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ON 28 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 28, 2008
1757 : Treaty between Alungpaya, king of Burma, and the British East Indian Company http://web.soas.ac.uk/burma/pdf/Treaty1.pdf
1938 : Birth of Chuan Leekpai, twice times Prime Minister of Thailand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuan_Leekpai http://www.thaiembdc.org/bio/pms/chuan.htm
1941 : Birth of Susan Roces, Filipina actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Roces http://www.susanroces.com/
1946 : Birth of Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahmida_Riaz http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/riazF.html
1952 : Birth of Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist http://www.amanosworld.com/
1952 : Birth of Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Vajiralongkorn
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Vajiralongkorn.jpg
1960 : Birth of Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker http://digilander.libero.it/sicchan/yoichi_en.htm
1965 - Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/
newsid_2754000/2754033.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1992
1965 : Birth of Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Satellite/9494/priscilla.html
1965 : Death of Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic, born on October 21, 1894 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampo_Edogawa
1966 : Birth of Shikao Suga, Japanese singer and songwriter http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=18818
1972 : Death of Charu Majumdar, Indian Maoist revolutionary leader, born in 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charu_Majumdar http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mazumdar/index.htm
1972 : Birth of Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yeom_Jung-Ah http://www.koreanmovie.com/Yeom_Jeong_ah_ka1237/
1976 : The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/
newsid_4132000/4132109.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6972
1978 : Birth of : Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer and songwriter http://wiki.theppn.org/Yaida_Hitomi
1979 : Birth of Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa) http://www.ampedasia.com/hunks/Lee-Min-Woo/ http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2101
1981 : Birth of China Fukunaga, Japanese gravure model and actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/china_fukunaga/
1981 : Birth of Jo In Sung, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Insung http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=455
1986 : Soviet Union Presisent Gorbatchev makes his Vladivostock adress, marking the beginning of a new Asian policy
1993 : Singapore deputy prime minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected president http://www.answers.com/topic/ong-teng-cheong
1997 : Death of Seni Pramoj, three timesThai Prime Minister, born onMay 26, 1905 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seni_Pramoj
2002 : Meeting at London between Sri Lankan minister Milinda Moragada and LTTE negociator Anton Balasingham.
2007 : In Thailand, the 300 members of parliament from disolved Thai Rak Thai joint the very small People Power Party to be eligible
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ON 29 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 29, 2008
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1590 : Naresuan is enthroned as king of Siam, up to his dead on 25 April 1605 http://www.tonyjaa.org/sword_king.shtml
1858 : In Shimoda, signature of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States-
Japan_Treaty_of_Amity_and_Commerce http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Harris_Treaty
1937 : Tongzhou Incident between Chinese and Japanese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongzhou_Incident
1959 : Birth of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/sanjay-dutt/10849
1965 : The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1994
1965 : Birth of Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4525/Lee-Chang-rae.html
1967 : Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forrestal_%28CV-59%29
1982 : Death of Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor, born on July 1, 1920 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Sakata
1987 : Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues that authorizes the sending of an Indian Peace-Keeping Force(IPKF)in Tamil eras of Sri Lanka
1987 : Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author, born on October 24, 1894 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibhutibhushan_Mukhopadhyay
1996 : Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto pays a visit to the Yasukuni memorial where are buried all the Japanese soldiers since Meiji era. He is the second Japanese PM to do that since Nakasone in 1985
1998 : In Cambodia, the constitution imposing the support of 2/3 of the members of the parliament for forming a government, Hun Sen proposes an union government to Funcipec leader Ranariddh.
