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21 NOVEMBER 2007

21 NOVEMBER 2006 : HISTORIC PEACE ACCORD BETWEEN NEPAL’s GOVERNMENT AND MAOIST GUERRILLA

An Historic Peace accord have been signed between Nepal’s Premier Girija Prasad Koirala and Prachanda, head of the maoist guerrilla on 21 November 2006.

This civil war caused more than 12,500 dead in ten years. Lead by Prachanda, the guerrilla with 10,000 to 15,000 fighters control large parts of the country, mainly in west rural areas.

They often paralyzed the country and particulary Katmandu with general strikes and they demand the abolition of Monarchy


21 NOVEMBER OTHER EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY

1811 : Birth of Zeng Guofan, Chinese general who rised the Xiang Army to fight effectively against the Taiping Rebellion and restored the power of the Qing dynasty

1894 : In a decisive victory of the Sino-Japanese war, Port Arthur, today Lüshun (Mandchuria), falls to the Japanese. 20,000 servicemen and civilians are massacred

1933 : Birth Mikijiro Hira, Japanese actor

1959 : Birth of Yee Chin-yen, Taiwanese film director

1963 : The Liberal Democratic Party, in power since 1955, won the general elections.

1964 : Birth of Yumako Shibata, Japanese actress

1965 : Birth of Yuriko Yamaguchi, Japanese actress

1969 : US president Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972 and that the US will keep bases there.

1969 : Birth of Hineko Mita, Japanese actor

1970 : Operation Ivory Coast : A joint Air force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp to free US pilots captured by communist Vietnamese, but failed.

1971 : Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the battle of Garibput.

1973 : Birth of Alice Chan (Chan Wai), Chinese actress

1975 : The governments of Hanoi and Saigon agree on the a quick fusion to assure the unification of Vietnam

1979 : A mob, the Pakistani capital Islamabad burns the US embassy to the ground of a five-hour attack in which a US is killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/21/ newsid_4187000/4187184.stm

1980 : Birth of Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress

1992 : Death of Kaysone Phomvihana, president of Laos

2001 : Death of the king of Malaysia, sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz shah (75 years old). His successor is the sultan of Terengganu, Mizan Zainal Abidin, 39 years old.

2002 : After the USA stopped the delivering of fuel to Pyongyang, North Korea declares that the nuclear pact signed in 1994 with Washington is null and void.

2004 : In Singapore, the People Action Party celebrates its 50th anniversary of its creation in the presence of Lee Kuan Yew its founder.

2006 : Hu Jintao is the first Chinese head of state to visit India.


But in all Asia history, the main fact is today is the birthday of Asia Observer member of Puccayan (China)

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22 NOVEMBER 2007

MAIN EVENTS ON 22 NOVEMBER IN ASIA HISTORY

1884 : Birth of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad http://www.renaissance.com.pk/novletf94.html

1939 : Birth of Mulayan Sigh Yadav, Indian politician who have been chief minister of Uttar Pradesh three times http://uplegassembly.nic.in/mulayamsinghyadav.html

1940 : Birth of Hachiro Tako, Japanese actor, dead in 1985

1940 : Birth of Eiichi Yamamoto, Japanese film director

1949 : China president Chiang Kai-shek meets with Franklin Roosvelt and Winston Churchill in Cairo to discuss joint operations against the Japanese

1953 : Death of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad

1962 : Birth of Aoi Hiragi, Japanese writer

1962 : End of the military conflit between Indai and China

1963 : Birth of Yumiko Kumashiro, Japanese actress http://www.donsworld.com/Yumiko_Kumashiro.html

1972 : the US president Richard Nixon lifts the 22 year old interdiction for US citizens to visit China

1973 : Japanese government asks Israel to evacuate all the territories it sized. The Philippines support this demand

1988 : Laos says that all the Vietnamese troops have left its territory


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23 November 2007

MAIN FACTS ON 23 NOVEMBER IN ASIA HISTORY

1897 : Birth of Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~naras/ncc/ http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/C_0159.htm

1926 : Birth of Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher http://www.sathyasai.org/intro/message.htm http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/

1943 : The US forces defeat Japanese forces in the South Pacific Tarawa atoll, opening the way to Marshall Island, US objective http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tarawa.htm

1946 : The Workers Party of South Korea is founded through the merger of the Communist party of South Korea and a fraction of the People’s party of Korea. It merged with the workers Party of North Korea, forming the Workers party of Korea on June 30, 1949.

