Nepal king Gyanendra dismisses Prime Minister Bahadur Deuba for the second time in two year and takes the chairmanship of the Council of ministers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4226039.stm
2007 : Death of Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer, born in January 1937 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/02/headlines/
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2 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 2 FEBRUARY
1916 : Birth of Vietnamese poet Xuan Dieu who died in December 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu%C3%A2n_Di%E1%BB%87u
1917 : Birth of Do Muoi, ex General secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam (1991-1997) http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ewb_05/ewb_05_01818.html
1933 : Birth of Than Shwe, president of Mynmar State peace and Development Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Than_Shwe
1947 : Birth of Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama
1948 : Signature of an Treaty of Amity between USA and India
1953 : US President Eisenhower announces the withdrawal of US navy and the end of the neutralization of Taiwan
1957 : President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu barrage across river Indus neer Sukkur
1966 : Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir dispute as number one item for the proposed Indo-Pakistan ministerial talks after 1965 war<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/02 16:43
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3 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 3 FEBRUARY
1867 : Emperor Mutsuhito (post name Meiji) is enthroned. He will reign up to 1912 http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_mutsuhito_emperor.shtml
1899 : Birth of Lao She who died in August 1966 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_23144.htm
1948 : Birth of East-Timor Bishop Carlos Belo http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/belo.html
1951 : Death of Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist who created the name of « Pakistan » http://www.halfvalue.com/wiki.jsp?topic=Choudhary_Rahmat_Ali
1969 : Death of Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (1967-1969), born in 1909 http://conjeevaramnatarajanannadurai.blogspot.com/
1986 : Pope John Paul II visits Calcutta http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/
newsid_4117000/4117617.stm
2002 : In Cambodia, First local elections since the restoration of democracy. Prime Minister Hun Sen party wins 60 % of the votes, the Funcinpec (royalist) a little less than 20 %, and the PSR (Sam Rainsi) also around 20 %.
2005 : Sam Rainsy, leader of the only one Cambodian opposition party, the PSR (15 députés), flees the country after his parliamentary privilege has been removed for slandering the government http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2006 : Sheik Hasina, president of the Awami League, main Bangladeshi opposition party, decides to put an end to the one-year boycott of parliament, but announces that demonstrations will continue.
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4 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 4 FEBRUARY
960 : Conoration of Zhao Kuangyin, as Emperor Taizu, initiating the Song dynasty (960-976), born in 927 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song
1615 : Death of Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese christian warlord while in exile in Manila http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Takayama_Ukon
1703 : In Edo, 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit Seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death (a very famous story in Japan) http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_folklore/fortysevenronin.shtml
1898 : Birth of Japanese Ito Shinsui http://www.hanga.com/bio.cfm?ID=36 http://www.hanga.com/prints.cfm?ID=36
1899 : The Philippines-American War begins http://www.filipino-americans.com/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?
url=filamwar.html http://www.answers.com/topic/philippine-american-war
1904 : Birth of Deng Yingchao, wife of Zhou Enlai, who died in July 1992 http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dyc.html
1917 : Birth of Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, president of Pakistan (March 1969-December 1971) http://presidentyahya.com/
1921 : Birth of K.R. Narayanan, Président fo India (1997-2002) who died in November 2005 http://www.indianembassy.org/special/president.htm
1922 : By « Shantung Treaty » the territory of Kiaochow (Jiaozhou) in Shantung (Shandong) is returned to China by Japan. The area had been leased by Germany in 1898, but seized by Japan at the outbreak of war in 1914. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kiaochow.html
1932 : Japan occupies Harbin (Manchuria)
1948 : Independence of Ceylan (later Sri Lanka) inside the Commonwealth
1966 : Birth of Kyoko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/koizumi_kyoko.shtml http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463592/
1967 : Because threat on their security, wive and children of Russians leave China for Soviet Union
1973 : International inspection team arrives in Vietnam to monitor the thruth signed on 27 January http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/
newsid_2528000/2528261.stm
1976 : Hua Guofeng, chosen by Mao Zedong as successor, becomes Prime Minister, replacing Zhou Enlai http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/hgf.html
1978 : Junius Richard Jayewardene becomes president of Sri Lanka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene
1978 : Hanoi proposes again border talks to Kampuchea
1998 : An earthquake in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/
newsid_2534000/2534279.stm
2004 : The father of Pakistan nuclear bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan explains to the nation that he is the only responsible for the selling of nuclear secrets to others countries and that the national authorities have nothing to do with that. He is immediately pardoned by general Musharraf. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343621.stm
Today is Sri Lanka National Day
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members EUGENE (from Japan) and KARLOM87 (From Philippines)
From all of us, have a nice birthday <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/04 16:03
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5 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 5 FEBRUARY
976 : Birth of Sanjo, the 67th Emperor of Japan (1011-1016) who died in June 1017 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sanj%C5%8D
1597 : A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirishitan
1927 : Death of Inayat Khan, Indian Sufi http://www.om-guru.com/html/saints/khan.html
1937 : Birth of Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist, who died in February 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xuan
1945 : US troop under the command of general Douglas MacArthur enter Manila starting the very bloody Battle of Manila intramuros http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_the_Liberation_of_Manila
http://67.55.49.220/backup/manila1945.html
1958 : Chen Yi becomes minister of Foreign affairs, replacing Zhou Enlai who stays Prime Minister http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Long-March/Long-March-Chen-Yi.html
1967 : Shanghai is controled by partisans of the Cultural Revolution and a People’s commune is proclaimed.