1998 : First meeting Sharif-Vajpayee, since the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests, during a SAARC conference,
1999 : Death of Indian actor Rajendra Kumar, born on July 20, 1929 http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/rajendra-kumar/biography/9687
2001 : Election of 121 of the seats of the Japanese Upper House. DLP gets 64 seats, the Komeito 12 and the New Conservative Party 1
2003 : Death of Indian actor Johnny Walker, born on 15 May 1923 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907888/
2007 : For the first time since its foundation, DLP loses the majority in the Upper House. It is a big blow for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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ON 30 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 30, 2008
1893 : Birth of Fatima Jinnah, sister of Ali Jinnah and an active figure in movement for independence of Pakistan (Mother of the Nation), who died on July 8, 1967 http://www.jazbah.org/fatima.php
1912 : Death of Emperor Mutsuhito (Meiji) http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_mutsuhito_emperor.shtml
1945 : At 00.14 Japanese sink the USS Indianpolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst loss in the US Navy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52739 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_%28CA-35%29
1963 : In Malina, Summit between Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaya on the project of Great Malaysia
1964 : South Vietnamese boats raid islands in the Tonkin Gulf http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1997
1965 : Death of Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese novelist, born on July 24, 1886 http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?
id=1055
1969 : Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with U.S. military commanders. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1998
1973 : Birth of Sonu Nigam, Indian singer/actor http://www.bollywoodgate.com/bollywood-pop/sonu-nigam.html http://www.geocities.com/worldofsonunigam/
1996 : Mochtar Pakpahan, leader of the Workers for Prosperity Trade Union (SBSI), the only one free but not recognised trade union in Indonesia is accused of subversion http://www.driftline.org/cgi-bin/archive/archive_msg.cgi?file=spoon-
archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-08-marxism/96-08-07.145&
msgnum=7&start=735&end=855
1997 : Death of Bao Dai, king of Annam (1926-1945) and last emperor of Vietnam (1945-1949), born on October 22, 1913 http://vnlisting.homelinux.com/vietnam/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=45&Itemid=41
1998 : Keizo Obuchi est élu 54e Premier ministre par la Diète. Sur 494 députés ayant voté à la Chambre basse, il a obtenu 268 votes et Naoto Kan 164. Par contre, à la Chambre haute, Kan l'a emporté par 142 voix contre 103. Il nomme un gouvernement de 20 membres (voir liste dans "politique"
1998 : Obuchi Keizo becomes the 84th Japanese prime minister till April 5, 2000 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ObuchiK.html
2002 : Birth of Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hridayendra_of_Nepal
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ON 31 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 31, 2008
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1143 : Birth of Emperor Nijo, 78th emperor of Japan (1158-1165) who died on September 5, 1165 http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00031129783/
1658 : Former governor of Gujarat and Balk (Afghanistan) becomes emperor of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangzeb http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/
mughalempire_5.shtml
1916 : Birth of Sibte Hassan, Pakistani communist activist who died on April 1986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibte_Hassan
1936 - The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics will to be held in Tokyo. However, the games are given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out, and are eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics
1941 : Birth of Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician who died on August 15, 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarsinh_Chaudhary
1943 : Birth of Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor http://www.sabshimono.com/
1956 : Talks on the normalization of relations between Japan and Soviet Union resume in London
1958 : Mao Zedong and Soviet Union Khrushchev meet in Beijing
1960 : En of the state of emergency in Malaya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency
1961 : Foundation in Bangkok of the South-East Asia Association
1962 : Preliminary agreement between Netherlands and Indonesia on Western New Guinea
1964 : USA and South Vietnam reach agreement on war against North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1999
1967 : Birth of Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress, who died on November 5, 2005 http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-136/artist_name-minako_honda/
1967 : The People’s Republic of China recognizes the borders and the neutrality of Cambodia
1967 : Birth of Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese voice actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1045
1973 : Canada quits the Commission of control in Vietnam, replaced by Iran
1979 : Birth of Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Kwan http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=252
1986 : Death of Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as Japanese consul to Lithuania http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/sugihara.html
1988 : 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.
