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ON 15 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 15, 2008
756 : Yang Guifei, concubine of emperor Xuanzong and one of the most famous women in China history, is forced to commit suicide http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/China/tales/yangguifei_b.htm
1571 : Death of Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimazu_Takahisa
1871 : Birth of Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer who died on June 1908 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/262.html
1893 : Birth of Nurul Amin, a prominent Bengali leader of Pakistan’s Muslim League, Chief Minister of East-Pakistan, Prime Minister and vice-president of Pakistan http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/A_0221.htm
1903 : Birth of Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician, who died on October 20, 1975 http://www.answers.com/topic/kumaraswami-kamaraj
1904 : The first Buddhist temple in the US is established in Los Angeles
1905 : Birth of Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 1955 to September 1956 http://pakistanweb.com/html/muhammad.htm
1913 : Birth of Noor Muhammad Taraki, Afghanistan Prime Minister (1978-1979) http://www.afghanland.com/history/taraki.html
1942 : The first supply flight from India to China over the « hump » was carried to help China’s war effort
1942 : Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader, is bayoneted to death, born on September 28, 1910 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Vinzons
1968 : Death of Cai Chusheng, Chinese film director, born on January 12, 1906 http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/directors_ccwlc.html#cai
1971 : A Sino-American communiqué announces the visit of President Nixon to China http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
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1974 : Birth of Chot Ulep, Filipino musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chot_Ulep
1975 : The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Provisional Revolutionaly Government (South Vietnam communists) ask their admission to the United Nations
1977 : Birth of Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist http://www.farazanwarfan.tk/ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Faraz_Anwar-l-en.html
1979 : Morarji Desai resigns as Indian Prime Minister http://www.boloji.com/people/04006.htm
1982 : Nguyen Co Tach announces the begining of the first Vietnamese troops withdrawal from Cambodia
1992 : Birth of Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Kusumi_Koharu http://www.chickipedia.com/koharu-kusumi/
1993 : First meeting between Nepalese Home minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Bhutanese and his Bhutanese counterpart Dago Tshring on the refugees question
2001 : In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigns as prime minister
2002 : Anti-terrorist court of Pakistan gives the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Seikh and live terms to three other suspects in murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ahmed+Omar+Saeed+Sheikh http://members.fortunecity.com/terrorgate/profile-sheikh.htm
2002 : US citizen John Walker Lindh pleads guilty supplying services to Afghanistan’s former Taliban government and for carrying explosives http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1779455.stm http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/walker/profile.html
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ON 16 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 16, 2008
1324 : Death of Go-Uda, 91st emperor of Japan (1274-1287), born on December 1267 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Uda
1683 : Chinese Qing dynasty naval force, under Admiral Shi Lang, defeats the kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands http://granitestudio.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060403_2.htm
1919 : Birth of Choi Kyu-ha, prime minister, then shortly president of South Korea (1979-1980) who died on October 22, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Kyu-ha
1935 : Death of Zheng Zhengqiu, Shanghai screenwriter, director and playwright, born in 1888 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-09/24/content_38434.htm http://www.dianying.com/en/person/ZhengZhengqiu
1936 : Birth of Yasuo Fukuda, current Japanese Prime Minister since September 26, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7006285.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_Fukuda
1960 : Soviet Union breaks off with China and calls back all its experts in China while suspending all cooperation agreements
1970 : Birth of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director http://www.scaithebathhouse.com/en/exhibition/data/
080109apichatpong_weerasethakul/
1981 : Mahathir Mohamad becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, replacing Tun Hussein Onn, until October 31, 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2059518.stm
1984 : Birth of Katrina Kaif, Indian actress http://www.katrinakaif.org/bio.html
1993 : In Cambodia, after the first elections under UN control, formation of a two-headed government, with Prince Ranariddh as First Premier and Hun Sen as Second Prime Minister
1999 : Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer, dies in a car accident. She was born on October 19, 1979 http://wapedia.mobi/en/Hiromi_Yanagihara
2001 : End of the Indo-Pakistani Agra summit between Indian Vajpayee and Pakistani Musharraf : Failure http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/agra.summit/
2001 : Chinese president Jiang Zemin and his Russian counterpart Putin sign a Treaty of Amity, the second one in history
2001 : For the first time, Aung San Suu Kyi, don’t attend the Martyrs’ Day ceremony in memory of the assassination of her father in 1947
2004 : Brunei sultan announces the restoration of the Legislative Council suspended since 1984
2004 : Retired Air Force Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki dies at age 84 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60638-2004Jul18.html
2004 : Beginning of the withdrawal of 3,600 US soldiers from South Korea to send them in Iraq
2005 : In Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, Mayor of Taipei is elected chairman of the KMT.
