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ON 2 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 2, 2008
626 : In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the incident at Xuanwu Gate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Xuanwu_Gate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong_of_Tang
707 : In China, the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian hand her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaugther Li Xinanhui are interred in a new tom complex outside Chang’an, known as the Qianling Mausoleum http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/atam/115372.htm http://www.chinahighlights.com/photo/xian/qianling-tomb/qianling-
tomb4.htm
1582 : Japanese General Akechi Mitsuhide, who forced Oda Nobugana to suicide, is defeated and killed in the Battle of Yamazaki http://www.samurai-archives.com/mitsuhide.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yamazaki
1929 : Birth of Imelda Marcos, widow of the Philippines former president and dictator Marcos http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/127:388/1/Imelda_Marcos.htm
1940 : Indian Independence leader Subhas Chandras Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/bose.htm
1950 : Kinkaku-ji, in Kyoto, Japan, is burn down http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3908.html http://www.shokoku-ji.or.jp/english/e_kinkakuji/photos/index.html
1962 : Soviet Union reaffirms on an equivocal way its support to China on Taiwan affair
1970 : Two-day meeting of Seato in Manila
1971 : Birth of Chinese actress Qu Ying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu_Ying http://www.bsffilmgroup.com/sed/Qu_Ying.html
1972 : At Simla (India), Indian and Pakistani premiers Indira Gandhi and Ali Bhutto sign a peace agreement avec their third war http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/documents/simla.html
1976 : North and South Vietnam are reunified. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is proclaimed
1995 : In Thailand, the Chart Thai (Thai Nation party), led by Banharn Silpa-archa wins election, beating Chuan Leekpai Depocratic Party
2004 : Asean Regional Forum (ARF) accepts Pakistan as the 24th member
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ON 3 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 3, 2008
1442 : Birth of Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd emperor of Japan (1464-1500) who died on October 1500 http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Tsuchimikado
1844 : In Macau, signature of the Treaty of Wanghia (Wangxia) between China and the United States (based on Najing treaty with the British) http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/528001/
the_sino_american_treaty_of_wanghia.html http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/dwe/82011.htm
1872 : Birth of Habib Ullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-1919), murdered in February 1919 http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/detail/dhabib.html
1918 : Birth of S.V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, who died on July 18, 1974 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._V._Ranga_Rao
1922 : Although, the Dutch had banned political activities in Dutch Indies, Ki Hajar Dewantoro founds the Taman Siswa organization to promote national education for Indonesians http://simplecell.blogsome.com/2006/05/02/indonesias-national-
education-day-remembering-ki-hajar-dewantara/
1924 : Birth of Sellapan Rama Nathan, president of Singapore since August 18, 1999 http://www.upto11.net/generic_wiki.php?q=sellapan_rama_nathan http://www.nndb.com/people/241/000083989/
1938 : Birth of Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor http://www.bolo-yeung.com/
1945 : US troops land at Balikpapan and take Sepinggan airfield on Borneo (Indonesia)
1950 : US carrier-based planes attack airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War
1951 : In Korea War, US general Ridgway agrees to ceasefire talks with North Koreans http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/
newsid_2785000/2785543.stm
1953 : France says it is ready to « perfect » the independence of the three French Indochina countries
1954 : Zhou Enlai, Chinese foreign minister, and Ho Chi Minh meet on the sino-vietnamese border to talk on Indochina situation
1956 : In a joint communiqué, USA and the Philippines said again that the US military bases in that country are under the Philippine sovereignty
1969 : Grave naval incident between Communist China and Taiwan off of Fujian province
1978 : Beijing, definively halts its economic aid to Vietnam
1982 : Birth of Kanika, Indian actress http://www.santabanta.com/contestants.asp?picid=691
1988 : Chatichai Choonhavan becomes Thai Prime Minister, up to 23 February 1991, when deposed by a military coup d’état http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/107940/Chatichai-Choonhavan#tab=active~checked%
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1998 : End of the visit of Bill Clinton in China (since June 25), the first of an American president in China since Tiananmen Square massacre.