1997 : Death of Bao Dai, last emperor of Vietnam http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=980DE6DE153DF931A3575BC0A961958260
1998 : In Cambodia, Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy reject Hun Sen offer of a coalition cabinet because grave ballot rigging
2002 : Asean and USA sign a pact to fight terrorism in South-East Asia
2002 : For the first time, Taiwanese president alludes to a referendum on the future if the island
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ON 1 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 1, 2008
607 : Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ono_no_Imoko
1227 : Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord, born in 1179 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Shimazu-Tadahisa
1313 : Birth of Japanese Emperor Kogon (1331-1333), who died on August 5 1364 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emperor-Kogon-of-Japan
1377 : Birth of Japanese 100th Emperor Go-Komatsu (1382-1412, who died on December 1, 1433 http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/E/m/Emperor_Go-
Komatsu_of_Japan.html
1813 : Birth of Évariste Huc, French missionary in China and explorer in Mongolia and in Tibet, who died on March 31, 1860 http://home.newadvent.org/cathen/07510a.htm
1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War
1905 : Birth of Yakeo Muzutani, Japanese actress who died on October 1, 1979
1918 : Birth of Zhou Xuan, Chinese actress and singer who died in September 1957 http://californiadream.com/personal/ZhouXuan/
1920 : In India, Mahatma Gandhi launches a civilian disobedience campaign
1920 : Birth of Asao Uchida, Japanese actor http://cherryblossomeiga.blogspot.com/2006/08/happy-birthday-asao-
uchida.html
1927 - The Nanchang Uprising, led by Zhu De, marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang_Uprising
1929 : Birth od Hafizullah Amin, second president of Afghanistan, who died on December 27, 1979 http://www.afghanland.com/history/amin.html
1932 : Birth of Meena Kumari, Indian film actress, who died on March 31, 1972 http://www.idlebrain.com/mumbai/legends/meenakumari/
1942 : Occupied by the Japanese, Burma proclaims it independence from Great-Britain with General Aung San as defense minister and U Nu as foreign affairs minister
1944 : Death of Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippines (1935-1944), born on August 19, 1878 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Quezon
1944 : Sergio Osmena becomes president of the Philippines, until May 28, 1946 http://philippines-archipelago.com/people/presidents/
sergio_osmena.html
1946 : The conference of Fontainebleau between France and communist Vietnamese end on a failure.
1947 : United Nations calls for ce ceasefire in Indonesia. The Netherlands accept the US mediation
1949 : In Indonesia, general agreement for the end of hostilities
1955 : Opening in Geneva of US-Chinese talks on Taiwan. Eleven American pilots are freed by the Chinese
1959 : Birth of Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician http://www.japanimprov.com/yotomo/
1962 : Agreement at London on the foundation of Great Malaysia
1964 : North Vietnam accuses South Vietnam and the United states of attack http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1236
1966 - Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People's Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1982 : Birth of Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Tominaga http://supermodels.nl/aitominaga
1993 : In Cambodia, end of the elections organized by the United Nations. Number of seats : 58 Funcipec, 51 Prachéachon, 10 Buddhist Liberal democratic Party, 1 Molinaka.
1999 : Death of Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer, born in 1897 http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~naras/ncc/ http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/C_0159.htm
2003 : North Korea agrees on six-party talks, with South Korea, USA, China, Japan and Russia with bilateral talks with USA
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ON 2 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 2, 2008
1611 : Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai, born on July 25, 1562 http://www.samurai-archives.com/kiyomasa.html
1869 - Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869).
1907 : Naissance de Le Pho, Vietnamese painter http://www.anne-french.com/Paintings%20by%20Le%20Pho.htm http://www.artnet.com/artist/655746/le-pho.html
1918 - Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1943 - World War II: PT-109 rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future US President, saves all but two of his crew. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/John+F.+Kennedy+and+PT109.htm
1959 : Opening of the Lushan Conference in which Mao Zedong will be criticized for his economic error in the « Great Leap”
1961 : Birth of Cui Jian, Chinese rocker http://wiki.rockinchina.com/index.php?title=Cui_Jian
1964 - Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident - North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fires on U.S. destroyers, USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1237
1971 : Nixon administration acknowledges secret army in Laos http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1238
1995 : China orders the expulsion of two US Air Force officers saying they have been caught spying on military sights
1999 : Death of Thai General Sunthorn Kongsompong who lead a coup in February 1991 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
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ON 3 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 3, 2008
1635 - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635).
