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3 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 3 APRIL
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, 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?
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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
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)
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 : Birth of Nazia Hassan, first South Asian pop singer, who died on 13 August 2000 of lung cancer http://www.jazbah.org/naziah1.php
1969 : In the Vietnam War, US secretary Defense Melvin Laird announces that the USA will start to « vietnamese » the war effort
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/
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4 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 4 APRIL
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
1947 : Birth of Wiranto, Indonesian General http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiranto
1949 : Birth of Yau Shing-tung, Chinese mathematician http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9090417/Shing-Tung-Yau
1951 : Birth of Hun Sen 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 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
1971 : Beginning of a Che Guevarist uprising in Sri Lanka
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
1976 : In Beijing, on the All souls Day, violents demonstrations in honour of Zhou En Lai http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ZhouEnla.html
1987 : Secret US overture to North Korea proposing food and medical aid if Pyongyang participates in Seoul 1988 Olympic
1994 : Birth of Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risako_Sugaya http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?Display=143
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
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5 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 5 APRIL
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://www.economicexpert.com/a/Emperor:Go:Fushimi:of:Japan.htm
1609 : The damyo of the Satsuma clan in southern Kyushu, Japan, completes his successful invation of the Ryukyu kingdom in Okinawa http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/003/index2_e.html
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
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
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 renege on the Neutrality Treaty signed with Japan
1947 : Birth of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th and current president of the Philippines http://www.op.gov.ph/biography.asp
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 thr 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
1964 : In Bhutan, Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister since 1952 is assassinated
1969 : Massive anti-war demonstrations occur in many United States cities
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
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://www.maniadb.com/artist.asp?p=109169#?s=1416301&sid=/
1984 : Birth of Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress http://www.kpopmusic.co.uk/shinmina.htm
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 inflamated Indonesia, the chief editor of Indonesian Playboy is acquitted of indecence http://www.nowpublic.com/indonesian_playboy_not_indecent_court_ruling
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7 April 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 7 APRIL
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
1934 : Birth of Swami Shantananda, Hindu saint and philosopher http://www.siddhayoga.org/biographies/Sw-Shantananda.htm
1942 : Birth of Jeetendra, Indian actor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/jeetendra/10468
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://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 : 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
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
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 http://images.google.fr/images?q=Ichiro+Ozawa&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&
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2007 : Wu Poh-hsiung, 67 years old, Home Minister from 1991 to 1996, is elected chairman of Kuomintang, replacing Ma Ying-jeou who has resigned after he was indicted for corruption. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/03/30/2003354485 http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/site/Tj/ct.asp?xItem=24087&ctNode=122
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8 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 8 APRIL
563 BC : Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism, is supposed to be born that day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6861
1759 : Indian British troops chase French out of Masulipatam
1767 : In now Thailand, Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders http://www.thaiwebsites.com/ayutthaya.asp
1857 : Mangal Pandey, Indian Sepoy who launched the Sepoy mutiny is hanged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey
1894 : Death of Bankim Chandra Chatterji, Indian author, born in June 1838 http://www.ceeby.com/people/bankimchandrachatterji.cfm
1913 : Opening of China’s first parliament in Beijing
1929 : At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dadutt throw handouts and bombes to court arrest http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/sbsingh.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batukeshwar_Dutt
1934 : Birth of Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect who died on 12 October 2007 http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Kisho_Kurokawa.html
1942 : The Japanese take Bataan, the last resistance strong point in the Philippines after MacArthur received the order to withdraw
1946 : Death of Ye Ting, general of the Chinese Red Army http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Ting
1957 : In Cambodia Prince Sihanouk forms a new cabinet
1968 : End of the Battle of Khe Sanh in South Vietnam after two and half days of combat at mainy loss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khe_Sanh
1983 : Birth of Allu Argun, Indian film actor http://movies.propeller.com/story/2007/08/24/allu-arjun-biography-son-
in-law-of-chiranjeevi/
1984 : Long-March 3 rocket puts on orbit the first Chines geostationary satellite http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-51079/Long-March-3-launch-vehicle-
inside-a-test-building-at
1985 : After the Bhopal disaster, India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000 http://www.bhopal.org/whathappened.html
1986 : Birth of Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Sawajiri http://female.thedailymodel.com/erika-sawajiri/
1986 : Death of Yukoki Okada, Japanese idol singer, born on 22 August 1967 http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/yosha/suicide/Okada_Yukiko.html
1988 : Yang Shangkun président en remplacement de Li Xiannian http://www.nndb.com/people/971/000111638/
1989 : Birth of Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Takahashi_Hitomi http://www.recherche.aol.fr/aol/image?query=Hitomi%20Takahashi&
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1990 : After violent protests, king Birendra of Nepal lift a 30-year ban on political parties
1994 : After only 8 months, Morihiro Hosokawa, the first noLDP Premier of Japan, resigns un der allegations that he had accecpted an illegal loan in 1982 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041157/Hosokawa-Morihiro
2001 : Unpopular Japanese Premier Yoshiro Mori resigns. http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/5945/yoshiro-mori.htm
2003 : In India, after a stormy debate, the parliament condemns the US attack on Irak, demanding a prompt withdrawal of the coalition forces
2005 : Indonesian president Sulilo Bambang Yudhoyono on a two-day visit to East Timor.
