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2 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 2 JANUARY
1905 : In the Russo-Japanese war, Port Arthur Russian garrison surrenders http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0102.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
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1928 : Birth of Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer and president of the Soka Gakkai International, a Buddhist sect http://www.sgi.org/about/president/ikeda.html
1930 : Birth of Hossein Mohammed Ershad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad
1933 : Birth of Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist http://www.answers.com/topic/seiichi-morimura
1942 : Manila is captured by Japanese forces
1944 : Birth of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of king Sihanouk and Prime Minister from 1993 through 1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Ranariddh http://www.norodomsihanouk.info/royal_family/rnre.htm
1951 : Birth of Tsui Hark, Hong Kong filmmaker http://www.geocities.com/yuenkat/tsui.html
1960 : Birth of Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author http://myhome.naver.com/fischer/Urasawa/UrasawaE.htm
1965 : Indonesia quits United Nations, the first country to do so
1965 : Ayub Khan wins the Pakistani presidential election with 62% of the vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_presidential_election%2C_1963
1967 : Heavy US bombing on North Vietnam through on 15
1980 : In a strong reaction to the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter asks the Senate to postpone action on the Salt II nuclear treaty and recalls the US ambassador to Moscow http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
id=52299
1989 : Sri Lanka President Junius Richard Jayewardene is succeded by Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa
2008 : Death of Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of king Rama IX, born on 6 May 1923 http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/
article_1384154.php/Princess_Galyani_Vadhana_kings_elder_sister_dies http://www.soravij.com/galyani.html
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3 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 3 JANUARY
1196 : Birth of Tsuchimikado, 83rd Japanese Emperor (1198-1210) who died in November 1231. Not to be confused with Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442-1500) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tsuchimikado
1836 : Birth of Sakamoto Ryoma, a Japanese revolutionary against the shogunat system who was assassinated in November 1867 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/89.html http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/5770/ryomahis.htm
1852 : First Chinese arrives in Hawaii
1868 : Young Mutsuhito becomes Japanese Emperor. Meiji Restoration puts an end to the shogunate and gives back power to the Emperor http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_restoration.shtml http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_mutsuhito_emperor.shtml
1901 : Birth of Ngo Dinh Diem, first president of South Vietnam (1955-1963) who died in November 1963 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNngo.htm
1937 : Birth of Seri Wangnaitham, Thai choreographer, a National artist who died in February 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri_Wangnaitham http://www.watmiami.iirt.net/html/wat_en_06.html
1945 : Allies land on west coast of Burma and conquer Akyab
1945 : US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa
1966 : USA proposes a conference on South-East Asia aiming to solve Vietnamese problem
1958 : Birth of Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405374/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Shim_Hyung-rae.php
1972 : Birth of Yoon Chan, South Korean actor http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Yoon_Chan.php
1974 : Burma adopts its constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma lead by dictator Ne Win http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/win.html
1978 : Birth of Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Sol-mi.php
1980 : Start of legislatives elections in India up to6. Congress Party wins 2/3 of the seats. Indira Ganghi comes back to power afeter 33 months in opposition
1980 : Installed by Soviet forces, new Afghan president Babrak Karmal mades his first appearance defending Soviet Invasion http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/3/
newsid_2492000/2492329.stm
2003 : The renting of small islets to private individuals in the Senkaku archipelago causes protests from Beijing and Taipei who claim sovereignty on this place named Diaoyudai by the Chinese
2005 : Death of Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat and politician born in January 1936 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit
But today, the main event in Asia history is Asia Observer member Wallacehla, from Thailand, birthday. From all of us, have an happy birthday
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4 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED IN ASIA ON 4 JANUARY
1077 : Birth of Zhezong, 7th Emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty (1085-1100) who died in November 1100 http://www.answers.com/topic/emperor-zhezong-of-song
1564 : Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander, born in 1514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_Ujitsuna
1848 : Birth of Katsura Taro who died in October 1913 http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml
1882 : In Japan, Imperial rescript to soldiers and sailors
1929 : Birth of Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist and sculptor http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/e/biography/index.html
1932 : The Indian Congress Party is declared illegal by the British and Mahatmat Gandhi is arrested
1940 : Birth of Gao Xingjian, Litterature Nobel prize 2000 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gao.htm
1948 : Full Independence of Burma from Great Britain. U Nu named Prime Minister up to June 1956 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Nu
1948 : Territories under Nertherland rule demand the cration of the United States of Indonesia
1951 : Chinese and Korean Communist forces to retake Seoul (see BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4/
newsid_2494000/2494837.stm
1962 : Agreement between US and Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh Diem : plan of pacification, democratization, liberalization
1964 : French Prime Minister Pierre Messmer offers a military aid to Cambodia
