ON 25 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 25, 2010

1398: Birth of Chinese emperor Xuande (1425-1435) who died on January 31, 1435
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuande

1553: Suicide of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirate_Masahide
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001119/history/parse.php3?src=nobunaga

1605: Portuguese garrison on Ambon (Now in Indonesia) surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen

1677: The Dutch East India Company (VOC) makes a treaty with Amangkurat I: VOC will help Mataram, VOC territory around Batavia will be extended eastward, VOC may establish a factory anywhere they like without any restrictions on exports or imports

1715: Death of Pu Songling, Chinese writer, born on June 5, 1640
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061785/Pu-Songling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu_Songling

1850: Death of Emperor Daoguang (1820-1850), born in September 1782
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/daoguang_en.htm

1885: Birth of Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak who died on November 11, 1971
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Brett
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sylvia-Brett

1894: Birth of Meher Baba, Indian guru who died on January 31, 1969
http://www.meherbabainformation.org/

1925: Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union are established

1926: In China, the Kuo Min Tang (Guomindang) declares war on warlords

1943: Vietminh forms Indochinese Democratic Front

1945: Birth of Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician who committed suicide on May 28, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshikatsu_Matsuoka

1948: Birth of Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Denzongpa
http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/danny_denzongpa/

1953: Birth of Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1116906/
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Young-cheol.php

1957: Nobosuke Kishi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party becomes Japanese Prime Minister (up to July 19, 1960)
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/nobusuke-kishi/

1962: India Congress Party wins elections

1968: Sonia Maino marries Rajiv Gandhi
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/ray200406240925.asp

1970: Birth of Teresa Lee, Hong Kong actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Teresa_Lee

1981: Birth of Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_Kapoor
http://www.shahidonline.net/

1982: Ven. Thich Quang Do and Thich Huyen Quang, the two most prominent figures of the "recalcitrant opposition UBCV." are arrested and exiled to separate locations

1986: Ferninand Marcos flees to Hawaii. Cory Aquino sworn as president of the Philippines up to June 1992
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/ newsid_4694000/4694530.stm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4789

1988: South Korea adopts a new constitution

1989: US president George Bush arrives in Beijing

1992: In China, the “Law on Territorial Waters and Their Contiguous Areas” is adopted by the National People’s Assembly that includes all South China Sea in Chinese territory
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/ Law_on_the_Territorial_Sea_and_the_Contiguous_Zone_of_the_Republic_of_ China

1993: Death of Mary Walter, Filipino actress, born on September 10, 1912
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Walter
http://pelikulaatbp.blogspot.com/2008/09/mary-walter.html
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1993: Kim Young-sam is sworn as first civilian president of South Korea for 23 years (up to 1998)
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/history/ kim_young_sam_administration.htm

1996: Death of Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor, born on March 22, 1940
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628955/
http://www.picsearch.com/pictures/actors/academy%20awards%20winners/ best%20supporting%20actor/haing%20s.%20ngor.html

1998: Kim Dae-jung is sworn in as president of South Korea
http://www.nndb.com/people/087/000089817/

2003: M. Roh Moo-hyun becomes president of South Korea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2535143.stm

2008: New South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak is sworn in
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B9ECCCAC-D1CE-44C8-90EB- 633DC34C34CE.htm
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/25/asia/korea.php

2008: The 22nd anniversary of the People Power movement turns into anti-Arroyo demonstrations demanding her resignation
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ADFD6CDF-724D-4085-A6D1- 428E7A3F5622.htm

2008: Death of Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, born on July 3, 1912
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna

2009: A mutiny by paramilitary border security forces erupts in a daylong gunbattle in Dakha,posing the biggest test yet to a newly elected government trying to reestablish civilian control after two years of army-backed emergency rule
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/25/asia/26banglacnd.php
http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidDate=2009-02-25&hidType=TOP

Holidays and observances

Philippines People Power Day
Inauguration day of South Korean President, every 5 years from 1988

ON 26 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 26, 2010

1887: Birth of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau India, president of UN Security Council (1950) who died on November 30, 1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=20234656

1908: Birth of Leela Majundar, Bengali writer, who died on April 5, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_Majumdar

1901: In China, two leaders of the Boxer Revolt, Chi Xiu and Xu Chengyou, are publicly beheaded

1908: Birth of Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer, who died on April 5, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_Majumdar
http://movies.bollysite.com/writer/leela-majumdar.html