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ON 4 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 4, 2008
943 : Death of Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea,, born on January 31, 877 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Goryeo
1330 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun who died in 1367 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiakira http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshiakira.htm
1868 : By the Battle of Ueno, in the city of Edo (Tokyo), the last forces of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate are defeated, completing the Meiji Restoration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ueno
1871 : Russian forces, led by General Kaufman, invade the Chinese Ili Valley (Xinjiang)
1896 : Birth of Chinese writer Mao Dun who died on March 27, 1981 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9050686/Mao-Dun
1902 : Death of Vivekananda, Hindu spiritual leader, born on January 12, 1863 http://www.vivekananda.org/
1946 : Formal independence of the Philippines. The USA keeps the retention of major military bases and business citizenship for American trading http://countrystudies.us/philippines/22.htm http://www.bibingka.com/phg/misc/july4.htm
1957 : Birth of Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand http://www.pattayamail.com/414/news.htm#hd1 http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/princesschulabhon.htm
1962 : After Ne Win’s coup, the Burma Socialist Program Party is formed by the military-led Revolutionary Council. The only one authorized party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Socialist_Programme_Party
1972 : After secret negotiations, the two Koreas publish a joint communiqué on their will to reunify the country
1986 : Birth of Takahisa Masusa, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Masuda_Takahisa
1987 : Taiwan Prime Minister Yu Kuo-hwa offers a bill to end 38-year Martial Law http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
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1946 : Official independence of the Philippines from USA
1949 : Birth of Todung Mulya Lubis, the most prominent human-rights voice in Indonesia http://www.rvr.aim.edu.ph/mcga/program/TodungMulyaLubis.htm
1972 : In South Korea, adoption of a new constitution (Fourth Republic) that reinforces the powers of the president.
1972 : Joint North-South declaration on peaceful reunification http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/74js-en.htm
1996 : Border agreement between China and Kirghizstan
2006 : North Korea tests four short range missile, one median-range missile, and a long-range Teopodong-2 which fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan
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ON 5 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 5, 2008
1882 : Birth of Inayat Khan, Indian sufu, who died on February 5, 1927 http://www.om-guru.com/html/saints/khan.html
1898 : Birth of Yip Man, first martial arts master to teach Chinese martial art of Wing Chun, died on December 2, 1972 http://www.cheungswingchun.com/g/999/yip-man.html
1950 : First clash between US troops with Northern Korean http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5151
1951 : Birth of Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer http://www.geocities.com/nisekriston/
1956 : In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister for the second time, up to November 1958
1963 : Opening of a Sino-Soviet conference in Moscow (till July 20)
1968 : Birth of Kenji Ito, Japanese composer http://ito.cocoebiz.com/index.php
1977 : Pakistani Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is overthrown in a a military coup led by General Zia ul Haq
1993 : In Cambodia, after the first elections under UN control, formation of a two-headed government, with Prince Ranariddh as First Premierand Hun Sen as Second Prime Minister
1995: Death of Takeo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister (December 1976-December 1978) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=990CE2D81F31F935A35754C0A963958260
1998 : Japan launches a probe to Mars and thus joins the USA and Russi as a space exploring nations
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ON 6 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 6, 2008
1781 : Birth of Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, who died on 5 July 1826 http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/history/raffles.htm
