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ON 3 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 3, 2008
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1034 : Birth of Go-Sanjo, 71st Japanese emperor (1068-1073), who died on June 15, 1073 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sanj%C5%8D
1260 - The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. http://www.angelfire.com/space2/writing.com.my/ainjalut.htm
1950 : A U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) of 35 men arrives in Saigon to screen French requests for American military aid, assist in the training of South Vietnamese troops, and advise on strategy. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1333
1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1964 : Birth of Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junaid_Jamshed http://www.junaidjamshed.info/about-junaid-jamshed.html
1967 : Nguyen Van Thieu is elected president of South Vietnam (up to 1975) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1334 http://www.reference.com/search?q=Nguyen%20Van%20Thieu
1973 : Birth of Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norihiko_Hibino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmB8ywJYMww
1976 : Birth of Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor http://celebs.ceeby.com/actors/vivekoberoi.cfm http://www.desiclub.com/bollywood/bios/bios_star.cfm?id=61
1982 : Birth of Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaori_Natori http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/kaori-natori-jpop-singer/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBypyTLYqRA
1984: At least 1,300 people die and hundreds more are injured as the worst storm in living memory sweeps across the southern Philippines. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/3/
newsid_2496000/2496059.stm
1993 : Birth of Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaori_Natori http://wiki.theppn.org/Natori_Kaori
1994 : Russia and the PRC agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other
2001 : Chinese leader Jiang Zemin gets a warm welcome for his first visit to North Korea
2007 : In Bangladesh, former premier Khaleda Zia is arrested on corruption charge
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ON 4 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 4, 2008
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1563 : Birth of Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Wanli (1572-1620), who died on August 18, 1620 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanli_Emperor
1825 : Birth of Dadabhai Naoroji, one the founder of the Indian National Congress, who died on June 30, 1917 http://www.ceeby.com/people/dadabhainaoroji.cfm
1939 :Japan declares its neutrality in European World War II
1948 : Birth of Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Samuel-Hui
1951 : Opening of the San Francisco conference for a peace treaty with Japan (up to September 8)
1952 : Birth of Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Kapoor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/rishi-kapoor/10674
1959 : Laos, involved in communist insurrection asks the help of the United Nations to restore order.
1965 : Birth of Bowie Lam, Hong Kong actor and singer http://men.stareastasia.com/bowie-lam/
1967 : In Vietnam War, in Operation Swift, U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1336
1971 : Birth of Anita Yuen (Yuen Wing Yee), Hong Kong actress http://women.stareastasia.com/anita-yuen/
1978 : At least two million people have been made homeless as the worst floods in living memory hit northern India http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/4/
newsid_2496000/2496097.stm
1979 : Death of Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer, birth of January 28, 1904 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canuplin
1980 : Birth with Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_Shimatani http://jpop-no-pv.skyrock.com/photo.html?id_article=470898474
1983 : Birth of Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN) http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Nakamaru_Yuichi
1995 : In Okinawa, Japan, the rape of a young teenager by three G.I. launches a new campaign against the presence of US troops in the island (see picture below)
1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/ http://www.iisd.ca/women.html
2000 : Visit of Russian president Putin to Japan. He rejects the Japanese claim on the Kurils Islands
2006 : In Japan, Princess Kiko, spouse of Prince Akishino, second son of Emperor Akihito, give birth to a son, Hisahito, putting an end to the dynasty problem
2007 : Death of Ryuzo Sejima, Japanese officer then chairman of the board of directors of Asia University http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/
article2530967.ece
1995 Demonstrations against US forces in Okinawa
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ON 5 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 5, 2008
1158 : Nijo is enthroned as 78th emperor of Japan, up to August 3, 1165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Nijo
1165 : Death of Morihito (Nijo), 78th Japanese emperor (1158-1165), born on July 31, 1143
1398 : Taejo of Choson (Joseon) , abdicates as king of Korea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Joseon
1863 : Following an initial Japanese attack on western ships, British, French and Dutch fleets attack Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
1888 : Birth of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher, second President of India from May 13, 1962 to May 13, 1967, who died in 1975 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sarvepalli-radhakrishnan.html
1905 : In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the Russo-Japanese War with a Japanese victory (See the picture below) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5321 http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?