1911: Birth of Taro Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist who died in January 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Okamoto
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_dave/65019195/

1924: Birth of Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89), who died on June 19, 2000
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Takeshit.html

1936: Attempted coup d’état by the ultranationalist Kodo-ha faction of the Imperial Japanese Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_26_Incident

1956: Birth of Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/kuwatak.html
http://wiki.theppn.org/Keisuke_Kuwata

1958: Death of Japanese painter Yokoyama Taikan, born in November 1868
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokoyama_Taikan
http://ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/346.html?c=15
http://www.chitralekha.org/yokoyama.htm

1965: The first contingent of South Korean troops arrives in Saigon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1693

1966: Death of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer, born in May 1883
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/vds.htm

1968: Allied troops who had recaptured the imperial capital of Hue from the North Vietnamese during the Tet Offensive discover the first mass graves in Hue
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1692

1969: Birth of Wang Dan, one of the students leaders in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/cnn25.wang.tan/index.html

1969: Birth of Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
http://sakimoto.cocoebiz.com/index.shtml

1973: Opening at Paris of the International Conference on Vietnam

1979: Birth of Ngo Thanh Van, Vietnamese dancer, singer, actress and model

1980: Birth of Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/fong_lik_sun.htm

1982: Birth of Song Hye Kyo, South Korea’s model and actress
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Song_Hye-kyo.php
http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/06/23/song-hye-kyo-picture-gallery-1/

1982: Death of Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese film director, born on January 1, 1896
http://www.answers.com/topic/teinosuke-kinugasa

1985: Birth of Miki Fujimoto, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Fujimoto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylkqeHbUKg

1986: Birth of Crytal Kay, Japanese singer
http://wiki.theppn.org/Crystal_Kay

1993: World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/26/ newsid_2516000/2516469.stm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4792

2001: The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan
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2003: Goh Kun is elected South Korean PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2800257.stm

2004: Death of Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician born in July 1920
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/521502.cms

2008: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, performs a landmark concert in North Korea
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/642F66F5-D51D-4A3C-8574- B98167276EF1.htm

ON 27 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 27, 2010

1626: Yuan Chonghuan is appointed governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory at Ningyuan against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ningyuan

1712: Death of Bahadur Shah 1, Mughal emperor, born in October 1643
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P065
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1876: Signature of the Treaty of Ganghwa or Korea-Japanese Treaty of Amity, opening Korea to Japanese trade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ganghwa

1908: Birth of Kazuo Hasegawa, Japanese actor
http://www.answers.com/topic/kazuo-hasegawa?cat=entertainment

1912: Birth of Kusumagraj, Indian writer who died on March 10, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusumagraj

1931: Chandrashekhar Azad, Indian heroe born on July 23, 1906, surrunded by police, kills himself
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/chandrashekhar-azad.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar_Azad

1939: Birth of Kenzo Takada, Japanese fashion designer
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/takada_kenzo.shtml

1942: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied (ABDA) strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/battles/java_sea.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1695

1950: Chiang Kai-shek is elected President of Nationalist China

1955: Elections in Japan, confirming the defeat of Shigeru Yoshida clique
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshida_Shigeru

1957: Mao’s speech « On the correct handling of contradiction among people » launching the « One hundred flowers movement »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign

1962: Two pilots bomb the Independence Palace of Vietnam’s president Ngo Dinh Diem. In this action, the first US is killed in Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1694

1965: Birth of Maggie Siu, Hong Kong actress
http://www.geocities.com/maggiesiu99/
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/siu_maggie.htm

1965: In a White Paper, Washington accuses Hanoi of leading against Saigon an aggression so real as the one of an invasion army.


1977: Birth of Ji Sung, South Korean actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Sung
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ji_Sung

1987: Birth of Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese model
http://www.babebio.com/babe/mayuko_iwasa/

1991: General election in Bangladesh, won by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Khaleda Zia

1996: Satoshi Tajiri creates the hit media franchise Pokemon http://www.pokezam.com/pokemon/stajiri.php

2002: A train carrying Hindu nationalist pilgrims is attacked at Godhra (Gujarat) causing 59 victims. In the following days, violence between Muslims and Hindus will cause 540 deaths. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/27/ newsid_4168000/4168073.stm

2004: Death of Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian born in January 1928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiko_Amino

2004 : A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines worst terrorist attack kills 116.

