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ON 30 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created April 30, 2008
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1063 : Death of Renzong, 4th emperor of the Song dynasty (1022-1063), born on 30 March 1010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Renzong_of_Song
1839 : Birth of Japanese painter Yoshitoshi http://www.artelino.com/articles/yoshitoshi.asp
1888 : Kuroda Kiyotaka becomes 2nd Prime Minister of Meiji era, up to 0ctober 1889 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/71.html
1947 : In Japan, victory of the conservatives in the local elections
1950 : In China, the Law on marriage is promulgated
1950 : In Japan, General Ridgway authorizes the revision of general MacArthur ordnances
1963 : In Laos, Prince Souvana Phouma breacks negotiations with Pathet Lao
1975 : Fall of Saigon. South Vietnamese Duong Van Minh surrenders to the North Vietnamese forces http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0430.html#article http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/30/
newsid_2498000/2498441.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/716609.stm
1989 : Death of Bangja (Euimin), crown princess of Korea, born on 4 November 1901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako_Nashimoto
1995 : Death of General Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar Prime Minister (1977-1988), born on 7 June 1920 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
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1999 : Cambodia is the 10th and last country to join the Association of South-East Asian Nation (ASEAN)
2002 : In Pakistan, a referendum overwhelmingly (97 % of votes) approves the presidency of General Pervez Musharraf for another five years
2004 : In Indonesia, Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected to be the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah is arrested the day of his release. Some fights between police and his followers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakar_Bashir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah
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ON 1 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 1, 2008
1703 : Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch is murdered
1852 : The Philippine peso is introduced in circulation
1898 : In the first battle of the Spanish-American war, the US Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet during the Battle of Manila Bay http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6884
1914 : Chinese president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/066/Yuan-Shikai.html
1925 : The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today the largest trade union in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-China_Federation_of_Trade_Unions
1934 : Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
1942 : Japanese occupy the city of Mandalay (Burma)
1944 : Birth of Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi http://www.skalmadi.org/
1946 : Birth of John Woo, Hong Kong director http://www.godamongdirectors.com/woo/index.shtml
1948 : The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is proclaimed by Kim Il-sung http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/kim/
1950 : In Cambodia, king Norodom Sihanouk decides to govern by himself
1955 : A Malay, Musa Ahmad, becomes chairman of the Communist Party of Malaya as Chin Peng stays as leader of the guerilla http://socialistworld.net/eng/2005/02/04malay.html
1957 : Birth of Ko Otani, Japanese composer http://www.tohokingdom.com/staff/ko_otani.htm
1960 : Formation of western Indian state of Maharashtra
1963 : In the name of United Nations, Indonesia takes control of Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya) from Netherlands
1963 : Death of Lope K Santos, Filipino writer, father of the Philippines National Language and Grammar, born on 25 September 1879 http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/santoslopek.htm
1965 : Naval Battle of Dong-Ying between Communist China and Nationalist China (Taiwan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dong-Yin
1968 : Birth of Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor http://koreanfilm.org/actors.html#sulkg
1970 : Protest erupt in Seattle and Washington, following the President Nixon decision to pursue Vietnamese communists in Cambodia
1971 : Birth of Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajith_Kumar http://movies.sulekha.com/stargallery/ajith-kumar/1.htm
1972 : In South Vietnam, North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
1975 : The Cambodian Khmer Rouge government is recognized by the United Nations
1978 : Birth of Sachie Hara, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361693/ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=17382
1993 : Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is murdered http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/5/14594_space.html
2001 : Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of a « state rebellion » hours afters thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towars the presidential palace in the height of the EDSA III rebellion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDSA_III http://www.lawphil.net/executive/proc/proc_38_2001.html
2007 : Taiwan resumes diplomatic relations with the tiny island of St Lucia
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ON 2 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 2, 2008
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1921 : Birth of Satyajit Ray, Indian director, who died on 23 April 1992 http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/introduction.htm
1926 : In India, Hindu women gain the right to seek elected office
1939 : Birth of Sumio Lijima, Japanese physicist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumio_Iijima
1946 : Beginning of the criminals of war in Japan in Tokyo
1950 : In London, opening of the conference of the Commonwealth
1952 : Birth of Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Natsuki
1956 :In a speech, for the first time, Mao Zedong use the sentence “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend” http://www.oycf.org/perspectives/17_063002/
One_Hundred_Flower_Bloom.htm
1964 : An explosion sinks the USS Card which docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship
1968 : On a Hanoi proposition, Americans and North Vietnamese agree to meet on May 10 in Paris
1961 : Signature of a cease-fire in Laos
1982 : The seven fundamentalist parties of the Afghan resistance announce their total merging in the Islamist Alliance of Afghan Mujahedeen (IAAM)
1983 : Beginning of a second Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia (10,000 men)
1987 : Birth of Nana Kitade, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Kitade_Nana