refid=761552002
1905 : Birth of Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician who died on March 31, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justiniano_Montano
1942 : In World War II, Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War. http://www.defence.gov.au/army/ahu/history/battles/Milne_Bay.htm
1943 : Birth of Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary, who died on November 8, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_Saguisag
1943 : One of General MacArthur’s Parachute Regiment lands and size the port of Nazdab in New Guinea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6574
1945 : British troops land in Indochina to disarm the Japanese
1945 : Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama. http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/rose/rose.htm
1950 : During the Korean War, Pohang port is captured by North Korean troops
1954 : China starts bombing Qemoy island. USA refuses to intervene http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/10/28/128461/Quemoy-
crisis.htm
1956 : Birth of Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Indian film director http://www.movietalkies.com/artists/complete-profie.asp?
ArtistId=49480
1969 : U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai Massacre. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1337
1970 : In the Vietnam War, Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien province, the last massive American operation http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1338
1982 : Birth of Cyndi Wang (Wang Xin-ling), Taiwanese actress and singer http://women.stareastasia.com/cyndi-wang/ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/27/content_9721107.htm
1986 : The 16-hour siege on a Pan Am jet in Pakistan has come to a bloody end, with at least 17 people dead. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/
newsid_4576000/4576765.stm
1995 : In Afghanistan, Taliban capture Herat city
1995 : Death of Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, poet, writer and filmmaker http://www.salilda.com/
1997 : In Calcutta, death of Mother Teresa, Peace Nobel Prize, born on August 26, 1910 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/
newsid_2499000/2499693.stm http://www.ewtn.com/motherteresa/
2000 : Death of General Abdul Haris Nasution, hero of Indonesia independence, born in December 1918 http://www.answers.com/topic/gen-abdul-haris-nasution http://encarta.msn.com/media_461531068/abdul_haris_nasution.html
2002 - In Kandahar, Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai is unhurt in an assassination attempt. Kandahar governor Gul Agha Sherzai is wounded in the attack.
2007 : President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signs amnesty proclamation 1377 for members of the Communist party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army for crimes commited on political beliefs.
Picture : United States president Theodore Roosevelt meets with Japanese and Russian envoys on a U.S. naval ship in Portsmouth
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ON 6 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 6, 2008
1511 : Death of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi in charge from 1494 to 1508 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/ashikaga-yoshizumi/
1689 : By the Nertchinsk Treaty (Nibuchu in Chinese) Chinese Empereur Kangxi establishes diplomatic relations with Russia after a Chinese victory. First treaty with an European power. http://www.speedylook.com/Treaty_of_Nertchinsk.html
1899: U.S. secretary of state John Hay circulates a letter arguing for an Open Door policy with regard to trade with China, rather than one that would carve up China into European spheres of influence.
1926: The Kuomintang Chinese nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-shek reach Hankou at the confluence of the Han and the Yangtze rivers; Hankou becomes the Kuomintang capital.
1929 : Birth of Yash Johor, famous India Bollywood film producer, who died in 2004 http://www3.dharma-production.com/Ourprofile/YashJohar.aspx
1939 : Birth of Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel prize for physiology and Medecine in 1987 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1987/tonegawa-
autobio.html
1947 : United Nations adopts a resolution for the organization of elections for the constitution of a only one governement of Korea
1965 : Indian troops invade West Pakistan, in Penjab province. General mobilization is declared in India as Pakistan askes for western help. UN Security Council aks U Thant to do his best to stop the hostilities http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/
newsid_3632000/3632092.stm
1969 : In North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, who died on September 2, is succeded by a collective committee http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2782
1972 : In South Vietnam, President Thieu abolishes popular elections http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1340
1976 : Birth of Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahMgN72oaxQ
1976 : Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2782 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Belenko
1977 : Birth of Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Hikawa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_thsQ48_rOg
1981 : Birth of Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8206602&publicUserId=5844801 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_yumiko.htm
1983 : The Soviet Union admitted to the shooting of Korean Airlines 007. They said the pilots were not aware that their target was a civilian airplane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_KAL-007
1990 : First meeting between South and North PM. North Korea recognizes Seoul as a legitimate government
1998: Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who often adapted Western literary works and forms to Japanese subjects, dies at the age of 88 (see picture below) http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?