2007: A suicide bomber strikes Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, who is rushed to a bomb shelter. (Twenty-three people are killed)

2009: A monk carrying a Tibetan national flag and shouting slogans sets himself on fire in south-central China and then shot at by police
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=14606&size=A.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/monk/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7916544.stm
http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090309-you-wont-see-photo- chinese-web

ON 28 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on February 28, 2010

202 BC: Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty’s rule over China
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/ content_22859.htm

1570: Anti-Portuguese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas

1884: Death, in Jail of Ver Surendra Sai, Indian Fighter, born on January 23, 1809
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surendra_Sai

1911: Birth of Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet who died in March 1946

1916: Birth of Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician, assassinated on November 14, 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Climaco
http://www.lazamboangatimes.com/cesar_climaco_latest001.html

1919: Amanullah Khan, born in June 1892, becomes King of Afghanistan up to January 1929. He died in exile in April 1960
http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/amanullahkhan.htm

1939: Japanese troops take Hainan island

1939: Birth of Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese born physicist, Nobel laureate
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1998/tsui- autobio.html

1942: Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies

1944: Birth of Win Aung, Burmese politician and diplomat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_Aung

1946: Sino-French agreement signed at Chungking provides for the withdrawal of Chinese troops from northern Indochina. France gives back to China Kouang-Tcheou Wan (Guangzhou Wan) or Fort Bayard, in South China that it got on lease since May 27, 1898
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangchowan

1947: Anti-Kuomintang’s administration demonstration on Taiwan (228 Incident). Civil disorder is put down at a loss of 30,000 civilian lives
http://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm

1950: Thailand officially recognized the Bao Dai government in Vietnam on this date. Foreign Minister Phot Sarasin resigned in protest

1952: Agreement between the USA and Japan on the deployment of US forces in Japan

1956: Death of Elpidio Quirino, 6th president of the Philippines (1948-1953), born on November 16, 1890
http://www.angelfire.com/on/philpres/quirino.html

1957: U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma for the second time, up to October 1958
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/u-nu/

1963: Death of Rajendra Prasad, first president of India (1950-1962), born on December 3, 1884
http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/10.html

1965: Birth of Park Gok-ji, South Korean film editor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Gok-ji
http://www.asiandb.com/browse/people_detail.php?code=1478

1971: Birth of Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
http://squarehaven.com/people/Junya-Nakano/
http://ocremix.org/artist/108/junya-nakano

1972: End of the visit of President Nixon in China. Signature of the Shanghai Communiqué
http://www.china.org.cn/english/china-us/26012.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Communiqu%C3%A9

1972: Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato says that Taiwan belongs to China
http://www.jakvydelat.com/eisaku-sato/

1974: Taiwan police shoots into crowd

1981: Beijing throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan

1985: In Pakistan, second day for the elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies (on February 25 and 28, respectively). The voters turned to the polls in large numbers
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A108&Pg=1

1989: Birth of Zhang Liyin, Chinese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Liyin
http://community.livejournal.com/zhangliyin

1991: Khaleda Zia becomes prime minister of Bangladesh, the first woman ever to hold that post (up to June 1996. Zia is the widow of Bangladesh's former President Ziaur Rahman (known as Zia), who was assassinated in 1981

1993: Death of Japanese film director Ishiro Honda, born on 7 May 1911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishiro_Honda

1998: Kim Dae-jung becomes president of South Korea up to February 2003
http://www.hosted-webs.com/daejong/

2001: China ratifies the International Convention on the Economic, Social and Cultural rights, except the article 8, paragraph 1-a on trade unions freedom
http://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg/gjs/gjzzyhy/2594/2598/t15168.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights

2002: Despite a very low rating, Tung Chee-hwa is reelected as head of Hong Kong by 80 % of the electoral body
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2002: At least 55 are killed in Ahmadabad, India, when Hindus burn Muslim homes

2004: Over 1 million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-hand rally, forming a 500-kilometre long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/228_Hand-in-Hand_Rally

2008: After 17 months in exile, ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand and is arrested
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5C72F9F1-89C1-48EB-8CF9- 1023CA55B427.htm

Holidays and observances

Taiwan: Peace Memorial Day, the day of commemorating the 228 Incident

ON 1 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 1, 2010

772: Birth of Bai Juyi, Chinese poet and governor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Juyi

1260: Hulagu Khan, grandson of Ghensis, conquerors Damascus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan

1683 : Birth of Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th dalai lama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsangyang_Gyatso,_6th_Dalai_Lama
http://www.friendsoftibet.org/main/songs.html