1972 : Birth of Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koriki_Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/face/archive/news/2006/
20060623p2g00m0dm017000c.html
1976 : Birth of Tony Jaa, Thai actor http://www.tonyjaa.org/biography.shtml
1976 : Birth of Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan http://www.abhishekbachchan.org/
1978 : In China, en of the first session of the 5th National Congress. Hua Guofeng is maintained as president of the CCP and as head of the government. Ye Jianying is elected President of the PRC. A new constitution is voted.
1979 : US and China declare that they will support Thailand in case of a Vietnamese attack
1989 : Birth of Christine Reyes, Filipino actress http://www.celebgallery.us/481/Christine%20Reyes.html
1997 : In China, uprising of Uyghurs in Yining (Xinjiang)
2004 : Death of Chinese poet Zang Kejia, born in October 1905 http://china.org.cn/english/culture/86460.htm
2006 : After Sam Rainsy apologized to Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy is pardoned by the king opening the way for his return from exile.
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6 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 6 FEBRUARY
1593 : Death of Ogimachi, the 106th Japanese emperor (1557-1586), born in June 1517 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_%C5%8Cgimachi
1611 : Birth of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty (1627-1644) who died by hanging himself in April 1644 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen_Emperor
1819 : Stamford Raffles gets from sultan of Johore to open a trading post on the Singapore island for the British East India Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles
1904 : After failing to get what it want from Russia in Mandchuria, Japan abruptly severes its diplomatic relations with Moscow
1922 : Signature of the Washington Naval Treaty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty
1964 : Death of Emilio Aguilnado, first president of the first republic of Philippines, born on March 1869 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/aguinaldo.html
1966 : Violent diatribe of Fidel Castro against China
1967 : Birth of Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer who died in May 2007 http://izumi-sakai.com/zard.html
1975 : Birth of Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/tomoko-kawase
1976 : Signature of a secret military treaty between China and the Democratic Kampuchea
1978 : Ranasinghe Premadasa Sri Lanka Prime Minister up to January 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa
2001 : China-Taiwan For the first time since 1949, a chinese ship makes a direct liaison from Xiamen to Kinmen (Quemoy).
2001 : Assassination of Filipino communist revolutionary and founder of the Labor Party Filemon Lagman http://www.greenleft.org.au/2001/436/26702
2005 : General elections in Thailand. Huge victory of the Thai Rak Thai of Prime Minister Shinawatra which wins 375 seats vis 96 to Democratic Party, 27 for Chart Thai and 2 to Mahachon. No one TRT member of parliament elected in the muslim southern provinces
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members PIAN (from Philippines)
From all of us haved an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/06 14:02
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7 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 7 FEBRUARY
1045 : Death of the 69th Japanese Emperor Go-Suzaku (1036-1045), born in December 1009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku
1799 : Death of Chine Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), born in 1711 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22924.htm http://www.threeemperors.org.uk/index.php?pid=19
1906 : Birth of Puyi, the last Chinese emperor (1908-1912), who died in 1967 http://www.lilicat.com/puyi.php
1925 : Birth of Liu Binyan, Chinese journalist and novelist who died in exile in December 2005 http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/liu_binyan.html http://zonaeuropa.com/20060219_3.htm
1943 : The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign
1950 : The United States and Great Britain recognize the Vietnam government of Bao Dai, and also Laos and Cambodia
1955 : Chinese Nationalists evacuate Tachen islands under the US protection
1965 : First air bombing of North Vietnam by American forces from their Air bases in Thailand
1966 : Summit in Honolulu between US president Johnson and his South Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Cao Ky http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/
newsid_2536000/2536257.stm
1967 : Chinese government says it is no more in the capacity of guarantee the security of the Soviets in Beijing
1967 : Birth of Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156522/ http://www.brns.com/pages4/cheungman1.html
1976 : After the death of Zhou Enlai, Hua Guofeng is named temporary Prime Minister. Starting of a violent campaign against “rightists”
1987 : South Korea clashes over student death http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/
newsid_2536000/2536299.stm
1992 : Birth of Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Yajima_Maimi
1995 : Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is arrested in Islamabad http://www.fas.org/irp/world/iraq/956-tni.htm
2000 : Bahria University is established through Presidential ordinance N° V by the government of Pakistan http://www.bci.edu.pk/index.aspx
2007 : In Indonesia, Irian Jaya province is renamed West Papua province
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members SHAMS777 (from Pakistan)
From all of us have an happy birthday
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8 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 8 FEBRUARY
1265 : Death of Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler who took and destroyed Bagdad in 1258, born in 1217 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan
1720 : Birth of Sakuramachi, 115th emperor of Japan (1735-1747) who died in 1750. Don’t confuse with his daughter who will be the 117 th emperor under the name og Go-Sakuramachi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sakuramachi
1903 : Birth of Tunku Abdul Rahman, First Malayan Prime Minister after independence (1957-1990) who died in December 1990 http://www.primeministersofmalaysia.net/1.php
1904 : Japan launches the war against Russia by a surprise attack on Port-Arthur, a Russian naval base in China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur
1924 : Birth of Khamtay Siphandone, president of Laos (1998-2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamtai_Siphandon
1939 : Birth of Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Maoist) in December 1968, living in exile in the Neterlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison http://www.josemariasison.org/
1962 : The US military support mission installs its HQ at Saigon.