1966 : In the China Cultural revolution, the Red Guards launch attacks against the presidentLiu Shaoqi and the party secretary Deng Xiaoping

1970 : Death of Yusof bin Ishak, first Singapore president http://www.polymernotes.org/biographies/SGP_bio_binishak.htm

1971 : State of emergency is proclaimed in Pakistan while Indian forces enter East Pakistan.

1971 : The representatives of the Popular Republic of China officially attend the United Nations as the only one representatives of China in lieu of The Taipei delegates

1998 : Agreement between Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen and his rival prince Norodom Ranariddh, ending an year and half crisis that blocked the institutions. Hu Sen will lead a government coalition

2003 : Elections for Hong Kong districts. Victory of the democrats on DAB (supporting chief executive Tung Chee-hwa and Beijing) whick go down from 83 to 64 representatives while Democratic party rises to 93.
 
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24 NOVEMBRE 2007

24 NOVEMBER 1987 : LI PENG IS NAMED CHINA PRIME MINISTER

After that the reformist general secretary of the China Communist Party has been forced by Deng Xiaoping to resign, the Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang was in charge of the two functions

Li Peng, who was vice-prime minister was elected by the 13th CCP Congress member of the Standing committee of the Political Bureau in November 1987 and on 24 November named acting premier

He was confirmed as Prime minister by the seven National People’s Congress in March 1988 and kept this position up to March 1998
http://chinavitae.com/biography/Li_Peng/full

OTHER EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY

1898 : Naissance de Liu Shaoqi http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAliu.htm

1903 : Opening of the trade harbour of Port Arthur to foreigners

1926 : Birth of Lee Tsung-dao (Li Zhengdao), physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate http://tdlee.ccast.ac.cn/eindex.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1957/lee- bio.html

1936 : Signature of the anti-Komintern Pact between Germany and Japan

1946 : Bombing of Haiphong harbour by French forces, killing 6,000 people

1963 : Newly sworn-in president Lyndon B. Jhonson confirms that the US intend to continue supporting South Vietnam both military and economically

1965 : Birth of Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor

1974 : Birth of Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor http://www.yamamototaro.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945500/

1989 : Australia proposes to put Cambodia under UN administration up to general elections

2001 : Filipino dismissed head of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) who failed a coup is arrested as he tries to enter Malaysia by boat. http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Modules/Modules/Separatist_Groups/ nur_misuari.htm

2001 : Taliban soldiers surrender their last stronghold in northern Afghanistan, the city of Kunduz


But the main fact in world history is the birthday of Asia Observer member Birthday of Pixelpainter from Germany

Li Peng
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25 NOVEMBER 2007

25 NOVEMBER IN ASIA HISTORY

1501 : Birth of Yi Hwang, Korean confucian scholar http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9383156/Yi-Hwang

1839 : A cyclone slams India, destroying the port city of Coringa, 20,000 ships and taking the life of 300,000 people

1904 : Birth of Chinese novelist Ba Jin http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-giant-of-chinese-literature/ 2005/10/20/1129775897723.html http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/bajin/ bajintimeline.html

1910 : Birth of Chinese poet Ai Qing http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/784

1911 : Bombing of Nanjing by Chinese revolutionnaries

1920 : Birth of Syed Hassan Jamalullail, king of Malaysia (1960-1965) http://www.malaysianmonarchy.org.my/portal_bi/rk3/rk3a.php?id=rk3_3

1924 : Birth of Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic and philosopher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takaaki_Yoshimoto

1924 : Naissance de Qiao Shi, Chinese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiao_Shi

1936 : Anti-Komintern Pact signed by Japan and Germany

1938 : The Japanese troops take Hankou

1939 : Birth of Lalita Ahmed, Indian actress

1950 : The PRC sends thousands of troops across the Yalu River to fight the UN forces in Korea

1952 : Birth of Imran Khan, Pakistani cricket player turned politician http://www.imrankhanno1.20m.com/profile.html

1970 : Japanese author Yukio Mishima commits ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt http://www.members.tripod.com/dennismichaeliannuzz/finalDay.html http://www.vill.yamanakako.yamanashi.jp/bungaku/mishima/index-e.html

1974 : Resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuci Tanaka.