1966 : Conference indo-pakistanese in Tachkent (Soviet Union), up to 10. The two countries reestablish their diplomatic relations
1971 : Birth of Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese sculptor http://www.kuruizaki.com/
1974 : The Union of Burma is renamed the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
1975 : The first Communist China arrives to Malaya
1980 : President Jimmy Carter announces economic sanctions against Soviet Union which invaded Afghanan on 27 December 1979
2004 : Four policemen are killed, a military depot is looted and eighteen schools burned in the Muslim deep south of Thailand, starting a long bloody unrest
2004 : Afghans approves a new constitution
But today, the main event in Asia history is Asia Observer members Aihua from China, Taihui from Singapor and Truthseeker from Myanmar. From all of us haved an happy birthday
Today is Myanmar Independence day. All our so many A.O. members and visitors, have a nice day <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/04 14:55
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5 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 5 JANUARY
1585 : Birth of Xu Xiake, China traveler and geographer who died in March 1641 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-09/02/
content_72439.htm
1588 : Death of Chinese General Qi Jiguang, famous for his success against Japanese pirates http://www.cctv.com/english/TouchChina/GloryofChineseCivilization/
HistoricalCelebrities/MilitaryLeaders/20020326/100037.html
1592 : Birth of Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire (1628-1658) who died in January 1666 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan
1655 : Go-Sai, becomes 111th Japanese Emperor (up to1663). He will die in March 1685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai
1893 : Birth of Paramahansan Yogananda, Indian guru who died in March 1952 http://www.yogananda-srf.org/py-life/index.html
1926 : Birth of Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, the veteran opposition leader in Singapore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam http://www.jbjeya.org/
1928 : Birth of Ali Bhutto, President (1971-1973), then Prime Minister (1973-1977) of Pakistan, hanged in April 1979 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P019
1941 : Birth of Hayao Miyazaki, cartoons filmmaker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki
1945 : Kamikaze pilots get first order http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=50402
1946 : China recognizes the independence of Outer Mongolia
1948 : Communist offensive aiming to cut Manchuria from the rest of China
1950 : Pakistan recognizes PRC
1952 : China launches the « anti-five movement » (Wufan) mainly against national bourgeoisie and traders
1955 : Opening of talks between United Nations General Secretary Hammarskjoeld and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai on the question of US pilots detained in China
1966 : The United States ask the United Nations members to use their influence for solving the Vietnamese conflict.
1968 : A soviet cargo is hit during an US air raid on North Vietnam
1971 : Birth of Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847030/ http://www.ken-on.co.jp/takata/index.html
1976 : Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot renames Cambodia to Kampuchea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=52302
1979 : Vietnamese troops occupy Phom Penh and the Cambodian ruler Pol Pot is ousted
1985 : Birth of Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yoon_So_Yi
2000 : The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorge who escaped from his Tsurphu monastery in Tibet in December 1999, arrives in India at Dharamsala where is living the XIV Dalai-Lama http://www.kagyuoffice.org/karmapa.india.escape.html
2004 : During SAARC summit, in Islamabad, general Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee have long talks and decide to have discussions on Kashmir
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6 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED IN ASIA ON 6 JANUARY
1842 : British troops (4500 British and 12,000 Indians) under the command of William Elphinstone leave Kabul where they were based since 1939 and are butchered during their retreat. Just one man survived http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_army
1917 : Birth of Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan’s main negociator with China, who died in January 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Chen-fu
1920 : Birth of Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sun_Myung_Moon
1929 : Birth of Babrak Karmal, president of Afghanistan (1979-1986) http://www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/Personalities.BabrakKarmal.shtm http://www.afghanland.com/history/karmal.html
1929 : Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work amongs India’s poorest and diseased people http://www.motherteresa.org/
1946 : Ho Chi Minh wins the elections he conceded to the nationalist Vietnamese http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/ho.html
1950 : United Nations and Norway recognize Communist China
1953 : Gathering in Rangoon of a Asian socialist conference
1966 : Colonel Bokassa who has taken power in Republic of Central Africa break diplomatic relations with People’s Republic of China
1967 : United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a major offensive in Mekong Delta
1976 : People’s Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor nuclear testing center
1981 : Musa bin Ahmad, president of Communist Party of Malaya, who came from China in November 1980, express his regret in a TV show.
1981 : Birth of Rinco Kikuchi, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinko_Kikuchi http://www.anore.co.jp/rinko/english.html
2002 : Singapour : thirteen Muslim Singaporian are arrested because they ready to launch attacks against US citizens and interests in Singapore. Eight of them have been trained in Al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
2005 : China announces that on this day it has 1,3 billion inhabitants
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7 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 7 JANUARY
1906 : End of the first Katsura Taro’s government http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml
1937 : Birth of Tang Chia, Chinese martial art choreographer and movie director
1938 : Birth of Shohei Yamamoto, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945490/
1944 : Birth of Hideko Yoshida, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948876/
1946 : France recognizes Cambodia autonomy in the frame of the French Union.