1971 : Intervention of South Vietnamese troops against Ho Chi Minh Tracks in Cambodia
1982 : Birth of Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Takaoka_Sousuke
1993 : Death of N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lanka communist leader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Shanmugathasan
2002 : Ong Teng Cheong, president of Singapore (1993-1999), dies from cancer at 66 years old http://www.ongtengcheong.com/
2004 : Sri Lanka’s presidente Chandrika Kumaratunga, opposed to her Prime Minister Ranil Wrickramasinghe on the way to solve the Tamil question, dissolves the parliament, one year after the last elections.
2005 : E. Kausalyan, political leader of separatist LTTE for east of Sri Lanka, is killed in an ambush. The Tigers( LTTE) break off all relations with the government http://www.tamilweek.com/Kausalyan.html
2006 : Failure of the local elections organized by the king because the threats of the Maoist rebellion and the boycott of the opposition parties. Only 21 % of the electorate went to vote.
2007 : The ex independentist cadre, Erwandi Yusuf, elected in December 2006, takes officially his functions as governor of Aceh province http://www.asiasource.org/news/special_reports/acehgovernor.cfm http://www.ronyzakaria.com/photos/features/irwandi_zero_to_hero_2006/
index.html#
2007 : Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian announces that the word China or Chinese will be withdraw from all national taiwanese corporations and companies
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members SHODBEEZY (from United States) and AIJAZ (from Pakistan)
From all of us have an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/08 18:17
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9 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 9 FEBRUARY
1199 : Death of Minamoto no Yorimoto, founder and first shogun of the Kamatura shogunate, born in May 1147 http://compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/minamoto-yoritomo.html
1533 : Birth of Shimazu Yoshihisa, a samourai who was daimyo of Satsuma province who died in March 1611 http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshihisa.html
1796 : Abdication of Chinese emperor Qianlong after 60 years on the throne http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22924.htm
1856 : Birth of Hara Takashi, Prime Minister from september 1918 up to his killing in November 1921 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/172.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_Takashi
1867 : Birth of Natsume Soseki (Natsume Kinnosake), Japanese author http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/natsume.htm
1885 : The first Japanese arrives in Hawaii
1932 : Murder of Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese minister of Finance http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/235_1.html
1942 : After the Allied force defeat (see 4 February), Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1955 : The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of mutual defense with the Republic of China (Taiwan)
1956 : Failure of the negociations between Nertherlands and Indonesesia on Western New Guinea
1959 : In Thailand, Sarit Thanarat who lead a military coup in 1957, is officially named Preme Minister http://www.bookrags.com/biography/sarit-thanarat/ http://www.safran-arts.com/sarit-thanarat.html
1962 : Etablissement du Military Assistance Command in Vietnam http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/MACV.html
1979 : Birth of Zhang Ziyi http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Zhang-Ziyi.html http://imdb.com/name/nm0955471/ http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/934/Zhang_Ziyi_001.jpg
1982 : Birth of Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Suzuki http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ami/profile/index.html
1984 : Birth of Han Kyung, Sino-Korean singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/han-kyung
1989 : Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist, born in November 1928 http://tezukasite.tripod.com/bio.html http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tezuka.htm
1993 : Death of Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader, governor of Paktia
2001 : In Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, by 340 votes vis 127 is elected Prime Minister by the Lower Chamber. He will introduce his government on 12th February http://www.bangkokpost.com/election2001/thaksinprofile.html
2001 : The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentlu strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime-Maru
2006 : Death of Narida ( Farhat Ezekiel, Indian actress, born in December 1932 http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=1031
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