1767 : Invasion of Siam by the Burmese
1868 : Charles Brooke becomes second white rajah of Sarawak (Borneo) up to his death on 17 May 1917 http://www.rajahbrooke.com/datescha.htm http://monarchs.suite101.com/article.cfm/
charles_brooke_rajah_of_sarawak
1916 : Birth of Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, who died on April 20, 1970 http://www.hindilyrix.com/lyricists/lyricist-shakeel-badayuni.html
1956 : Birth of Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician, leader of the Democrat Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhisit_Vejjajiva
1957 : Tunku Abdul Rahman is chosen to be first Prime Minister of soon independent Malaya http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/3/
newsid_2943000/2943390.stm
1957 : Birth of Mani Shankar, Indian film maker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Shankar http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/06/13/11553/index.html
1959 : Birth of Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Chemistry Nobel laureate in 2002 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2002/tanaka-
autobio.html
1966 : Supreme Soviet asks the soviet government to give more aid to North Vietnam
1993 : Birth of Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Kumai_Yurina
2001 : In Thailand, the Constitutional Court decides that Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is cleared of the charge of cheating on his assets declaration in 1997. If convicted he would have been forced to resign
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ON 4 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 4, 2008
1854 : The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. http://www.japanorama.com/hinomaru.html
1917 : Birth of Jun Tatara, Japanese actor, who died on September 30, 2006 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851071/
1923 : Birth of Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/020825/dmag14.htm
1929 : Birth of Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, who died on October 13, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishore_Kumar
1940 : Birth of Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (1999-2001) http://www.gusdur.net/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&
id=728&Itemid=63
1947 : In Indonesia, The ceasefire between Indonesian and Dutch, demanded by United Nations is enforced
1947 : The Supreme Court of Japan is established. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan
1950 : The Soviet Union delegate at United Nations demands the withdrawal of all foreign troops from South Korea
1952 : In the Pacific Council, first meeting for the defense of Japan by USA, New-Zeland and Australia that found a standing political council
1953 : US president Eisenhower warns that the situation in Asia is becoming very ominous for the United States http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2749
1959 : In Laos, the state of emergency is proclaimed and the government asks United Nation General Secretary Dag Hammarskjold for help
1969 - Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, U.S. representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1243
1975 - The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish charge d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
1988 : Leader of Thailand, General Prem Tinnasulanonda refuses in vain to Chatchai Chunhawan, leader of the Thai Nation Party (phak chat thai), to be assigned Prime Minister
1992 : Death of Wang Hongwen, a member of the radical « Gang of Four » during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, of liver ailment http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E0CE7DC1F30F936A3575BC0A964958260
1997 : North Korea hands over the remains of four American soldiers killed in action during the Korea War
1998 : In China, bursting of the Yangzijiang dykes causing 2,000 dead and more than 100,000 disaster victims
2001 : In Moscow, summit between Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il
2001 : In Japan, election of 121 of the 247 seats of the Higher House. DPL wins 64 seats, Komeito 12 and New Conservative Pary 1
2003 :The president of Hyundai Asan group, Chung Mong-hun, involved in the scandal of the buying of the June 2000 summit of Kim Dae-jung in North Korea, commits suicide http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000235.html http://english.people.com.cn/200308/05/print20030805_121733.html
2004 : Death of Fumio Watanabe, Japanese actor, born on October 31, 1929 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913796/
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ON 5 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 5, 2008
1364 : Death of Japanese emperor Kogon (1331-1333), born on August 1, 1313 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kogon
1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.
1882 - Martial law is enacted in Japan.
1912 - Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.