1776: The Treaty of Purandar (or Treaty of Purandhar) is signed by the peshwa of the Maratha people and the supreme government of the British East India Company in Calcutta. Based on the terms of the accord, the British are able to secure Salsette
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483775/Treaty-of-Purandhar

1796: After the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was a financial wreck, and after vain attempts by the provincial States of Holland and Zeeland to reorganize it, is nationalized by the new Batavian Republic.
http://dutch-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/ dutch_east_india_company

1886: The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Chinese_School

1889: Birth of Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher who died in December 1960
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/watsuji-tetsuro/
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1892 : Birth of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer, who died at 35 in July 1927
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ryunosuke_Akutagawa.aspx
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/ryunosuke-akutagawa/

1914: The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union

1919: March 1st Movement begins in Korea (Samil Undong) proclaims independence from Japan
http://www.korea.net/News/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20070228038& part=112&SearchDay=

1932 : Pu Yi is installed by the Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo under the reign title of Datong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi

1934: Pu Yi is crowned as Emperor Kangde of Manchukuo
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=67

1941: Birth of Joo Hyun, South Korean actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Joo_Hyun

1942: Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java

1942: The Battle of Java Sea started on 27 February ends. US suffers a major naval defeat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Java_Sea

1944: Birth of Anil Biswas, Indian communist politician, Who died in March 2006
http://www.anilbiswas.info/

1947: Chinese Premier T.V. Soong resigns
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068719/TV-Soong

1948: Withdrawal of the last British forces from India

1949: Indonesian separatists seize Yogyakarta from the Dutch

1956: Prince Sihanouk becomes again Prime Minister of Cambodia for three weeks

1958: Birth of Japanese conductor Chosei Komatsu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosei_Komatsu

1962: Pakistan, under Ayub Khan, has a new constitution that set up a presidential system of government

1971: Pakistani President Yahya Khan postpones indefinitely the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan

1972: The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province

1979: The United States and the People's Republic of China formally establish embassies in Beijing and Washington, DC.

1983: China suggest a five-point peace plan for Cambodia

2001: India is the second country, after China, to have a 1-billion population

2002: US invasion of Afghanistan : operation Anaconda begins in Eastern Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda

2003: Four North Korean fighters surround an US spy plane, during 23 minutes, 240 km far from Japanese coasts in Yellow sea. First such incident since 1963

2003: Suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2811855.stm

2008: After an agreement with Laos, Thailand begins the deportation of around 8,000 Hmong asylum seekers
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EF395A4C-A386-4501-8741- 18E39DEB970B.htm

Holidays and observances

Korea: Independence Movement Day

ON MARCH 2 IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 2, 2010

1074: Death of the Japanese regent Yorimichi Fujiwara, born in 992
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9035597/Fujiwara-Yorimichi

1815: Signature of the Kandyan Convention by British invaders and the king Sri Wichrema Rajasinghe of Kandyan kingdom
http://sundaytimes.lk/080302/KandyTimes/kandytimes_0025.html

1885: Battle of Hoa Moc, the most fiercely-fought action of the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). At heavy cost, 1st Brigade of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps defeat forces of the Black Flag and Yunnan Armies blocking the way to the besieged French post of Tuyen Quang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hoa_Moc

1919: Death of Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero, born on January 6, 1812
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Melchora_Aquino
http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/ch_category.php?category=heroes& name=Melchora%20Aquino&table=ch_heroes&startpage=16&endpage=30

1925: Japan adopts universal suffrage for men (law will be promulgated on May 5)

1943: U.S. and Australian land-based planes begin an offensive against a convoy of Japanese ships in the Bismarck Sea, in the western Pacific.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea

1946: Ananda Mahidol becomes king of Siam Rama VIII (Officially from March 1935 through his assassination on June 9, 1946)
http://www.hotel-club-thailand.com/chakri/rama_viii.htm

1946 : The first session of the DRV National Assembly elects Ho Chi Minh as president of the and asks him to form a government
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNhochiminh.htm

1949: Death of Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter
http://www.ceeby.com/people/sarojininaidu.cfm

1950: Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian, born in 1932, is executed by the British
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosli_Dhobi

1955: King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, prince Norodom Suramarit, in order to really participate in the political arena

1955: Birth of Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3504237.stm

1961: In Pakistan adoption of the Muslim Family Law under which unmitigated polygamy is abolished and consent of the current wife is made mandatory for a second marriage