2002 : In Nepal, beginning of a royal offensive killing more than 650 communist rebels
2002 : Closing ceremony of the Cam Ranh Bay naval base where up to 10,000 Soviet troops have been based
2003 : India and Pakistan restore their diplomatic relations and air links. They also decide talks on their disputes
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ON 3 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 3, 2008
1918 : Death of Charlie Soong, Christian missionary http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/opinion/one_on_one/dgmartin-04-
18-05.shtml
1919 : Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan, launches a suprise attack against the British in India, beginning the third Anglo-Afghan war http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/betwwars/afghanwar3.html
1928 : In China, Japanese clash with the Kuomingtang troops in Jinan, during the Northern Expedition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinan_Incident
1929 : Birth of Jaharna Iman, Bangladeshi writer and political activist
1939 : The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Nataji Subhas Chandra Bose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/bose.htm
1942 : Japanese naval troops invade Tugali Island in the Solomon islands during the first part of Operation Mo, resulting in the Battle of Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United State and Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mo
1945 : Indian forces capture Rangoon, Burma, from the Japanese
1946 : The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4970
1947 : New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6886
1959 : Birth of Uma Bharati, Indian politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uma_Bharati http://images.google.fr/images?q=Uma+Bharati&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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1965 : In response to a bomb attack carried out by the South Vietnamese, Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia cuts the diplomatic relations with Washington
1967 : South Korean president is reelected by a wide margin
1969 : Death of Dr Zakir Husain, 3rd president of India, while in office since 13 May 1967, born on 8 February 1897 http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/12.html
1971 : 500,000 anti-Vietnam war protestors begin four days of demonstration in Washington DC, aiming at shutting down the nation’s capital. 13,000 are arrested
1977 : Birth of Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangagaka http://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=750
1984 : Birth of Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=291
1986 : A bomb explodes on an Air Lanka passenger jet at Colombo Airport, leaving 21 dead and 41 injurded http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3/newsid_2481000/
2481291.stm http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Nam_Sang-mi.php
2004 : Joseph Zen is the first Hong Kong’s bishop to visit China http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3681947.stm
2006 : Death of Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician, shot on 22 April by his brother, born on 30 October 1949 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4933102.stm
2007 : Death of Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician, borm on 30 January 1932 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070504a7.html
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ON 4 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 4, 2008
1506 : Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat, born in 1438 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/husayn-bayqarah/
1654 : In China, birth of Kangxi, 3rd emperor (1661-1722) of Manchu Qing dynasty http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22914.htm
1767 : Birth of Tyagaraja, composer of Indian classical Carnatic music, who died on 6 January 1847 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073969/Tyagaraja
1869 : The naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Hakodate
1883 : Birth of Wang Ching-wei (Wang Jingwei) who in 1940 will form a pro-Japanese government in Nanjing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jingwei
1918 : Birth of Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese Prime Minister, who died on 16 December 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka
1919 : In what will be called the May Fourth Movement, students demonstrate in Beijing, protesting the Treaty of Versailles which transferred German territories in China to Japan http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MayFourt.html
1930 : Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British
1942 : The Battle of Coral Sea begins by the attack by an US aircraft carrier on Japanese naval forces on Tugali Island which have been taken the day before http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/battles/coral_sea.htm
1945 : Birth of Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimhan_Ram
1954 : A trade agreement is signed between China and Japan
1961 : Birth of Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) poet
1970 : The Ohio National Guard opens fire, killing four students and wounding nine, after an university building was burnt down while students where protesting the US invasion of Cambodia http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4973
1975 : The Khmer Rouge lounch an offensive against Vitnamese islands of Phu Quoc and Tho Chu
1983 : Birth of Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Krishnan http://www.geocities.com/aneligiblebachelor/
1986 : President Babrak Karmal resigns as leader of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and is replaced by Mohammad Najibullah
2001 : General Secretary of United Nations Kofi Annan denounces the lightness of the verdict of 16 to 20 months in prison for the murderers of three UN members by Timorese in September 2000
2002 : Jafar Umar Thalib, head of Laskar Jihad is arrested after a speech in Ambon on 26 April which was followed by the attack of an Christian village, causing 13 dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1975345.stm
2005 : In the Philippines, death of Luis Taruc, who was the leader of the military resistance against the Japanese occupiers http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2005/05/06/news/
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ON 5 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created May 5, 2008
200 : Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han dynasty, born in 175 http://kongming.net/novel/kma/sunce.php
867 : Birth of Uda, 5th emperor of Japan (887-897), who died on 19 July 931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Uda