2005 : Death of Prince Yi Gu, born in 1931 and a claimant to the throne of Korea http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&
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ON 17 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1402 : Coronation of Yongle, third emperor of the China Song dynasty, born on 2 May 1360 and died on August 12, 1424 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Yongle.html
1531 : Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, the most powerful Japanese military commander in the Muromachi period under Ashikaga Yoshiharu shogun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_Takakuni
1881 : Birth of Xianfeng, eighth emperor of the Chinese Qing dynasty (1850-1861) who died on August 22, 1861 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/273860/Xianfeng http://www.chinapage.com/emperor/qing1209.html
1941 : Birth of Bharathi Rajaa, Indian film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707300/
1946 : Chinese communists open a drive against the Nationalist army on the Yangzijiang
1948 : Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
1956 : Birth of Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong director and screenwriter http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/wong.html http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/wongkarwai/
1960 : Birth of Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0795225/ http://www.robinshou.com/
1966 : Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam forces to defend against American air strikes
1970 : Birth of Jan Hyeong-seong (Hyun-sung), South Korean actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486994/
1973 : Afghan Premier, Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan, seizes power from his cousin and brother-in-law, the king Zahir Shah and establishes the Republic with him as president http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/daoud.html
1976 : Annexed East Timor becomes the 27th province of Indonesia
1977 : Signature of a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between Laos and Vietnam
1980 : Birth of Tokio Sasaki, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2067962/
1980 : Zenko Suzuki Prime Minister of Japan until November 1982 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenko_Suzuki
1987 : Death of Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor, born on December 28, 1934 http://shishido0.tripod.com/ishihara.html
1998 : A violent tsunami hits Papua New Guinea causing more than 2,000 dead
2001 : Beijing and Moscow sign a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation for 20 years, including Defense
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ON 18 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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715 : Death of Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian General who conquered the Singh and Punjab regions (now in Pakistan) beginning the Islamic era in South Asia, born on December 31, 695 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Qasim
1695 : Death of Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1684-1691), born on July 18, 1634
1871 : Birth of Sada Yacco, stage actress and singer, who died on December 7, 1946 http://www.derbycityprints.com/doc-details-895-people.htm http://www.h.ehime-u.ac.jp/~marx/YN/articles/Sadayacco.htm
1907 : Japan forces Korean emperor Gojong to abdicate in favor of his son Sunjong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjong_of_Korea
1909 : Birth of Muhammad Daoud Khan, first president of Afghanistan (1973-1978) http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034078328/
1944 : Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort http://www.world-war-2.info/figures/hideki-tojo.php
1947 : Birth of Wang Jin, Chinese film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910945/
1974 : Death of S.V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, born on July 3, 1918 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710036/bio http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/may2007/sv_rangarao.php
1985 : The second son of 'Ali Bhutto, Shahnawaz, dies of poisoning in an hotel room in Cannes (France) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnawaz_Bhutto http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9C0CEFD91E3FF936A1575AC0A966958260
1985 : Death of Toyoko Takechi, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847464/
1993 : Nawaz Sharif doit quitter comme PM.