1962: beginning of The Voice of Thailand People, a communist radio station based in China

1962: Birth of Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morioka_Hiroyuki

1962: In a coup d’état, Burmese general Ne Win seizes the power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_Win

1963: Border treaty between China and Pakistan

1965: Following an attack on a US Marine barrack at Pleiku (South Vietnam) the USA launched the Rolling Thunder operation by bombing North Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder

1969: Soviet Union and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River (Around 70 die)
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1971/jul- aug/marks.html

1972: Death of Japanese painter Kaburaki Kiyokata, born on August 31, 1878
http://www.adachi-museum.or.jp/e/c_kiyokata.html
http://www.ohmigallery.com/DB/ItemDetail.asp?item=8749
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2385418
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1974: The new constitution of Burma is proclaimed and the official name of the state is the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. It ends the twelve-year rule of the Revolutionary Council which had been formed by the army after the March 2 coup of 1962

1988: Birth of Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1717757/
http://girls.bembang.com/nadinesamonte

1991: Ranjan Wijeratne, Deputy Defense Minister, is assassinated by Tamil rebels
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/ newsid_4201000/4201675.stm

1991: Al-Zulfikar organization, led by Murtaza, son of Ali Bhutto, hidjack a Pakistani airplane. On dead

2005: Indonesian Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected to be the spiritual leader of Islamist movement Jamah Islamiya, is condemned to 2 years and half in jail for having approved the Bali attack (202 dead)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2339693.stm

2007: In reply to a US congress resolution asking to the Japanese government to solve the problem of the « confort women », Prime Minister said that nothing prove that they were forced in prostitution.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jul/31/usa.japan

2009: Military officials from North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command held their first high-level talks in nearly seven years
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/nkorea.talks/ index.html

ON 3 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 3, 2010

78: Origin of Saka era in India
http://sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13348235

705: End of the Second Zhou Dynasty established by Empress Wu Zetian on October 16, 690

1301: Go-Nijo is enthroned as the 94th Emperor of Japan (up to 1308)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nij%C5%8D

1575: Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073707/Battle-of-Tukaroi

1707: Death of Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (1658-1707)
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Mughals/Aurang.html

1833: According to Akilahiratu Ammananai, Ayya Vaikundar arises from the sea as avatar of Narayana at Thiruchendur (Tamil Nadu state of India)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Vaikundar

1839: Birth of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Indian industrialist who died in May 1904
http://www.ceeby.com/people/jntata.cfm

1857: Under the pretext of the killing of the French missionary Auguste Chapdelaine, France and the United Kingdom declare war on China (Second Opium War)
http://www.stjohn-catholic.org/Saints/02%20-%20February/Month/27% 20auguste_chapdelaine.htm

1865: Opening of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)

1880: Birth of Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (1940-1941) who died on June 26, 1946
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWmatsuoka.htm

1909: Birth of Yuan Muzhi, Chinese actor and director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Muzhi
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1918: Birth of San Yu, Burmese general and president of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma from 9 November 1981 to 27 July 1988 and died on 30 January 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Yu

1924: Birth of Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MurayamaT.html

1927: In China, workers, led by Zhou Enlai, launch an armed uprising in Shanghai, taking all the town except for the international settlement

1936: Koki Hirota becomes Japan’s Prime Minister, up to February 1937
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hirota-K.html

1939: In Bombay (Mumbai), Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India

1942: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people

1951: Indonesia signs a Friendship treaty with India

1951: Birth of Heizo Takenaka, Japanese economist and retired politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiz%C5%8D_Takenaka

1955: The Mutual Defense Treaty between the USA and the RoC (Taiwan), signed on 2 December 1954, enters into force by the exchange of instruments of ratification at Taipei
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/mutual01.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-American_Mutual_Defense_Treaty

1971: Indira Gandhi wins the fifth Indian general elections

1971: Beginning of the no-cooperation of the East Pakistan population

1974: Birth of Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV presenter and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Malai_Ali
http://www.vindia.com/vjzone/paula.html

1978: Birth of Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seomoon_Tak
http://www.maniadb.com/artist.asp?p=105407&o=c

1981: Birth of Eugene Kim (Kim Yoo-Jin), korean actress and singer
http://women.stareastasia.com/eugene-kim/

1981: Birth of Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung_Yu_Ri
http://www.ampedasia.com/forums/sung-yuri-t-5476.html