2007 : Shintaro Ishihara is reelected for the third time reelected as governor of Tokyo http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200704/09/eng20070409_364785.html
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9 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 9 APRIL
93 : Death of Yuan An, prominent scholar, administrator and stateman of the Chinese Han dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_An
1241 : Battle of Liegnitz. Mongols armies defeat Poles and Germans http://www.historynet.com/mongol-invasions-battle-of-liegnitz.htm
1783 : Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore, India http://www.answers.com/topic/tipu-sultan
1942 : US commander on Bataan, capitulates to the Japanese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan
1942 : Japanese Navy launches air raid on Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The British aircraft HMS Hermes, and Australian warship HMAS Vampire are sunk http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/21/a4171321.shtml http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/remembering1942/vampire/index.htm
1956 : In South Vietnam, President Ngo Dinh Diem renounces to organize elections on reunification of Vietnam as planned in Geneve agreement in July 1954
1961 : Ngo Dinh Diem is reelected president of South Vietnam
1965 : India and Pakistan engage in border fighting
1973 : Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1984 : Birth of Linda Chung, Hong Kong actress and singer http://lindachung.ca/
1985 : Birth of Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer http://yamapi.hatsukoi.org/info.php
2001 : In protest, after the Japanese government approved the publication of a new history textbook minimizing the Japanese acts of violence in Asia during WWII, Seoul call back its ambassador
2001 : In Pakistan, hundreds of thousands fundamentalists get together in Peshawar to condemn USA politics in the country
2005 : During two days, 20,000 demonstrate in Beijing against the reprint of a Japanese revisionist history textbook. They attack the Japanese embassy
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10 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 10 APRIL
1883 : Birth of Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan (1929-1933), assassinated on 8 November 1933 http://www.afghan-network.net/Rulers/nadir_shah.html
1942 : In the Philippines, Bataan March begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4909
1948 : Birth of Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/jaya-bachchan/10225
1950 : Birth of Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/wada_akiko.shtml
1959 : Akihito, future emperor of Japan, weds Michiko Shoda http://www.nl.emb-japan.go.jp/government2/biography.htm
1965 : After border fighting, Pakistan and India sign a cease-fire
1971 : Sign of thaw in the relation between China and the USA, the PRC hosts the table tennis team for a weeklong visit http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive_Index/Taiwan_Relations_Act.html
1973 : Pakistan adopts its third constitution, shifting the role of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from president to prime minister http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9079077/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto?
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1986 : Benazir Bhutto retuns to Pakistan after an exile in Great-Britain http://www.benazirbhutto.org/
1995 : Death of Morarji Desai, Indian Prime Minister (March 1977 to July 1979), born in February 1904 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9030036/Morarji-Desai
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11 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 11 APRIL
1241 : Bath Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi (or Muhi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mohi http://home-4.worldonline.nl/~t543201/web-mongol/mongol-mohi.htm
1868 : The shogunate is abolished in Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogunate
1869 : Birth of Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi, who died on 22 February 1944 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/kasturba-gandhi.html
1931 : Birth of Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer http://www.geocities.com/leergutdieb/
1945 : The US troops capture Tsugen Shima, near Okinawa (Japan)
1951 : General Douglas MacArthur is relieved by President Harry S. Truman of overall command in Korea and replaced by General Ridgway http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11/
newsid_3708000/3708197.stm http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0411.html#article
1952 : Begining of the Battle of Nanri island between kuomintang and PRC forces, won by the nationalists on15 April http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nanri_island
1953 : In Korea, signature of an agreement on repatriation of prisoners of war
1955 : An Indian plane explodes near Indonesia in a Taiwan attempt to kill Chinese premier Zhou Enlai, en route to Bandung conference http://www.namebase.org/ppost07.html
1957 : End of the Singapore Constitutional Conference. Britain agrees to Singapore self-rule http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11/
newsid_2828000/2828903.stm
1968 : North Vietnam proposes Varsaw for meeting point with US representatives. Washington refuses and proposes a list of 18 cities, all refused by Hanoi
1969 : Birth of Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
1983 : Second series of indirect talks in Geneva on Afghanistan. Failure, due to the question of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan
1997 : In India, Congress Party (I) removes its support with no participation to the government of Deve Gowda of Janata who loses his majority in parliament. http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/97/0901.html
2007 : In Bangladesh, murder charges are filed against Sheikh Hasina, alleging she mastermined the killing of four supporters of a rival party in October 2006.
2007 : Kim Yong-il is appointed Prime Minister of North Korea replacing Pak Pong-ju who has been dismissed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yong-il
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12 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 12 APRIL
1868 : Birth of Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander, who died on 4 February 1988 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/222.html
1912 : Birth of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, second vice president of Indonesia, who died on 1st October 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Sultan_Hamengkubuwono_IX
1927 : Koumintang starts massacre of Communists in Shanghai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12_Incident http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-purge.htm
1932 : Birth of Lakshman Kardirgamar, Sri Lanka politician, who died on 12 August 2005 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/lakshman-kadirgamar/early-life.html
1956 : SWRD Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon up to September 1959 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9012124/SWRD-Bandaranaike
1973 : Establishment of diplomatic relations between Paris and Hanoi
1975 : In Cambodia, , evacuation of the last Americans. France recognizes the National Union Government (Khmer Rouge and prince Sihanouk)
1985 : Birth of Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Yoshizawa_Hitomi
1986 : Qiao Shi becomes vice Premier minister http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9115401/Qiao-Shi
1988 : President Hossein Mahammed Ershad lifts the Martial Law in place since November 1987
1987 : In Cambodia, Hun Sen says he is ready to meet prince Sihanouk
1991 : In Nepal, after a new constitution providing a multiparty system was adopted, Nepalese Congress Party wins general elections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_Congress
2001 : In China, the crew of the American plane kept in hostage since 1st April in Hainan island is freed
2001 : In Indonesia, President Wahid authorizes the resumption of military operations against the separatists in Aceh
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