1993 : In Japan, for the first time the LDP loses the majority in the Lower House
1993 : In Pakistan, to solve the political crisis between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, both resign. Wsim Sajjad becomes president by interim prior to elections (up to November)
1996 : An flag operation by Japanese extreme right militants relaunches the sovereignty dispute with China on Diaoyu islands (Senkaku for the Japanese) http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/DIAOYU.HTM
1997 : In Taiwan, the National Assembly (Legislative Yuan) pass a bill extending the power of the president and announces the end of the Taiwan provincial government
1999 : In Kashmir, after the withdrawal of the Pakistanis, end of the Indian military operations in Kargil era http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/kargil-99.htm http://www.geocities.com/thalsena/1999war.htm
2000 : Visit of Vladimir Putin in China. Common opposition to the American Theatre Missile Defence system (TMD) project
2002 : Abdul Kalam is elected president of India http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2002_July_22/
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2005 : Visit of Indian Premier Manmohan Singh to USA http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/galmanmoh.html
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ON 19 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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931 : Death of Uda, 50th emperor of Japan (887-897), born on 5 May 867 http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9074078/Uda#9674.hook
1827 : Birth of Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter, hanged by the British on April 8, 1857 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey
1868 : Death of Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, born in 1844 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souji_Okita
1894 : Birth of Khawaja Nazinuddin, second Governor-General (1948-1951) then second Prime Minister (1951-1953) who died on October 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Nazimuddin
1895 : Birth of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, who died on September 26, 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Beihong http://kaichang.typepad.com/photos/xu_beihong/index.html
1947 : Aung San, prime minister of the provisional Burmese government and six members of his cabinet are assassinated http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=719
1947 : U Razak, Burmese politician, chairman of the Burma Muslim Congress, assassinated http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=8463
1947 : The people of the Northwest Frontier Province overwhelmingly votes to join Pakistan rather than India.
1948 : The constitution of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)is adopted
1949 : By a convention between France and Laos, Laos becomes an associated state inside the French Union and becomes independent
1949 : Thailand king Bhumipol Adulyadej (Rama IX), engages the future queen Sirikit
1961 : Birth of Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620378/ http://asianmediawiki.com/Hideo_Nakata
1964 : At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnam’s premier Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam
1965 : Death in exile of Syngman Rhee, first president of South Korea, born on March 26, 1875 http://www.asiasource.org/society/syngmanrhee.cfm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/19/
newsid_2984000/2984314.stm
1972 : Secret talks between US state secretary Kissinger and North Vietnam Le Duc Tho resume in France
1972 : Birth of Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer http://www.geocities.com/naohito_fujiki_72/ http://www.jdorama.com/artiste_431.htm
1977 : United Nations Security Council gives its OK to Vietnam joining UN
1979 : In India, Morarji Desai, after a split inside Janata Party, resigns. Charan Singh becomes new Prime Minister http://www.indianetzone.com/3/morarji_desai.htm http://rrtd.nic.in/charansingh.htm
1986 : Birth of Italo-Filipina actress Alessandra de Rossi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_De_Rossi http://images.google.fr/images?q=Alessandra+de+Rossi&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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2001 : In Indonesia, president Wahid, under an impeachment threat, annouces the adjournment of the parliament and the state of urgency
2004 : In Thailand, foundation of a new opposition political party, the Mahachon (People’s Party), by dissidents from Democratic Party, led by Anek Laothamatas.
2004 : Death of Zenzo Susuki, 70th Japan’s Prime Minister (1980-1982), born January 11, 1911 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040721/ai_n12800492
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1156 / Death of the 74th Japanese emperor Toba (1107-1123), born in 1103 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/emperor-toba/
1929 - Soviet troops attempt to cross the Amur River into Manchuria near Blagoveschensk as tensions mount between the Soviet Union and the Republic of China
1929 birth of Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor, who died on July 29, 1999 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006348/ http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com/2007/12/jubilee-kumar-rajender-
kumar.html
1932 : Birth of Nam June Paik, American Korean-born artist, who died on January 29, 2006 http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/paik/
paik_top.html http://www.geocities.com/namjunepaik/
1937 : Birth of Ken Ogata, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644523/ http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ogata_Ken
1947 : Police in Burma arrest former Prime Minister U Saw and 19 others on charges of assassinating Prime Minister U Aung San and six members of his cabinet. http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9065955/U-Saw
1947 : The Dutch cancel the Linggadjati agreement signed with the Indonesian on the creation of the United States of Indonesia
1948 : In South Korea, Syngman Rhee is elected first president http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDsyngman.htm
1950 : Birth of Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Cinema/Naseer.html http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/naseeruddin_shah/
1952 : Birth of Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0559698/ http://jdorama.com/artiste.925.htm
1954 : The General Conference on Indochina declares a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel with the North under communist rule and the South under the leadership of Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/indoch/inch001.htm
1960 : In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandanaranaike is the first Asian woman to become Prime Minister http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&
sdn=womenshistory&cdn=education&tm=7&gps=200_8_1276_600&f=20&tt=14&
bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/
20/newsid_2784000/2784527.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/
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1961 : In Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew expels his opponents inside his Peaple’s Action Party
1962 : In South Vietnam, the National Liberation Front publishes its manifesto
1964 - Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1979
1971 : Birth of Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress http://www.sandraoh.com/
1973 - Vietnam War: In testimony by Assistant Secretary of Defense Jerry Friedheim to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, the US Defense Department admits it lied to US Congress about bombing Cambodia .
