20 OCTOBER 2007
20 OCTOBER 1967 : DEATH OF SHIGERU YOSHIDA
Yoshida was a diplomat and two times Prime Minister of Japan. He was the one who on 8 September 1951, signed the San Francisco Peace Treaty (see this date)
The illegitimate son of a samourai and a geisha, he studied political sciences and became a diplomat. He has been vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, then ambassador to Italy and Great Britain. In 1944, we was jailed for his pacifist positions.
But, after the war, he was Prime Minister two times, doing a lot to develop Japanese economy ans establishing closed relations with the United States.
He died on 20 october 1967, 89 years old.
See one of his biography http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Yoshida.html
OTHER FACTS
1928 : Birth of Zhu Rongji, Chinese Prime Minister (1998-2003)
1934 : Birth of Mikito Empress, wife othe reigning emperor Akihito
1935 : End of the Long March. Mao Zedong arrives to Yenan
1951 : Opening of negociations between Japan and South Korea for puting an end to the WW2 contentious
1958 : Sarit Thanarat proclaims Martial Law and takes the power in Thailand.
1962 : China launchs an counter-offensive against India in the NEFA and in Laddakh (up to 22 november
1967 : Birth of Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
1967 : Thousand of demonstrators in Oakland, California, hold the biggest protest yet against the Vietnam war http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/
newsid_3153000/3153144.stm
1969 : Resumption, at Beijing, of negociations with the Soviet Union for the borders contentious.
1971 : Second trip of Kissinger ŕ Pékin to prepare Nixon visit (up to 26)
1973 : Dalai Lama makes first UK visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/
newsid_2489000/2489855.stm
1977 : Military coup d’état in Bangkok by the three commanders of the three Arms
1982 : Julius Jayewardene relected president of Sri Lanka with 52,9 % of vote
1993 : Death of Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter
2004 : General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono take his charge of Indonesia president.
Shigoru Yoshida in 1945
<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2007/10/20 12:33
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