1837 : Birth of Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian Scholar, who died on August 1925 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/72430.cms
1935 : Birth of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th dalai lama since 1940 http://www.tibet.com/DL/biography.html http://www.dalailama.com/
1782 : Battle of Nepapatam between French and British navies off Tamil Nadu (India) http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/suffren.htm
1842 : Dadabhai Naoroji is the first Indian to become a member of the British parliament http://www.vohuman.org/Article/Dr.%20Dadabhai%20Naoroji.htm
1944 : Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo shots himself at Saipan to avoid to be captured by the US soldiers, born on March 25, 1887
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=11
1946 : Opening of the Conference of Fontainebleau between France the government of Ho Chih Min
1955 : President Ngo Dinh Diem says South Vietnam not bound by Geneva Agreements http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1948
1961 : Signature of a treaty of Amity, cooperation and mutual assistance Sovieto-North Korean
1987 : Sikhs extremists make their first of three attacks. Over the two-day period a total of 72 are killed by the extremists
1998 : Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becommes operational
2002 : In Kabul, vice-president Hadji Abdou Kadir is assassinated
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ON 7 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 7, 2008
To see the today events in Asian history, go down at the bottom of this page
1053 : Birth of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087) who died on July 24, 1129 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shirakawa
1119 : Birth of Sutoku, 75th emperor of Japan (1123-1142), who died on September 14, 1164 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sutoku
1656 : Birth of Guru Har Krishan, 8th guru of Sikhism on October 7, 1661, who died on March 30, 1664 http://www.sikhs.org/guru8.htm
1799 : Ranjit Singh and his 25,000 fighters capture Lahore to get the creation of an independent Sikh kingdom http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/ranjit3.html
1892 : In the Philippines, the secret organization Katipunan is founded by Andrès Bonifacio, aiming independence from Spain http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/katipunan.html
1901 : Birth of Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer, who died on January 25, 1970 http://www.eiji-tsuburaya.gr.jp/top_e.html
1929 : Birth of Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet, who died on September 6, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Abidi
1937 : In China, Marco Polo bridge (Lugouqiao) incident. Beginning of the Japanese invasion http://www.japan-101.com/history/marco_polo_bridge_incident.htm http://www.chinapage.com/friend/goh/beijing/lugouqiao/lugouqiao.html
1937 : Birth of Tung Chee-Hwa, first Chief Executive of the Special administrative Region of Hong Kong http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/122729.htm
1947 : Birth of Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, king of Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4225171.stm
1950 : United Nations gives the command of UN forces in Korea to the USA
1951 : Amity treaty between India and Burma
1954 : Vietnam emperor Bao Dai chooses Ngo Dinh Diem as premier, succeeding Prince Buu Loc
1963 : In South Vietnam, famous writer Nhat Lin Nguyen Tuong Tam commits suicide before to be tried on complot against the regime. Thousands will attend his funeral
1969 : First US troops withdrawn from South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1952
1972 : Kakuei Tanaka becomes Japanese Prime Minister till December 1979, succeding Eisaku Sato
1976 : Death of Zhu De, Communist China marshal http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/zhude.shtml
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ON 8 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1497 : Departure of the of Vasco de Gama expedition which arrive in India in May 1498 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm
1853 : The US commodore Matthew Perry arrives at Uraga Harbor near Edo (Tokyo) and refuses to go to Nagasaki, only port opened to foreigners http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5161
1858 : After the “mopping up” campaigns of Sir Hugh Rose, the Sepoy Mutiny, that started on May 10, 1857, is officially declared finished http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042288/Indian-Mutiny?