1974 : Death of U Thant, Burmanese diplomat who was UN Secretary general from 1961 to 1971 http://www.un.org/Overview/SG/sg3bio.html

2003 : On a pakistani offer, a cease-fire is applied on the Line of control in Kashmir.


But in all Asia history on a 25 November, the main event is the birth of Asia Observer member Bjoern (Thailand)
 
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26 NOVEMBER 2007

26 NOVEMBER 1937 : JAPANESE TAKE SHANGHAI

The Battle of Shanghai, or Battle of Songhu, was maybe the biggest between the Imperial Japanese Army and the troops of Republic of China

It srated on August 13. Dogged Chinese resistance at Shanghai aimed at stalling the rapic Japanese advance giving to move vital industries to the interior

After a heroic resistance, at the end, Shanghai fell on 26 November and China lost a significant portion of its best troops

The Japanese occupied Shanghai except the French and International concessions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai


OTHER MAIN EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY

1288 : Birth of Go-Daigo, 96th Japanese emperor (1318-1339)

1924 : Mogolian People’s Republic is proclaimed

1939 : Birth of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, current Malaysia Prime Minister http://www.pmo.gov.my/website/webdb.nsf/vALLDOC/ C278C842E428542148256EEF0025E0E6

1949 : The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India’s constitution

1950 : Chinese troops launch an counterattack against the US forces (Battle of Chosin reservoir) stopping McArthur offensive. http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?p=2352&amp;page=1

1954 : Birth of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0933019.html

1963 : Victory of the Democratic -Republican Party (conservatives) in the legislative elections in South Korea.

1972 : Birth of Arjun Rampal, Indian http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Arjun+Rampal?t=anon

1990 : After 31 years Lee Kuan Yew steps down as Singapore Prime Minister but stays in the government as officially number 2


But in all Asia history the main fact is the Birthday of Asia Observer member Sherdex (Philippines)

The Japanese troops in Shanghai
 
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27 NOVEMBER 2007

27 NOVEMBER 1127 : BIRTH OF CHINESE EMPEROR XIAOZONG

Xiaozong has been the 17th emperor of the China Song dynasty, and the 2nd emperor of the Southern Song.

His personnal name was Zhao Shen.

He reigned from July 1162 to February 1189


OTHER MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY

1576 : Birth of Shimazu Tadatsune, ruler of Satsuma,, the first Japanese ruler of the Ryukyu kingdom

1592 : Death of Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander who died at 25 in the Battle of Bunroku

1932 : Birth of Benigno « Ninoy » Aquino assassinated on 21 August 1983 http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx? refid=761560871

1933 : Birth of Tadayoshi Veda, Japanese actor

1916 : Birth of Koji Shundo, Japanese film producer

1950 : Chinese eject UN troops from border with Korea (see BBC)

1951 : For the first time, the PRC delegation attends UN Security Council works on Korea

1957 : Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru makes an impassioned speech for nuclear disarmament, calling USA and USSR to end nuclear test and begin disarmament

1965 : The Pentagon tells US President Lyndon B. Johnson that for winning the war, he has to increase the number of American troops in Vietnam from 120,000 to 400,000

1966 : Russian daily Pravda condemns the double game of the Chinese leaders and critics Mao Zedong.

1971 : The Asean proclaims to be a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (Zopfan)

1978 : Giant demonstration in China with the demonstrators chanting « freedom and democracy » and cheering Deng Xiaoping name.

1982 : Yasuhiro Nakasone becomes Prime Minister succeeding to Zenko Suzuki. http://www.nndb.com/people/856/000111523/

2003 : Taiwan National assembly pass a law authorizing the president to organize referendums, but the opposition which is the majority put an amendment excluying referendum on independence, change of the constitution and the flag.


But the main fact on a 27 November in Asia history is the birth of Asia Observer member Readerrizvi, from Pakistan

 
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28 NOVEMBER 2007


MAIN EVENTS ON 28 NOBEMBER IN ASIA HISTORY

1694 : Death of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho

1885 : The Burmese city of Mandalay is occupied by the British forces

1897 : Following the assassination of missionaries, the German take Kiao-Tchéou in north-east of China

1929 : Birth of Japanese writer Kuniko Mukoda, who died in August 1981 http://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=94&amp; CGISESSID=7721432a73273dc19d8f40bb893766b3

1930 : Birth of Japanese actor Fuyukichi Maki, who died in June 1998

1950 : At the United Nations, the USA accuse PRC of aggression

1956 : Coming from Cambodia, Zhou Enlai meets Nehru in New Delhi.