1983: Birth of Akiko Yoshizawa, Japanese adult video model
http://fhg.javmodel.com/akiho_yoshizawa/index.php

1997: Arrival to Kaohsiung of the first ship coming directly from Xiamen, Main China. According to the international rules, it displays the Taiwanese flag while entering in the harbor

1998: In Cambodia, Sam Rainsy, who founded the Khmer National Party (KNP), renames it Sam Rainsy Party, because his name is more famous than the one of his party

1998: In spite of the opposition of the parliament, Kim Jong-pil, leader of the rightist Liberal Democratic Party, is appointed South Korean Prime Minister, according to a deal with Kim Dae-jung before the election

2001: A bomb destroys a plane of Thai Airways on which Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was to embark.

2005: Pyongyang said it is no more committed to the moratorium on its tests of long range missiles as announced in September 1999

2006: After more than two years, the two Koreas resume their military talks at the highest level than ever

2009: Eight Pakistanis are killed and up to six Sri Lankan cricket players wounded by armed men in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/20093342556242789.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7921430.stm

Holidays and observances

Hina matsuri (Dolls Festival) - Japanese celebration day for girls.

ON 4 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 4, 2010

1238: The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdalduring the Mongol invasion of Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sit_River

1351: Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490521/Ramathibodi-I

1602: Birth of Kano Tanyu, Japanese painter
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311255/Kano-Tanyu
http://www.japanese-arts.net/painting/schools_kano_tanyu.htm

1621: Jakarta, in Java, is renamed Batavia by the Dutch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia%2C_Dutch_East_Indies#History

1878: Birth of Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist who committed in June 1923
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/228.html
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/arishima-takeo-dlb/

1894: Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed

1904: During the Russo-Japanese war, Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops
http://cnparm.home.texas.net/Wars/RusJp/RusJp02.htm

1919: Birth of Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian politician who died on October 14, 1996
http://www.viweb.freehosting.net/TanCK.htm

1922: Birth of Dina Pathak, Gujarati theatre and film actress who died October 11, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Pathak
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1931: Mahatma Gandhi signs an agreement with the viceroy of India for the release of political prisoners and that salt could be freely used by the most lower casts of the population

1938: Birth of Anton Balasingham, the « foreign minister » of the Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka, who died on December 14, 2006
http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/249

1943: End of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.http://kalapanapundit.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2-4-1943-battle-of- bismarck-sea.html
http://www.historicwings.com/features99/bismarcksea/history01.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVLV67xILI4

1946: Lord Mountbatten deactivates Indochina as a territory under Allied Southeast Asia Command and transfers all control to the French authorities

1951: Birth of Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Yamamoto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGKYEctzmJE&feature=related

1952: China accuses the USA to use bacteriological war in the war of Korea

1956: Elections for the first National Assembly of South Vietnam since the abolition of the monarchy. Election results announced, with 90 of the 123 seats won by Diem favored candidates

1961: Birth of Mahito Oba, Japanese voice actor and narrator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahito_%C5%8Cba

1965: Birth of Khaled Hosseini, Afghan author and physician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Hosseini

1969: Birth of Annie Shizuka Inoh, Taiwanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Shizuka_Inoh
http://www.annieyi.org/

1975: Birth of Ren Quan, Chinese actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ren_Quan

1976: Birth of Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-Eun
http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1882
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Jeong-eun.php

1980: Birth of South Korea actress Jung Da-bin who committed suicide in February 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Da_Bin
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t114825.html

1980: Five of the six main resistance movements ally in an Alliance for Liberation of Afghanistan

1981: Birth of Carol Banawa, Filipina singer and celebrity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Banawa
http://www.worldidols.net/523/Carol%20Banawa.html

1981: Death of Torin Thatcher, Indian actor, born on January 15, 1905
http://torinthatcher.tripod.com/torinthatcher/torinthatcher.htm

1984: Birth of Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Iwamura
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1178639/

1986: Birth of Park Min Young, South Korean model and actress
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=428255
http://www.koreanmovie.com/Park_Min_young_ka2361/

2000: After new 1997 amendment of the Thai constitution, first election of the 200 senators

1998: While Beijing forbids countries having diplomatic relations with the PRC to have political relations with Taipeh, vice-president Lien Chan arrives in Kuala Lumpur for a « private visit »

2003: A bomb attack, by Abu Fayyaf group, in the Davao (Mindanao) airport causes 20 people dead and 170 wounded