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1864 : The Shinsengumi sabotage the choshu-han shishi’s planned attack on Kyoto at Ikedaya, this event is known as Ikedaya Jiken http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/5770/shinhis.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikedaya_Jiken
1950 : General Douglas Mac-Arthur, the hero of the war against Japan, is appointed head of the United Nations Command in Korea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5162
1958 : Birth of Neetu Singh, Indian actress http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/09dinesh.htm
1963 : Signature of the agreement for integration of Singapore in the Federation of Malaysia
1967 : Death of Fatima Jinnah, sister of Ali Jinnah and an active figure in movement for independence of Pakistan http://www.jazbah.org/fatima.php
1967 : Birth of Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/chan_jordan.htm
1968 : Birth of Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu (vocal actor) http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4601
1969 : Birth of Sugizo, Japanese guitarist and singer http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/sugizo
1972 : Death of Shosuke Tanihara, Japanese actor http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.1420.htm
1972 : US actress Jane Fonda arrives in Hanoi for a two-week trip aiminf to denounce the American policy in Vietnam
1977 : The ashes of Ahn Eak-tai, a Korean composer and conductor are transferred from the island of Majarca to the Korean National Cemetery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahn_Eak-tai
1979 : Death of Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Nobel Prize in Physics (1965), born in March 1906 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/tomonaga-
bio.html
1994 : Death of Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s communist leader, of heart attack, born on April 15, 1912 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5163 http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570932/kim_il_sung.html
1998 : In Afghanistan, the Taliban announce a ban on television sets, videocassettes-recorders, videotapes and satellites dishes
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ON 9 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 9, 2008
To see the today events in Asian history, click on End on the page line 
1249 : Birth of Kameyama, 90th Japanese emperor (1259-1274) who died on October 4, 1305 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kameyama
1654 : Birth of Reigen, 112 emperor of Japan (1663-1687) who died on September 24, 1732 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Reigen_of_Japan
1883 : Death of Tu Duc, fourth emperor (1847-1883) of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam, born on September 22, 1829 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_Duc
1908 : Birth of Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher, who died on December 8, 1973 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allama_Rasheed_Turabi
1922 : Death of Mori Ogai, Japanese novelist and poet, born in February 1862 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392347/Mori-Ogai
1925 : Birth of Guru Dutt, Indian film director, producer and actor, who died on October 10, 1964 http://www.upperstall.com/people/gurudutt.html
1944 : US victory in the Battle of Saipan which started on June 15 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1770.html
1947 : Birth of Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,445688,00.html
1948 : Pakistan issues first set of postage stamps, having image of the constituent assembly, the Jinnah International Airport and the Shaki fort
1948 : Birth of Hassan Wirajuda, current Foreign minister of Indonesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Wirajuda
1963 : In London, signature of the agreement for the formation of the Federation of Malaysia (Malaya, Singapore, Sarrawak, Shabah)
1967 : In Hong Kong, Gurkha Nepalese troops of the British Army relieve policemen who had been attacked by Chinese communist forces at the border town of Shataukok
1969 : Soviets protest US bombing of Haiphong http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1956
1970 : Birth of Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
1971 : In South Vietnam, United States turns over responsability for the Demilitaried Zone (DMZ) to South Vietnames http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1955
1971 : Beginning of a secret visit of Secretary of State Henry kissinger to Beijing (till July 11)
1978 : Birth of Linda Park, Korean-born actress http://www.lindapark.tv/ http://images.google.fr/images?q=Linda+Park&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images&
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1979 : Birth of Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Koon http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/koon_ella.htm
1987 : One million South Koreans demonstrate against Chen Doo Hwan regime
2002 : Exiled former Pakistan’s prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is condemned in abstentia at 3 years of hard labour for graft in 1994
2005 : Death of Rafiq Zakaria, Indian author, born on 5 April 1920 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4666793.stm
2007 : For the first time since Indo-Pakistani war, a train with an Indian delegation links India to Bangladesh’s capital Dakha. Before this event, only bus liason were available
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ON 10 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 10, 2008
649 : Death of Li Shimin, second Chinese Tang dynasty emperor (626-649), born on January 23, 599 http://tqnyc.org/NYC030285/tangtaizong.html
1419 : Birth of Go-Hanazo, 102th Japanese Emperor, who reigned from 1428 throught 1464 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Hanazono_of_Japan
1800 : The British Indian Government establishes Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub contineent
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/F_0170.htm