1260 : Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol empire http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046342/Kublai-Khan
1479 : Birth of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh guru, died on 14 May 1574 http://www.sikhs.org/guru3.htm
1824 : The British occupy Rangoon, the capital of Burma
1916 : Birth of Giani Zail Singh, seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987, died on 25 December 1994 http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/zail.html
1944 : In India, Gandhi is freed from prison
1945 : Six killed in Oregon by a Japanese balloon bomb http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4976
1950 : Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned king Rama IX of Thailand http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/special_event/king9/english/his.html
1955 : In Indies parliament accepts Hindu-divorce
1958 : During the VIIIth congress of the China Communist Party, Mao Zedong launches the Great Leap Forward http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/great_leap_forward.htm
1964 : Moscow condemns the « racist » politic of Beijing
1970 : US President Richard Nixon assures that US forces will leave Cambodia before the end of June. On the same date, Prince Sihanouk announces the formation of a Royal National Union government
1977 : Birth Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Kang-hee.php
1978 : Chinese leader Hua Guofeng goes to North Korea. It is the first trip abroad of the chaiman of China Communist Party since 1957
1979 : Deng Xiaoping proposes to Moscow to open talks on international relations
1985 : Birth of Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dko_Nakagawa http://wiki.theppn.org/Nakagawa_Shouko
1996 : Death of Ai Qing, Chinese poet http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9004166/Ai-Qing
1998 : In Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, demonstrations against General Suharto government
1999 : Under an United Nations frame, signature of the agreement between Indonesia and Portugal for the organization of a referendum in East Timor
1999 : Former Khmer Rouge leader known as Comrade Duch, who has surrendered, is charged with murder. He was in charge of the torture in the Tuol Sleng prison (S-21) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khang_Khek_Ieu http://www.tuolsleng.com/
2004 : Death of Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer and songwriter, born on 29 December 1959 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/anime/essentials/ritsuko_okazaki/
2006 : In Nepal, Maoist rebels accept peace talks and decree a three-month cease-fire
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ON 6 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 6, 2008
1397 : Birth of Sejong, the Great of Joseon, fourth king of Korea Joseon dynasty, who died on 18 May 1450 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon
1529 : Babur, the founder of the Mughal (Mogol) dynasty in India, defeats Mahmud Lodhi who leads an army of those disaffected with his rule at the Battle of Ghaghra http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1780518-battle-ghaghra/
1857 : The British East Indian Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose Sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of India’s Independence http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/
the_trial_of_mangal_pandey_i.html
1861 : Birth of Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter who died on 6 February 1931 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/motilal-nehru.html
1882 : US Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act which bars Chinese immigrants from the USA for 10 years http://www.reference.com/search?q=Chinese%20Exclusion%20Act
1907 : Birth of Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian who died on 29 January 1991 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/inoue.htm
1920 : Birth of Kamisese Mara, chief Minister of Fidji (1967-1970), first Prime Minister after independence (1970-1992), then president (1993-2000), who died on 18 April 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamisese_Mara
1923 : Birth of Gayani Vadhana, the elder sister of king Rama IX, who died in January 2008 http://www.soravij.com/galyani.html
1942 : On Corrigor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese
1967 : Death of Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer and young brother of Lu Xun, born on 16 January 1885 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9082374/Zhou-Zuoren
1994 : Jakarta accepts direct talks with East Timor separatists
1998 : Death of Chatichai Choonhavan, Thailand Prime Minister (1988-1991), born 25 April 1920 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9500E5DF1531F934A35756C0A96E958260
2002 : Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is freed after 19 months of house arrest
2006 : Legislative elections in Singapore. The People’s Action Party keeps 82 of the 84 seats but falls from 75,3 % to 66,6 % of the votes. The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) with 12,97 % and the Worker Party (WP) with 16,34 % get 1 seat, while the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 4,09 % has no more seat
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ON 7 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 7, 2008
1539 : Death of Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism, born on 15 April 1469 http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak1.html
1615 : Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai, born in 1567 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Sanada_Yukimura
1817 : Japanese Emperor Kokaku (from 16 December 1779) abdicates in favor of his son Emperor Ninko (crowned on 31 October) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dkaku
1861 : Birth of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel Prize http://www.ceeby.com/people/rabindranathtagore.cfm
1942 : Beginning of the two-day Battle of the Coral Sea In Solomon Islands, in which only warplanes of Japanese and US aircraft-carriers enter in action http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/
coralsea.htm
1946 : In Japan, Telecommunications Engineering (later Sony) is founded with about 20 employers
1951 : In Korea war, US General Mac Clark succeeds General Ridgway
1951 : Soviet Union asks the United States that only the countries which was on war with Japan, could participate to the peace treaty. Request non accepted by the USA
1954 : The last Chinese nationalist KMT remaining in Burma, leave the country
1954 : In Vietnam, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends after a 57-day resistance of French forces which are defeated, marking the end of French war http://www.dienbienphu.org/english/index.htm http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4981