1923 : Birth of Devan Nair, President of Singapore (1981-1985) who died on December 7, 2005 http://singaporepioneers.blogspot.com/2006/10/c-v-devan-nair.html
1945 : The Soviet army enters Manchuria
1952 : The Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan, signed on 28 April, enters in force by the exchange of the instruments of ratification at Taipei http://www.taiwandocuments.org/taipei01.htm
1952 : Syngman Rhee is re-elected president of South Korea
1961 : USA, France and Great-Britain meet in Paris and agree for a Laos cabinet led by Souvanna Phouma, including communists
1964 : Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow - American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1244
1965 : Birth of Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer http://sakuraba.cocoebiz.com/
1965 : Birth of Bang Eun-jin, South Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051907/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Bang_Eun-jin.php
1967 : In China, president Liu Shaoqi’s self criticism is said not enough by Maoists
1974 - Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1244
1975 : Birth of Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajol http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/kajol_mukherjee/index.shtml http://www.eforu.com/gallery/kajolmukherjee/gallery1.html
1976 : Birth of Kwon Sang-woo, Korean actor and model http://men.stareastasia.com/kwon-sang-woo/
1979 - In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
1980 : Birth of Kaylani Lei, Asian-American porn star http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaylani_Lei http://www.kaylanilei.net/
1981 : Birth of Kou Shibasaki, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kou_Shibasaki http://www2.stardust.co.jp/rooms/kou/
1987 : Birth of Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/genelia-d'souza/30762
1993 : Birth of Suzuka Ōgo, Japanese actress http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Suzuka-Ohgo http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/suzuka_ohgo/index.shtml
2003 : In the Philippines, the death of Salamat Hashim, leader of the MILF, killed on July 13, is officially announced. He is replaced by Murad Ebrahim, leader of the armed forces http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&
cid=1158658364058&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/178384
2003 : Russian president Vladimir Putin signs at Kuala Lumpur an agreement for the delivering of 18 Su-30MK, the first Russian such a contract in South-East Asia
2003 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2005 : Death of Raul Roco, Philippine senator, born on October 26, 1941 http://tornandfrayed.typepad.com/tornandfrayed/2005/08/
raul_roco_rip.html
2006 : Tchad decides to restablish diplomatic relations with Beijing, break off since 1969
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ON 6 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 6, 2008
To see the today events in Asian history, go down at the bottom of this page
1180 : Birth of Go-Toba, 82nd emperor of Japan (1183-1198) who died in March 1239 http://www.universalswordsman.com/Swords-SmithPages/Gotoba2006.html
1698 : Birth of Nadar Shah, Persian emperor who invaded India and died assassinated in June 1747 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir_Shah
1945 : The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/6/
newsid_3602000/3602189.stm http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0806.html#article
1946 : Birth of Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean president (2003-2008) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2535143.stm
1946 : Birth of Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian http://www.monkeyheaven.com/masaaki.html
1962 : Birth of Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress http://michelleyeoh.info/ http://www.michelle-yeoh.org/
1965 : Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Kajiura http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3914
1966 : In Tibet, Red Guards start to loot Jokhang temple converting it into urinal and butchery http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/lhasa-jokhang-temple.htm
1969 : In Xinjiang, new border clash between China and Soviet Union
1970 : Birth of M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director http://www.mnight.com/biography.html
1973 : American forces bomb « by mistake » the city of Neak Luong in Cambodia killing and wounding hundreds of civilians http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907719-1,00.html
1975 : Indian parliament modifies retrospectively the election law and nullified the charge of electoral fraud against Indira Gandhi
1975 : Khmers rouge ask to Thailand the opening of negotiations for diplomatic relations
1976 : Thailand recognizes the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1976 : Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays foundation-stone of Port Qasim, Karachi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Qasim
1990 : Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is dismissed for corruption
2001 : Death of general Duong Van Minh, twice president of South Vietnam http://www.asianweek.com/2001_08_17/news_minhdeath.html http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=980CE2DE163FF93BA3575BC0A9679C8B63
2006 : In Hong Kong, the Legislative Council pass a bill that authorizes phone tapping and e-mails control.
2007 : In East-Timor, former president Xanana Gusmao is appointed prime minister. To protest, Fretilin launches violent riots
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