1947 : Birth of Shobha De, Indian writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobha_De http://www.imagesfashion.com/shobha_de.html
1950 : Ceylan recognizes PRC
1952 : Birth of Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor http://www.sammohung.com/
1962 : Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1973 : To keep power, Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos postpones a referendum on constitution
1975 : For the first time, the Vietnamese communist forces take the administrative center of a province (Phuoc-Binh, 125 km North of Saigon)
1979 : Fall of Phnom-Penh, attacked by invading Vietnamese force. Fall of Pol Pot Khmer Rouge regime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian-Vietnamese_War
1980 : The Congress (Indira) Party of Indira Gandhi wins 351 of the 525 contested seats. Indira Gandhi comes back after losing the power in 1977 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/7/
newsid_2506000/2506387.stm
1984 : After getting its independence from Britain, Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1989 : Death of Japanese Emperor Hirohito (Showa). He is succeeded by his son Akihito http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/dof/japan/captioned/funerals.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhirohito.htm
2001 : US Foreign Affairs magazine publishes extracts of “The Tiananmen Paper” on who, in the tops China leaders wanted, and the ones who din’t want troop to crush the students movement on Tiananmen square http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E02E7DB173AF935A35752C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%
20Topics/People/L/Li%20Peng http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/22/
tiananmen.document/index.html
2002 : Akbar Tanjung, president of Golkar and of the Representants House is officially accused of misappropriation of public property for embezzlement used for Golgar electoral campaign in 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1759481.stm
2002 : Extradition, from Malaysia where he fled, of Nur Misuari, ex-governor of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), who tried an armed riot. http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Modules/Modules/Separatist_Groups/
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8 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED IN ASIA ON 8 JANUARY
1556 : Birth of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord who died in March 1623 http://www.samurai-archives.com/kagekatsu.html
1899 : Birth of Solomon Bandaranaike, fourth Ceylan’s Prime minister (1956-1959), assassinated by a Buddhist monk in September 1959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Bandaranaike
1912 : Birth of Susumu Fujita, Japanese actor who died in March 1991 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297843/filmoyear
1912 : Birth of Tadashi Imai, Japanese film director who died in November 1991 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/tadashi-imai/
1926 : Birth of Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian odessi dancer who died in April 2004 http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/odissi/gurus/kelu.htm http://www.odissiniharika.com/guruji.html
1929 : Birth of Kotoe Hatsui, Japanese actress who died in September 1990 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368969/
1942 : Birth of Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Prime Minister (2001-2006) http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/koizumi_junichiro.shtml
1947 : General Marshall named state secretary leaves China.
1948 : Birth of Hana Kino, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455816/
1975 : Deng Xiaoping is named vice-president Chinese communist party
1976 : Death of Zhou Enlai, Chinese Prime Minister since 1949 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDenlai.htm
1977 : Just one year after the death of Zhou Enlai, huge demonstrations in Beijing which will continue up to 16 January. The demonstrators demand the Deng Xiaoping return to power.
1977 : Birth of Lee Yoo-jin (Yu-jin), Korean actress http://www.koreanmovie.com/Lee_Yoo_jin_ka933/
1979 : After the Vietnamese troops have taken Phom Penh, Khmer Rouge are retreating http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/
newsid_2506000/2506533.stm
1985 : Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley’s comet
1989 : Beginning of the Japanese Heise era (the current one)
1992 : George Bush gets ill and vomit on Japanese prime minister’s lap
2002 : Abolition of death penalty in Taiwan. The last ten years, 176 Taiwanese have been executed, 39 of them for kidnapping.
But today, the main event in Asia history is Asia Observer member Cosioanna, from Australia, birthday
From all of us have an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/08 12:23
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9 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 9 JANUARY
1150 : Emperor Xizong of Jin is murdered by Prince Hailing in a coup d’état
1283 : Song Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang, prisoner of the Yuan for four years is executed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Tianxiang
1562 : Death of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord, born in March 1514 http://www.detarver.com/Famous_Samurai/Amago_Akihisa.html
1624 : Birth of Empress Meisho, 109th emperor of Japan (1629-1643) and the seventh woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, who died in December 1696 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Meish%C5%8D
1760 : Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas
1920 : Birth of Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist who did in October 1988 http://www.hakim-said.com.pk/
1945 : US forces land on Luzon island (Philippines) with 67,000 soldiers
1953 : Birth of Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghan hero, killed by Al-Qaida suicide bomber in September 2001 http://hometown.aol.com/mbeve10258/Massoud.html
1972 : RMS Queen Elisabeth is destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong http://rmhh.co.uk/ships/pages/RMS%20Queen%20Elizabeth%201.html
1988 : Death of Jukichi Uno, Japanese actor born in September 1914 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881303/
1989 : First visit (up to 20) by a Thai Foreign minister to Vietnam since 1976.