1957 : Washington and Taipei conclude an agreement for the setting of nuclear missiles able to reach Main China
1963 : Catholic president of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem (whose elder brother is archbishop) forbids the display of Buddhist flags for the celebration on the birth of Buddha. Army fire on mob
1963 : US Marines land in Vietnam at Da-Nang
1911 : Birth of Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director, died on 28 February 1993 http://www.kaijuhq.org/directors.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393094/
1999 : In Belgrade, during the Kosovo War, 3 Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded in the bombing of the Chinese embassy hit by three US missiles http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/08/kosovo.01/ http://www.warfacts.org.yu/massacres/ambasadaphotos.html
2002 : Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines sign an agreement for fighting cross border terrorism
2002 : Greeting Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, US president George Bush promises US aid to fight Maoist guerilla
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ON 8 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1278 : Death of Emperor Duanzong, penultimate emperor of Southern Song dynasty (1276-1278), born in 1268 http://www.123exp-music.com/t/0033950265/
1641 : Death of Chinese geographer Xu Xiake, born in January 1585 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-09/02/
content_72439.htm
1895 : The Treaty of Shimonoseki imposed to China by Japan, signed on 17 April 1985 enters into force by the exchange of the instruments of ratification at Chefoo http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/documents/1895shimonoseki-
treaty.htm
1929 : Birth of Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born actress who died on 28 August 2007 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880855/
1933 : Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest of British oppression in India
1953 : French Vietnam War : General Navarre is appointed Commander-in-chief
1954 : In Geneva, beginning of the conference on Indochina (up to 21 July)
1963 : Huge Buddhist riots in Hue (South Vietnam), against the Catholic power
1964 : Beijing publishes all the letters exchanges between Soviet and Chinese communist parties and says it will no more participate at any world communist conference
1969 : The Liberation National Front delegué to Paris, suggest a « global solution » by the formation of a provisional coalition government in South Vietnam
1972 : Death of Japanese painter Ito Shinsui, born on 24 February 1898
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1972 : US President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnam ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation
1973 : Birth of Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=17621
1978 : Birth of Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean artist http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-k/section-music/pid-
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1984 : Birth of Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Universe Pageant (Indonesia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Chandrawinata http://www.nadinechandrawinata.com/
1985 : Birth of Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Mashio_Miyazaki
1995 : Death of Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng from a severe asthma attack http://www.graman.net/teresa/teng.htm
2002 : In Karachi, a bomb attack on a bus belonging to the French navy company DCN causes the death of 14 people including 9 French.
2006 : In Manila, six leftist members of Parliament who took refuge their during 71 days, go out after justice cleared them of the charge of ploting againt the president
2006 : In Thailand, the Supreme Court cancels the April 2 general elections
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ON 9 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 9, 2008
1147 : Birth of Minamoto no Yorimoto, founder and first shogun of the Kamatura shogunate who died on 9 February 1199 http://www.samurai-archives.com/mny.html
1593 : A strong Chinese action, combined with strong efforts of Korean national hero Yi Sunshin (1545-1598) forces Japanese to leave Seoul http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002286/Yi-Sun-shin
1866 : Birth of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, leader of Indian Independence Movement, who died on 19 February 1915 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/gopal-krishna-gokhale.html http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/29.html
1874 : The first horse-drawn omnibus makes its debut in the city of Mumbay, plying on two routes
1941 : Peace convention between France and Thailand
1945 : Laos surrenders to Japan and proclaims independence from France
1956 : First ascent of Manaslu mount (Nepal), the world eighth-highest mountain, by a Japanese team http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaslu
1958 : Beijing cuts its commercial and cultural links with Japan
1963 : Death of Vyner Brooke, third and final White Rajah of Sarawak (Borneo) from 1917 to 1946, born on 30 September 1874 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vyner_Brooke
1965 : The Chinese People’s Action Party (PAP) and four others political parties of the Federation of Malaysia ally in the Malaysian Solidarity Convention fighting the Malays preference in the country
1970 : 75,000 to 100,000 anti-Vietnam war protestors demonstrate in front of the White House
1972 : Birth of Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/megumi_odaka.htm
1973 : Birth of Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160876/ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2514/csm.html
1977 : Birth of Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Jeong-yoon.php
1986 : Death of sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first man who, with Sir Edmund Hillary, has reached the summit of Mount Everest
1997 : A former POW, Douglas Peterson, is appointed ambassador to Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4987
1999 : Big demonstrations in China, after the bombing of China embassy in Belgrade http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/9/newsid_2519000/
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2001 : Indonesian military warn President Abdurrahman Wahid not to dissolve the parliament in the purpose to escape impeachment procedure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdurrahman_Wahid
2003 : North Korea says it has a deterrent nuclear force as a self-defense from the US threat
2007 : Ex Malaysian prime minister says that his successor (that he has himself pick up) do not deserve to lead the country.
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