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ON 11 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 11, 2008
1156 : In Japan, the siege of Shirakawa-den begins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Shirakawa-den
1405 : Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sails for his first campaign http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html
1628 : Birth of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, famous Japanese warlord http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9072772/Tokugawa-Mitsukuni#290932.hook
1688 : Death of King Narai of Siam (1656-1688), born in 1629 http://www.simply-thai.com/Thailand_History_King_Narai_the_Great.htm
1893 : The first cultural pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto http://www.pearl-guide.com/mikimoto.shtml
1921 : After a revolt against the Chinese led by Sukhbaatar, a provistional government is formed in Outer Mongolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damdin_S%C3%BCkhbaatar
1937 : Birth of Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/16266
1947 : USA announces it sends a mission led by General Wedemeyer to China during the civil war
1950 : Birth of Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistany nuclear physicist http://www.chowk.com/writers/495
1952 : Treaty of Amity between India and the Philippines
1969 : Birth of David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tao
1975 : Birth of Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/riona_hazuki.htm
1975 : Chinese archealogists announce they have found thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb of first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi http://www.chinavista.com/travel/terracotta/warrior01.html
1976 : Invaded six month ago, East-Timor becomes the 27th province of Indonesia
1983 : Birth of Kelly Poon, Singaporian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Poon
1984 : Birth of Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&
friendid=1000016246 http://www.cinemorgue.com/hitomihyuga.html
1985 : Birth of Aki Maeda, Japanese actress http://wiki.theppn.org/Maeda_Aki http://akimaeda.free.fr/
1987 : Birth of Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol http://shige-kun.livejournal.com/683.html
1992 : Death of Deng Yingchao, widow of Zhou Enlai, born on February 4, 1904 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E0CEED61E39F931A25754C0A964958260 http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dyc.html
1995 : United States establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5171
2001 : In Cambodia, the National assembly pass a bill that authorize the trial of the former Khmer Rouge leaders
2001 : Visit of Kim Yong-nam, number 2 of North Korea to Hanoi. He is the highest leader to go to Vietnam since Kim Il-sung in 1964
2001 : With no more majority, Sri Lankan president suspends Chandrika Kumaratunga the parliament for two months and announces a referendum on a new constitution
2003 : The Lahore-Delhi bus service resume after suspension of 18 months
2004 : In Japan, renewal of half of the members of the Senate. Failure for the Liberal democratic party of PM Koizumi, but he keeps the majority thanks to his Komeito party ally
2006 : 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attack in Mumbai (India) http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/ http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/india.bombs/
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2007 : For the first time since 1971, a train cross the India-Bangladesh border with an Indian delegation to Dakha. Before, only buses where authorized
2007 : After height days of siège. The Pakistani army storm the Red Mosque in Islamibad where islamists where entrenched http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19704888/ http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.mosque/
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ON 12 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 12, 2008
1394 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshinori, 6th Japanese shogun (1429-1441) of the Ashikaga shogunate http://www.japan-101.com/history/ashikaga_yoshinori.htm
1441 : Japanese Ashikaga Yoshinori is assassinated http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshinori.htm
1918 : Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan western Hongshu, killing at least 621 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kawachi
1921 : The organized Outer Mongolian governing body request Russian aid in orfer to become independent from China
1948 : South Korea adopts its first constitution
1967 : During the Cultural Revolution, in Hong Kong, new incidents. Public buildings and police stations are attacked
1970 : Birth of Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t558.html http://www.byunghunlee.org/
1973 : Violent US air bombing on Khmer Rouge positions arounf Phnom Penh
1976 : Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia recognize the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRVN) after the merging of North and South Vietnam
2007 : In the scope of the progressive closing of North Korea Yongbyon nuclear reactor, first delivering of oil to Pyongyang
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ON 13 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 13, 2008
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1402 : Death of Chinese emperor Jianwen, born on December 5, 1377 and enthroned on June 30, 1398 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianwen_Emperor
1950 : Birth of Ma Ying-jeou, current president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou
1954 : In Geneva, the US, Great-Britain and France reach an accord on Indochina which divides Vietnam into two countries North and South along the 17th parallel, leading to the 21 July general accord
1978 : Albania drops its diplomatic relations with the People Republic of China
1981 : In New York, international conference on Cambodia, boycotted by Vietnam and Soviet Union. China opposes an Asean suggestion for a disarmament of the Khmer Rouge before elections in Cambodia
1989 : Birth of Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Michishige_Sayumi
2001 : At a huge majority, the International Olympic Comittee attributes to Beijing the organization of the 2008 Olympic Games
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ON 14 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 14, 2008
1853 : US commodore Matthew Perry lands at Kurihama (Yokosuka) and gives the shogun one letter from USA’s president asking for trade relations http://members.tripod.com/~MickMc/perry.html
1889 : Birth of Laos king Sisavang Vong (1904-1959) who died on October 29, 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vong
1897 : Birth of Plaek Pibulsonggram, twice prime minister of Thailand (1938-1944 and 1948-1957), who died on June 11, 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaek_Pibulsonggram
1908 : In Japan, second government Katsura Taro (jusqu’en août 1911) http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml
1920 : Birth of Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician who died in February 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankarrao_Chavan
1937 : Birth of Yoshiro Mori, Japanese Prime Minister from April 5, 2000 to April 26, 2001 http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/moriprofile/index_e.html
1943 : Birth of Rohana Wijeweera, founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front, in Sri Lanka, killed on 13 November 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohana_Wijeweera
1946 : Americano-Philippine agreement on US military bases in the Philippines
1964 : US military intelligence publicly charges that North Vietnamese regular army are fighting in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1966
1978 : Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Vice Premier Ieng Sary, pays a visit to Bangkok
1981 : Birth of Yomi, Japanese vocalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomi_%28vocalist%29
1984 : In a telegram to Khieu Samphan, Prince Sihanouk threatens to resign as chairman of the coalition government of Democratic Kampuchea if Khmer Rouges forces don’t stop its attacks against his National Army
1985 : Khmer Rouge announce that a future Cambodia government should be « liberal on economy and parliamentary in politics »
1987 : In Taiwan, the martial law in in force since 1949 is lift and the family links with Communist China are now authorized
1998 : Zhu Lilan, Minister of Technologies, is the first member of Beijing government to go to Taiwan for an international seminar
http://211.147.20.15/chinagov/main/whois/zhulilan.htm
2001 : First day of a three-day summit in Agra between Indian premier Vajpayee and Pakistani president Musharraf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1430367.stm
2001 : In Nepal, after the kidnapping of 71 policemen, the Nepali army is send for the first against the communist rebellion. 160 guerrillas are killed
2003 : Indonesian Fathur Rahman al-Ghozi, member of Jemaah Islamiyah, who planned deadly attacks in the Philippines, escapes from jail with the complicity of Philippine officers http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=fathur_rohman_al-
ghozi_1
2004 : Giving in the blackmail of the kidnappers of a Filipino in Iraq, Manila starts to withdraw its 51 soldiers in that country
2004 : In Cambodia, following an agreement between Funcipec and PPC parties signed on June 30, king Sihanouk reappoints Hun Sen as Premier, putting an end to an 11 months crisis. Hun gets 60 % of the members of the cabinet
2007 : North Korea closes its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, but the total end of its nuclear program has to be discussed
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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&
id=52647
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
Created on July 17, 2008
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
Created on July 18, 2008
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
Created on July 19, 2008
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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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ON 20 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 20, 2008
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/
newsid_2784000/2784527.stm
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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