refid=761568412 http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa/obituary.html http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046485/Kurosawa-Akira?
source=ONTHISDAY
1999 : At Dili, in East Timor, milicians attack International Red Cross building and Mgr Belo residence where 5,000 people took refuge
2002 : Iajuddin Ahmed becomes president of Bangladesh (uo to now) http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/I_0002.htm
2003 : In Taibei, 100 000 separatists demonstrate for the change of name from Republic of China to Taiwan
2005 : Death of Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist, poet and political activist, born on July 7, 1920 http://www.dawn.com/2005/09/07/top14.htm
2006 : Birth of Prince Hisahito, nephew of Japanese emperor and future emperor of Japan as the only one male in the Imperial Family for 40 years http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14680667/
Picture : Akira Kurosawa
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ON 7 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 7, 2008
786 : Birth of Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emperor-Saga-of-Japan
1539 : Angad Dev becomes 2nd guru of the Sikh http://www.sikhs.org/guru2.htm
1552 : Death of Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504) http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak2.html
1809 : Death of Chao Phraya Chakri (Rama I) founder of the current Thailand Chakri dynasty who established Bangkok as the capital of Siam http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/chakri/rama1.html
1840 : Birth of Sisowath, king of Cambodia, who died on August 9, 1927 http://angkor1431.tripod.com/index/id17.html
1901: The Peace of Beijing formally ends the Boxer Uprising in China. Under the agreement, China pays an indemnity to the European powers and lowers trade barriers. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?
refid=761576765
1904 : According to a British-Tibetan treaty, Tibet becomes a vassal of UK
1939 : Death of the Japanese novelist Kyoka Izumi http://www.intangible.org/Features/koya/koyaintro1.html
1953 : Mohammed Daoud becomes prime minister of Afghanistan, up to March 10, 1963 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan
1962 : Death of Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese historical novelist, born on August 11, 1892 http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/y/eiji-yoshikawa/
1965 : China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
1965 : In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1342
1970 : In USA, an anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
1980 : In China, Hua Guofeng is succeeded as Prime minister by Zhao Ziyang but continues as chairman of Chinese Communist Party
1997 : Under Beijing pressures, the presence of Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, China causes the failure of the International conference on the Panama Canal. Except Nicaragua and Honduras, all others countries renounce to attend
1999 : Xanana Gusmao, leader of the East Timor separatists, arrested in 1992, is freed (see picture below)
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ON 8 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 8, 2008
1380 : Russian defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning the decline of Tatars http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/battles/Kulikovo/index.html http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=battle_kulikovo
1449 : Battle of Tumu Fortress. Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor Zhengtong http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Battle_of_Tumu_Fortress/
1852 : Birth of Korea Emperor Gojong(Gwangmu), forced to abdicate by Japan on 18 July 1907 and who died on 21 January 1919 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojong_of_Korea
1930 : Birth of Nguyen Cao Ky, Vietnamese prime minister (1965-1967) and vice-president (197-1971) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Cao_Ky
1933 : Birth of Asha Bhonsle, Indian singer http://asha-bhosle.tripod.com/
1945 : Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo attempts to take his own life rather than face a war crimes tribunal
1945 : US troops land in south of Japanese-held Korea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2784
1951 : End of the conference of San-Francisco for a peace treaty with Japan . Signature of a US-Japan Security which will enter into force on 28 April 1952 (see picture below) http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm
1954 : The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established to stop communist spread in South-East Asia http://www.bartleby.net/65/st/SthEATO.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1343
1958 : Birth of Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2132
1958 : Nikita Krushchev warns US president Eisenhover that any attack on Communist China would be considered as an attack against Soviet Union.