1958 : Sixth plenum of China Communist Party VIIIth Central Committee at Wuhan. Mao Zedong quits as head of state

1958 : Birth of Eisaku Shindo, Japanese actor

1958 : Birth of Li Kechun, Chinese actress http://movies.nytimes.com/person/454792/Li-Kechun

1965 : In response to US president Johnson call, Philippines president F. Marcos announces he will send troops to South Vietnam

1967 : Birth of Tomoyo Harada http://movies.nytimes.com/person/236541/Tomoyo-Harada/filmography http://haradatomoyo.com/

1969 : Birth of Yu Jun-sang, South Korean actor

1975 : Fretilin (Frente Revolucionario de Timor-Leste) proclaims Independence of East-Timor.

1976 : Birth of Qi Yuwu, Chinese actress

1976 : Birth of Kiki Widyasari, Indonesian actress

1981 : Death of Japanese actor Kotaro Bando, born in May 1911 http://movies.nytimes.com/person/3684/Kotaro-Bando

1990 : Goh Chok Tang, officially succeeds Lee Kuan Yew as Premier of Singapore http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Goh+Chok+Tong

2001 : Arrest of “Tommy” (son of ex- president of Indonesia Suharto) who was on the run for one year http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/925992.stm

2006 : Death of Japanese actress Miki Odagiri, born in June 1930 http://movies.nytimes.com/person/53797/Miki-Odagiri
 
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29 NOVEMBER 2007

29 NOVEMBER 1427 : BIRTH OF CHINESE EMPEROR ZHENGTONG

Zhu Qizhen, eldest son of emperor Xuande, was born on 29 November 1427 and enthroned in February 1435 with the era name of Zhengtong

On 5 September 1449, at the age of 22, as he was fighting the Mongols of Esen Khan at the Battlle of Tumu Fortress, he was captured. He became a friend to the khan who, because he caught apoplexy, freed him.

While he was prisoner, his brother Zhu Qiyu took the power as emperor Jinghai and when Zhengtong came back, he was put under arrest for almost seven years.

In February 1457, Zhengtong took advantage of his brother illness for despositing him and start a second reign as emperor Tianshun. He died at the age of 37 on 23 February 1465.

He is the one who put an end to the custom which obliged some of the emperor concubines to commit suicide and follow him to the other world.


OTHER EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY

1835 : Birth of Empress Dowager Cixi (1868-1908) http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_cixi.htm

1890 : The Meiji constitution, the first in Asia, goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes

1893 : Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan

1931 : Birth of Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor who died in June 1997 http://www.netbros.com/ShintaroKatsu

1947 : Agreement between India and the state of Haïderabad which recognize the independence of the two states.

1950 : North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations to retreat from North Korea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&amp; id=5559

1974 Death of Chinese marshal Peng Dehuai http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/peng.htm

1982 : The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution (37/37) stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan

1987 : A Korean Air Line plane, with 115 people on board, explodes over Burma, because a bomb planted by a North Korean agent


Today is Serbia National day. Hi ! Sandyby and Javicuse Asia Observer members, have a nice day

Zhengtong
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30 NOVEMBER 2007

MAIN EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY

1927 : Japan dedicates first subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)

1949 : India recognizes the People’s Republic of China

1949 : The People's Liberation Army takes Chongqing

1950 : US president Truman said that the use of nuclear weapon in Korea war is always under study

1955 : Birth of Gordon Liu (Liu Jiahui), Chinese national arts film actor

1962 : U Thant is unanimously elected General Secretary of United Nations, succeeding the late Hammarskjold http://www.un.org/Overview/SG/sg3bio.html

1964 : Foundation the Kabataang Makabayan or Patriot Youth (A youth communist movement) in the Philippines by José Maria Sison http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4093

1965 : Birth of Prince Akishino (born Fumihito), second son of Emperor Akihito and father of the only one grandson in the emperor. http://www.nndb.com/people/947/000112611/

1967 : Foundation of the Pakistan People’s Party with Zukfikar Ali Bhutto as first chairman and now led by his daughter Benazir Bhutto http://www.ppp.org.pk/index.html

1982 : The motion picture “Gandhi” has its world premiere in New Delhi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_(film)

1993 : Death of Indian Jesuit theologian Sebastian Kappen
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