1975 - India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship.
1976 - Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand.
1979 : Birth of Claudine Barretto, Filipina actress http://www.geocities.com/claudinebarretto/
1989 - Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for the first time.
1999 - Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale persecution of the practice is launched.
2003 : In India, elephants used for commercial work begin wearing reflectors to avoid being hit by cars during night work
2006 : Security Council unanimously condemns the July 5 North Korean ballistic missiles tests, but with no sanctions because Chinese and Russian opposition
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ON 21 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 21, 2008
1786 : Tay Son rebellion leader Ngyuyen Hue captures the capital of Dai Viet (Vietnam), Thang Long (Hanoi)
1926 : Birth of Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general, governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahimuddin_Khan
1944 : American troops land on Guam, under Japanese occupation since December 1941, starting a battle that ended on August 10
1945 : Birth at Shanghai of Hong Kong actress Lydia Sum who died from liver cancer on February 19, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Shum
1947 : In Indonesia, Dutch troops launch the Operation Product, aiming to take control of the more useful eras of Java and Sumatra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatie_Product
1951 : Beginning of the negociations between United Nations and North Korea in the border town of Panmunjom
1953 : Birth of Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fatt
1954 : End of the Conference of Geneva on Indochina. Vietnam is cut in two eras separated by the 17th parallel. Hanoi signs but Saigon refuses http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/indoch/inch001.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/
newsid_3894000/3894175.stm
1955 : Birth of Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer http://www.artistopia.com/taco-ockerse
1956 : Birth of Asif Ali Zardani, head of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4032997.stm
1960 : In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike takes the oath as Prime Minister (up to1977) http://www.answers.com/topic/sirimavo-bandaranaike
1961 : Birth of Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer, gunned down in March 1988 http://www.dilapnapunjabi.net/artist/Amar%20Singh%20Chamkila.html
1964 : Riots in Singapore by Malays demanding the same privileges as in the other parts of the Federation of Malaysia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots
1964 : Birth of Akira Yasuda, illustrateur japonais http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1448771/
1969 : USA lifts some restrictions in its business with communist China
1972 : Death of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, king of Bhoutan since 1952 (born on May 2, 1929). Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 17 years old becomes the new kind
1977 : In China, end of the 3rd plenum du Xth Central of the CCP. Deng Xiaoping is established in all his positions
1978 : Sino-Japanese talks for a Treaty of Peace and Amity resume
1995 : Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
2001 : Death of Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor, born in 1927 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sivaji-ganesan.html http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/gallery/sg/sg026.htm
2005 : In Myanmar, Khin Nyunt sentenced to 41 years in prison. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4708435.stm
2006 : Death of Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born American actor, born on December 10, 1933 http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20060723210950987 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/23/local/me-mako23
2006 : Death of Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge leader “The Butcher”, born in 1930 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5201770.stm
2007 : For the first time since independence, 60 years ago, a woman, Pratibha Patil, is elected president of the republic http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6910097.stm
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1831 : Birth of Prince Osahito, fourth son of Japanese Emperor Ninko who will become the 121th emperor in 1846 under the name of Komei up to January 1867 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei
1907 : Birth of Zubir Said, a Singapore composer who composed the national anthem and who died on November 16, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubir_Said http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_115_2005-01-19.html
1915 : Birth of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author who died on December 11, 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaista_Suhrawardy_Ikramullah
1923 : Birth of Mukesh, Indian singer, who died on August 27, 1976 http://www.singermukesh.com/
1953 : Birth of Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151827/ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/21/
content_325175.htm
1968 : North Vietnam condemn Honolulu conference between US president Johnson and South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1982
1971 : Japanese Prime Minister Sato says he is ready to go to China if invited