1959 : Following a call from Laos, United Nations Security Council decides to send a mission in this country
1963 : Birth of Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Matsumoto
1968 : For the first time, a South Vietnam general is killed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1344
1970 : Birth of Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Yuji-Nishizawa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANA_Flight_61
1972 : Birth of Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor http://www.tv.com/tomokazu-seki/person/82289/biography.html http://www.seiyuu.info/extendedlisting.php?seiyuu=Tomokazu+Seki
1980 : First Soviet in Panshir valley (Afghanistan)
1981 : Death of HidekiYukawa, Nobel Prize in Physics (1949), born in January 1907 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1949/yukawa-
bio.html
1981 : Violent demonstrations in Kabul after the government called all the reservists
1982 : Death of Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, chief minister of Kashmir, born on December 5, 1905 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sheikh_Muhammad_Abdullah.aspx
1996 : Birth of Krystal Reyes, lolita Filipina actress http://www.igma.tv/profile/kristal-reyes
Picture : San Francisco treaty
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ON 9 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 9, 2008
1466 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshitane, 10th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who died on May 23, 1523 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ashikaga-Yoshitane
1487 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Chenghua (1464-1497), born on December 9, 1447 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenghua_Emperor http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/chenghua_en.htm
1612 : Death of Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord, born in 1570 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Nakagawa-Hidenari http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/
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1892 : Birth of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress, who died on October 18, 1961 http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Aoki-Tsuru.html
1905 : Birth of Hussain Sha - Indian Saint, Philosopher ,Pithapuram who died on September 24, 1981 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmarishi_Hussain_Sha
1911 : Birth of Kozaburo Yoshimura, Japanese film maker who died on November 7, 2000 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5212/is_2000/ai_n19128305
1920 : Birth of Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and scientist, who died on August 17, 1993 http://lsec.cc.ac.cn/fengkangprize/fkbib.html
1935 : Birth of Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author who died on April 23, 2002 http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_452_2005-01-22.html
1942 : A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon in an attempt to set fire to the forests in Oregon and Washington. The forest did not ignite. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6578
1944 : Beginning of the negotiations between Gandhi and Jinnah on the Muslim question (up to 22)
1945 : Japanese forces in China surrender to the Chinese Guomindang goverment representative general Ho Ying-chin
1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China. http://www.taiwandocuments.org/surrender02.htm
1948 : The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is proclaimed by Kim Il-sung
1949 : Birth of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, current president of Indonesia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3725301.stm
1955 : In Geneva, signature of a Sino-US agreement for the repatriation of US civil citizens
1959 : Moscow condemns Beijing for its misconduct in Tibet and gives its support to India
1962 : Beijing announces that a US U-2 airplane has been shot down over eastern China and accuses the USA to prepare a new war
1965 : Autonomous Region of Tibet is formally founded
1969 : North Vietnam president Ho Chi Minh is buried in Hanoi http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1345
1976 : Death of Chinese leader Mao Zedong http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/9/
newsid_3020000/3020374.stm http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0909.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=60044
1983 : Birth of June Natsukawa, Japanese actress and model http://www.babebio.com/babe/jun_natsukawa/
1993 - Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is buried in his homeland. The event occurred about four years after his death in exile.
1996 : Megawati Sukarnoputri, expelled from her Democratic Party of Indonesia, is banned to challenge the elections by the Government Commission
2001 : Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood is fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists (see picture below) http://hometown.aol.com/mbeve10258/Assassination.html.
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ON 10 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 10, 2008
1308 : Death of Go-Nijo, 94th emperor of Japan (1301-1308), born on March 9, 1285 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nijo
1895 : Birth of Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian writer, who died October 18, 1976 http://www.vishwanathasahityapeetham.com/new/about.html
1896 : Birth of Chinese communist general Ye Ting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Ting
1912 : Birth of Mary Walter, Filipina actress, who died on February 23, 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Walter
1953 : After the War of Korea, signature of a treaty between Soviet Union and North Korea
1980 : Zhao Ziyang becomes new Chinese prime minister (see picture below)
2000 : Death of Zaib-un-Nissa hamidullah, Pakistanese female journalist and writer, born in 1921 http://web.archive.org/web/20030114183134/www.dawn.com/2000/09/12/
nat10.htm
2007 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999 led by General Musharraf.