1993 : First meeting of Mynmar National Convention in charge of writing a new constitution
1997 : General Ershad, President of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990, in jail for corruption since 1991 is freed http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/E_0071.htm
2001 : Shenzhou 2, a unmanned Chinese spacecraft is launched with a monkey, a dog and a rabbit on board http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/
china_launch_010109.html
But today, the main event in Asia history is Asia Observer member Sadek, from Burma, birthday
From all of us haved an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/09 14:35
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10 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 10 JANUARY
1914 : Birth of Yu Kuo-hwa, Taiwan’s Prime Minister (1984-1989) who died in October 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Kuo-hwa
1942 : Japanese forces land in Indonesia
1946 : In China, the Consultative political Council decides to convene a National assembly
1963 : Sri Lanka Premier, Ms Bandaranaike, in China up to January 15. She is in charge of a good-will mission between India and China.
1972 : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman comes back to Dakha and becomes head of the government http://banglapedia.net/HT/R_0022.HTM
1974 : Birth of Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor http://www.hrithikrules.com/profile.php
1984 : Death of Prince Souvanna Phouma, four times Laotian Prime Minister between 1951 and 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvanna_Phouma
1990 : China lift martial law imposed after Tian’anmen Square massacre
1991 : Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
1995 : The world Youth Day is held in the Philippines
1997 : Tamil rebels attack a military base in Sri Lanka. 200 soldiers and 140 rebels are killed
2002 : Chinese philosopher Wang Ruoshui dies in Boston. A firm believer in communism, he spaced out Mao Zedong during the Cultural revolution and expelled from the Communiste party in 1987. http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/article?revision%5fid=2044&
amp;item%5fid=2043
2003 : North Korea accuses the United States of provocation and announces its withdrawal from Nuclear nonproliferation treaty, while US senator Bill Richardson is in Pongyang for talks.
2004 : A « private » US members of Congress delegation is visiting North Korean nuclear installations.
2006 : Kim Jong Il starts a week-long secret visit in China. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4614848.stm<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/10 14:36
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11 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 11 JANUARY
1322 : Birth of Japanese emperor Komyo (1336-1348) who died in July 1380 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D
1359 : Birth of Japanese Go-En’yu (1371-1382) who died in January 1393 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-En%27yu
1779 : Ching-Thang Khomba (Rajarshi Bhagya) is re-coronated king of Manipur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching-Thang_Khomba
1841 : Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping, proclaims himself “Celest king of the Great Peace (Taiping)” http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_n4_v30/ai_19754255
1868 : Birth of Cai Yuanpei (Tsai Yuan-pei), Chinese educator who was the first president of the Academia Sinica, who died in March 1940 http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72166218
1901 : Birth of Kwon Ki-ok, the first Korean female aviator, as well as being the first female pilot in China, who died in April 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwon_Ki-ok
1911 : Birth of Zenko Suzuki, Japanese Prime Minister (1980-1982) who died in July 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenko_Suzuki
1914 : Yuan Shikai, president of the Republic of China seizes all power http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1942 : Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invade the Netherlands East Indies
1942 : The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur
1943 : The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China
1943 : Sino-British treaty. No mention of Hong Kong quarrel
1944 : Birth of Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibu_Soren http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/06/stories/2006120604630100.htm
1956 : Vietnamese president Diem publishes a decree aiming to quell any opposition to his politics
1964 : Sukarno and Macapagal relaunch the idea of Maphilindo, a regional association including Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia
1972 : Death of Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/chengyi.shtml
1972 : East Pakistan rename itself Bangladesh
1973 : Beijing denounces the occupation of Paracel islands by South Vietnam
1978 : Death of Ibne Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Insha
1982 : Birth of Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ye-jin http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Son_Ye-jin.php
1983 : Yasuhiro Nakasone is the first Japanese Prime Minister to go to South Korea since WWII
1996 : Ryutaro Ashimoto, Japanese Prime Minister, replacing Tomiichi Murayama, through July 1998 http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/apec/1997/rh_profile.html
2007 : Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed leave as interim Prime Minister. Fakhruddin Ahmed is sworn in as chief adviser of the caretaker government. Emergency law is declared. http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/01/12/d7011201011.htm
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