1972 : Beijing invites new Japanese premier Tanaka on an official visit
1974 : Birth of Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sonjia_Kwok http://female.thedailymodel.com/sonija-kwok/
1977 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22/
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2001 : Indonesian president Wahid announces the suspension of parliament and declares state of emergency
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ON 23 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1227 : Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist master, born in 1148 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiu_Chuji
1864 : Birth of Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theorician and first prime minister http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/mabini.html
1906 : Birth of Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary, who died on February 27, 1931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar_Azad
1936 : Birth of Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary who died on May 7, 1973) http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/
Shiv_Kumar_Batalvi/index0.html
1954 : A civil British plane is shot down by chinese fighters off Haina island. Beginning of the first Taiwan crisis
1959 : In China, Beginning of Lushan Conference or Eighth plenum of the eighth Central committee to discuss the Great Leap Forward
1962 : Conference of Geneva on Laos which becomes a neutral country with the Pathet Lao taking part in the government as ceasefire becomes effective
1971 : Birth of Christopher Lee, Singaporean actor and model http://christopherleeweb.com/content/biography
1975 : Birth of Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Hyeon-ah http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Seong_Hyeon-ah.php
1975 : Birth of Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/surya-sivakumar/29331
1977 : In Sri Lanka, J.R. Jayewardene, Prime Minister (up to February 1978) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Jayawardene
1978 : Birth of Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_Sun
1988 - General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1983 : Beginning of Sri Lankan Civil War, with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In the subsequent government-organised pogrom of Black July, about 1,000 Tamils were slaughtered, some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India and many found refuge in Europe and Canada.
1986 : Birth of Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress http://www.kineda.com/ayaka-komatsu/
2001 : In Indonesia, protected by Army and Police, the National Assembly empeachs president Wahid who is replaced by Megawati Sukarnoputri. http://www.famousmuslims.com/Megawati%20Sukarnoputri.htm
2004 : Death of Mehmood, Indian actor, born on September 29, 1932 http://www.gatewayforindia.com/entertainment/mehmood.htm
2007 : Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, king of Afghanistan (1933-1973), born on October 15, 1914 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/news/obits.php
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ON 24 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 24, 2008
1129 : Death of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087), born on July 7, 1053 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/emperor-shirakawa/
1886 : Birth of Junichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist, who died on July 30, 1965) http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tanizaki.htm
1907 : Signature od a treaty between Japan and Korea which becomes a protectorate of Japan. Known as Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan-Korea_Annexation_Treaty_of_1907
1927 : Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, commits suicide at 35, born on March 1st 1892
1957 : Cambodia and PRC establish diplomatic relations
1964 : Pakistan launches the Operation Gibraltar aiming at infiltrate Pakistani soldiers into the Indian Kashmir
1965 : During the Vietnam War, 4 US F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi (North Vietnam) are the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1985
1972 : Jigme Singye Wangchuk become fourth king of Bhutan at 16 (formally crowned on June 2, 1974) http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/05/tribute-to-his-majesty-jigme-
singye.html
1979 : Birth of Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Celebrities/Story/
A1Story20080131-47570.html http://my-favorite-girls.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-girl-lee-si-
yeon.html
1991 : Government of India announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
1993 : Death of tubercolisis of Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor, born on January 22, 1957 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rene-Requiestas
1996 : In Pakistan, thirteen opposition parties of the whole spectrum of politic opinion sign a pact aiming to bring down Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
1997 : In Myanmar, death of General Saw Maung who organized the bloody military coup in 1988, born in December 1928 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E03E6D7143AF934A15754C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199707/msg00408.html
1998 : In Indonesia, seven family members of former president Suharto are expelled from the Consultative People’s Assembly by their party, the Golkar
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