1806 : The Vellore mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East Indian Company http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9074981/Vellore-Mutiny http://www.1857mutiny.com/Analysis/vellore-mutiny/
1923 : Birth of Gurunath Abaji Kulkarni, Indian writer who died on December 11, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._A._Kulkarni
1940 : Birth of Meghnad Desai, British economist, born in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai
1947 : Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first governor general of Pakistan by the British premier Clement Attlee
1951 : At Kaesong, Korea, armistice negotiations begin between United Nations forces and North Korea
1952 : Birth of Lee Hae-chan, South Korean prime minister from June 29, 2004 through March 14, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hae_Chan
1959 : Death of Marcel Van, Vietnamese redemption missionary http://www.clairval.com/lettres/en/2004/01/17/2210104.htm
1961 : Birth of Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Cheung
1965 : Birth of Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544568/
1970 : Negotiations between China and Soviet Union on border rivers resume
1983 : Birth of Kim Heechul, Korean singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/kim-hee-chul
1988 : Prince Sihanouk announces his resignation as president of the chairmanship of coalition government of Democratic Kampuchea
1995 : In Myanmar, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, under house of arrest since July 1989, is released
1997 : Because the internal situation in Cambodia, Asean postpones Cambodia adherence
2000 : Death of Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, born on December 20, 1909 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakkom_Majeed
2003 : Death of Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnu_Maden
2007 : Former head of China’s State Food and Drug Administration is executed for corruption http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6286698.stm
2007 : Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric who led the Red Moque resistence in Islamabad is killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6281228.stm
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ON 11 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1156 : In Japan, the siege of Shirakawa-den begins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Shirakawa-den
1405 : Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sails for his first campaign http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html
1628 : Birth of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, famous Japanese warlord http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9072772/Tokugawa-Mitsukuni#290932.hook
1688 : Death of King Narai of Siam (1656-1688), born in 1629 http://www.simply-thai.com/Thailand_History_King_Narai_the_Great.htm
1893 : The first cultural pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto http://www.pearl-guide.com/mikimoto.shtml
1921 : After a revolt against the Chinese led by Sukhbaatar, a provistional government is formed in Outer Mongolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damdin_S%C3%BCkhbaatar
1937 : Birth of Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/16266
1947 : USA announces it sends a mission led by General Wedemeyer to China during the civil war
1950 : Birth of Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistany nuclear physicist http://www.chowk.com/writers/495
1952 : Treaty of Amity between India and the Philippines
1969 : Birth of David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tao
1975 : Birth of Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/riona_hazuki.htm
1975 : Chinese archealogists announce they have found thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb of first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi http://www.chinavista.com/travel/terracotta/warrior01.html
1976 : Invaded six month ago, East-Timor becomes the 27th province of Indonesia
1983 : Birth of Kelly Poon, Singaporian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Poon
1984 : Birth of Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&
friendid=1000016246 http://www.cinemorgue.com/hitomihyuga.html
1985 : Birth of Aki Maeda, Japanese actress http://wiki.theppn.org/Maeda_Aki http://akimaeda.free.fr/
1987 : Birth of Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol http://shige-kun.livejournal.com/683.html
1992 : Death of Deng Yingchao, widow of Zhou Enlai, born on February 4, 1904 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E0CEED61E39F931A25754C0A964958260 http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dyc.html
1995 : United States establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5171
2001 : In Cambodia, the National assembly pass a bill that authorize the trial of the former Khmer Rouge leaders
2001 : Visit of Kim Yong-nam, number 2 of North Korea to Hanoi. He is the highest leader to go to Vietnam since Kim Il-sung in 1964
2001 : With no more majority, Sri Lankan president suspends Chandrika Kumaratunga the parliament for two months and announces a referendum on a new constitution
2003 : The Lahore-Delhi bus service resume after suspension of 18 months
2004 : In Japan, renewal of half of the members of the Senate. Failure for the Liberal democratic party of PM Koizumi, but he keeps the majority thanks to his Komeito party ally
2006 : 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attack in Mumbai (India) http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/ http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/india.bombs/
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2007 : For the first time since 1971, a train cross the India-Bangladesh border with an Indian delegation to Dakha. Before, only buses where authorized
2007 : After height days of siège. The Pakistani army storm the Red Mosque in Islamibad where islamists where entrenched http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19704888/ http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.mosque/
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