2004: Wang Youcai, activist in 1989 Tiananmen movement, condemned in 1998 to eleven years in jail as the founder of Democratic Party of China is freed and send to the USA.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/humanrights/ Wang_Youcai_Released.html
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C03E1D6103FF936A35750C0A9629C8B63

2008: China announces another 17,6 % hike in its 2008 military budget
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/ article_1393903.php/ China_hikes_military_budget_again_blasts_US_report__2nd_Roundup_

2009: Ten former soldiers convicted of being involved in the Philippines' most prominent assassination case have been released from prison after more than two decades
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-04-voa14.cfm

2009: China says it will increase military spending by a "modest" 14.9% this year to 480.6bn yuan ($70.2bn; £50bn)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7922699.stm

ON 5 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 5, 2010

1160: Taira no Kiyomori wipe out the Minamoto ending the Heiji rebellion
http://www.japan-101.com/history/minamoto_no_yoshitomo.htm

1611: Death of Shimazu Yoshihisa, a samurai, daimo of Satsuma province, born in February 1533
http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshihisa.html

1663: Go-Sai, 111th Japanese Emperor abdicates. He will die in March 1685
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai

1776: Death of Yeongjo, 21st of Korean Joseon dynasty’s ruler, born in September 1694
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Yeongjo_of_Joseon

1824: The British officially declare war on Burma (First Burmanese War)
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1burmese.htm

1886: Birth of Dong Biwu, hight-ranking member of the Communist Party of China who died in April 1975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Biwu
http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Dong_Biwu%7C2507

1898: Birth of Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek who died in October 2003
http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/chiang.html
http://www.magiccarpetjournals.com/Madame-Chiang.htm
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068721/Soong-Mei-ling? source=ONTHISDAY

1898: Birth of Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier from 1949 to 1976
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDenlai.htm
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/zhou-enlai/

1909: Birth of Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian Prime Minister (1945-1947), who died on April 9, 1966
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068055/Sutan-Sjahrir?refresh=Y

1931: Signature of the Gandhi–Irwin Pact, a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi%E2%80%93Irwin_Pact

1932 : The Japanese occupy Harbin in Manchuria

1940: Death of Cai Yuanpei (Tsai Yuan-pei), Chinese educator who was the first president of the Academia Sinica, born in January 1868
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72166218

1942: The Japanese enter in Batavia, the capital of Dutch Indies

1943: Japanese wipe out the Anti-Japanese People’s Army in the Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines

1944: First US bombing on Haiphong (Vietnam)

1947: Mr. Emile Bollaert is named as the replacement for Admiral Thierry d’Argenlieu as French High Commissioner for Indochina

1949: The Jharkland Party is founded in India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand_Party

1958: Pyongyang suggests a total withdraw of foreign forces from the two Koreas

1958: The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is founded is established in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxi

1964: Ceylan (now Sri Lanka) declares emergency due to unrest

1964: The Joint Chiefs of Staff order a U.S. Air Force air commando training advisory team to Thailand to train Lao pilots in counterinsurgency tactics.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1710

1965 : Death of Chen Cheng, Chinese politician and military leader, born on January 4, 1897)
http://viswiki.com/en/Chen_Cheng
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1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/5/ newsid_2515000/2515321.stm

1966: Birth of Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aasif_Mandvi
http://aasifmandvi.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sdMsimS-Y8

1970: Birth of Yuu Watase, Japanese manga author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuu_Watase
http://mangaart.com/watase/

1978: In China, end of the first session of the 5th National Congress. Hua Guofeng is maintained as president of the CCP and as head of the government. A new constitution is voted.


1978: Ye Jianying becomes president of the PRC, replacing Zhu De
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/yejianying.shtml
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDzhu.htm

1979 : China starts the withdraw of its invasion troops from Vietnam

1981: Birth of Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugo_Oshinari
http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.1731.htm

1985: The Vietnamese delegate to United Nations, Huang Bich Son, declares that the possibility of a second Chinese invasion is more and more likely

1985: Birth of Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Matsuyama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWnmFqju1eQ

1986: The president of the Philippines Cory Aquino frees the communist leaders José-Maria Sison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison and Bernabe Buscayno
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9B0DE2DA153CF930A35756C0A961948260

1988: Riot during a religious ceremony in Lhasa causing around 50 people dead. 600 people died in the 1987-1988 unrests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5laC0_eb9c&feature=related

1989: Beginning of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFsuuUWiFQM

2001: In Malaysia, Ezam Mohamed Noor, ex secretary of Anwar Ibrahim, and leader of the Youth wing of the National Justice Party (Keadilan National) is arrested
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA28/001/2001/en
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/1420739.stm
http://www.anwaribrahim.com/inner.asp?z=14

2004: Death of Zang Kejia, Chinese poet, born in October 1905
http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/zangkj.html

ON 6 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 6, 2010

1508: Birth of Humayun, second Mughal emperor who died on January 26, 1556
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P054

1615: Death of Pieter Both in a tempest, first General Governor of the Dutch Indies, born in 1568
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/439609
http://www.speedylook.com/Pieter_Both.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015856/Pieter-Both

1775: Raghunathrao, unwilling to give up his position of power, sought help from the British at Bombay and signes the Treaty of Surat. According to the treaty, Raghunathrao cedes the territories of Salsette and Bassein to the British, along with part of the revenues from Surat and Bharuch districts. In return, the British promised to provide Raghunathrao with 2,500 soldiers
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Treaty_of_Surat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7mmEy2gzjo

1898: China leases to Germany, for 99 years, the city of Qingdao and several mining deposits
http://www.qingdaochina.org/english/Survey/em1_1.htm

1903: Birth of Empress consort Kojun of Japan (1926-1989), wife of Emperor Showa, who died on June 16, 2000
http://en.allexperts.com/e/e/em/empress_kojun.htm
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Empress_K%C5%8Djun

1909: Birth of the Japanese novelist Ooka Shohei who died on December 25, 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei_%C5%8Coka

1915 : Birth of Taranath Rao, Indian musician who died in 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranath_Rao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1yO-hjgd4

1929: Birth of Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State (1970-1983)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9D0CEEDA1238F937A25756C0A967958260

1936: Birth of Choummaly Sayasone, president of Laos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choummaly_Sayasone

1943: In Dutch Indies, Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers

1946: Ho Chi Minh and French negociator Sainteny sign an agreement. France recognizes the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as an independent country inside the Indo-Chinese Federation of the French Union. French forces are maintained in Tonkin
http://www.vietnamgear.com/March6agreement.aspx

1947: Birth of Miyamoto Teru, Japanese author
http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/miyamotot.html

1947: Loi Tek is expelled from Communist Party of Malaya and replaced by Chin Peng
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Teck
http://www.asiawind.com/pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg00477.html

1948: The government of the Philippines bans the Anti-Japanese People Army (Huk)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukbalahap

1949: Birth of Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani Prime Minister (2004-2007)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3941185.stm
http://www.despardes.com/FEATURES/jun04/who-is-shaukat-aziz-jun28.htm

1950 : Thailand and Indonesia establish diplomatic relations

1955: U Nu, Burmese Prime Minister starts a travel to Thailand, India, Israel, Yugoslavia, Great-Britain and USA

1960: Under the 1945 revolutionary constitution, the president of Indonesia was empowered to suspend parliament, and President Sukarno does it so on this date to end opposition to his "Guided Democracy" program

1962: An agreement is signed between Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman and U.S. representative Dean Rusk for the United States to assist Thailand in its defense against communist aggression

1970: American President Richard Nixon admits that the U.S. had been bombing Laos for the past six years as part of a campaign to attack Communist supply routes into South Vietnam

1965 : US Pentagone announces that the 3500 first American ground forces will be send to Vietnam for fighting the communists guerilla
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1712

1981: Birth of Miz (Mizuki Watanabe),Japanese rock singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miz
http://www.mizrock.com/

1985: Birth of Hikaru Wakana, Japanese porn actress
http://www.hikaruwakana.com/
http://jgalz.net/0126_Soara/b74aac1c.htm

1990: In Afghanistan, an attempted coup to remove President Najibullah from office fails.

1991: In India Congress Party withdraw its support to Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9022396/Chandra-Shekhar

1992: Birth of Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momoko_Tsugunaga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VH7e9l8vU

1999: Arrest of Ta Mok, last Khmer rouge leader who has not joined the government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok

2009: Death of Francis Magalona, Filipino media artist and photographer.born on October4, 1964)
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151644/Francis-Magalona-succumbs-to- cancer-he-was-44
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Magalona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCl_y13dycY

2009: Police in Thailand arrest the editor of a leading political website, on charges of carrying content that threatens national security. The Bangkok-based Prachatai website is well-known for carrying content that Thai newspapers will not publish
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7928159.stm