Picture : Zhao Ziyang
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ON 11 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 11, 2008
1182 : Birth of Minamoto no Yoriie, second shogun (1202 – 1203) of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, who died on August 14, 1204. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoriie
1680 : Death of Go-Mizunoo, 108th emperor of Japan (1611-1629), born on June 29, 1596 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Mizunoo_of_Japan
1895 : Birth of Vinobha Bhave, one of the greatest spiritual leaders and reformers of modern India, http://www.ceeby.com/people/vinobhabhave.cfm
1906 : Mahatma Gandhi launches the Satyagraha (non-violence resistance) in South Africa
http://www.forget-me.net/en/Gandhi/satyagraha.pdf
1917 : Birth of Ferdinand Marcos, 10th president of the Philippines from December 1965 till February 25, 1986, who died in exile in 1989 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9050814/Ferdinand-E-Marcos?
source=ONTHISDAY http://reference.com/search?q=Ferdinand%20Marcos
1921 : Death of Subramanya Barathi, a Tamil poet who was a militant for India independence (Born in December 1882) http://members.tripod.com/neyveliweb/bharathy.htm
1924 : Birth of Daniel Akaka, Chinese-American politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akaka
1926 : Death of Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor, born on September 12, 1875 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Matsunosuke-Onoe
1927 : Birth of Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster, who died in 2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Corea
1940 : Birth of Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam since April 2001 http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/story.php?d=20010422215101
1945 : Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp
1948 : Death of Jinnah Muhammad Ali, father of the Pakistan’s independence http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Jinnah-M.html http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNnd0fk-F_w&feature=related
1955 : In Cambodia, prince Sihanouk wins the elections
1960 : In Laos, Prince Boun Oum allies with general Phoumi in an attempt of a counter-revolution against the general Kong-lé coup d’état which bring Prince Souvanna Phouma to power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoumi_Nosavan http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846117.html
1964 : Signature of a defense treaty between Soviet Union and India
1965 : The US 1st Cavalry Division arrives in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1350
1969 : In Beijing, after a lot of border incidents, meeting of Alexis Kossygin an Zhou Enlai
1973 : Death of Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru http://www.neemkarolibaba.com/
1982 : End of the XIIth congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Hua Guofeng is expelled from the Politburo and Hu Yaobang is elected Secretary General of the CCP (a new title in lieue of chairman)
1982 : Birth of Shriya Saran, South Indian actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/shreya--saran/30761
1998 - Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Commonwealth_Games
2005 : In Japan, landslide victory of prime minister in the legislative election
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Updated on September 12, 2008
ON 12 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
1875 : Birth of Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor, who died on September 11, 1926 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsunosuke_Onoe
1897 : In India, Battle of Saragarhi http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Battle_of_Saragarhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stzlv97cwY4
1934 : Birth of Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaegwon_Kim
1943 : Birth of Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth205 http://www.tru.ca/faculty/tfriedman/ondaatje.htm
1945 : British forces, under Admiral Mountbatten, come back to Singapore
1945 : Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese general and minister of war, commits suicide, born on January 1, 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Sugiyama
1956 : Chaudry Muhammad Ali quits as Pakistan’s prime minister http://pakistanweb.com/html/muhammad.htm
1956 : Birth of Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Hong Kong artist, singer, actor and director, who committed suicide on April 1, 2003 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheung_leslie.htm http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&
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1960 : In Laos, Prince Boun Oum associates with general Phoumi et and attempts a rightis counter-revolution
1964 : In an editorial published in the Pravda, Soviet Union accuses China of territorial claims
1965 : United Nations General Secretary U Thant arrives in New Delhi in an attempt to solve the India-Pakistani conflict
1982 : Birth of Nana Ozaki, Japanese gravure idol http://www.yamabay.com/pics.asp?n=Nana+Ozaki&x=q
1986 : Birth of the Chinese actress Yang Mi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Mi http://yangmimi.com/
1997 : Opening of the Chinese communist party’s XVth congress du PCC (up to September 18). Jiang Zemin will be reelected as general secretary and Qiao Shi, chairman of the National Congress is sacked (see picture below)
1999 : Indonesia agrees to allow UN forces in East Timor
2005 - Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Disneyland
2007 - Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted for the crime of plunder.
2007 - Shinzo Abe announced he resigns as Prime Minister of Japan.
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