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ON 16 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 16, 2008
1507 : Birth of Jiajing (or Chia-ching) Emperor of China from 1521 to 1567, the 11th emperor of the Ming dynasty. Born Zhu Houcong, he was the Zhengde Emperor's cousin. He died on January 23, 1567 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiajing_Emperor
1782 : Birth of Chinese Emperor Daoguang (1820-1850) who died on February 1850 http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/33History2628.html
1859 : Birth of Yuan Shikai, Chinese General and politician, who died on June 6, 1916 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1916 : Birth of M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer, who, died on December 11, 2004 http://www.mysticamusic.com/m_s_subbulakshmi.php http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~vhari/ms/
1923 : Birth of Lee Kuan Yew, the master of Singapore http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?
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1932 : Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation (voir film dans on this day in history) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
id=52856
1945 : Japan surrendered Hong Kong (see picture below)
1957 : Death of Chinese painter Qi Baishi, born in January 1864 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Baishi http://chineseculture.about.com/library/gallery/blqibaishi.htm
1963 : Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.
1965 : China demands that India dismantels in the coming three days its military buildings on Sikkim border
1966 : Beijing says that two US warplanes have attacked two hamlets on September 9. (On September 19 Washington admitted saying there was an mistake with North Vietnam targets)
1967 : United Nations General Secretary U Thant asks again the stopping of US bombing on North Vietnam
1969 : US President Richard Nixon announces the withdrawal of 35,000 soldiers from Vietnam before December 15
1971 : Birth of Zilla Huma Usman, Pakistani activist for women emancipation, assassinated on February 20, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zil-e-Huma_Usman
1975 : Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
1978 : General Zia Ul-Haq becomes president of Pakistan http://www.defencejournal.com/april98/ziaulhaqdomination.htm
1978 : In a joint communiqué, Washington and Beijing announce the establishment of diplomatic relations starting on 1st January 1979 http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique02.htm
1979 : In Afghanistan, Hafizullah Amin orders the killing od former president Nur Mohammed Taraki who just came back from Moscow http://rugsofwar.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/portrait-rugs-nur-mohammed-
taraki/ http://www.nndb.com/people/912/000112576/
1981 : Birth of Chang Yu-chen, Taiwanese actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Zhang_Yu_Chen
1981 : Birth of Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress http://www.leila-tong.com/
1981 : Birth of Fan Bingling; Chinese actress http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/fan_bing_bing.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_7438592.htm
2002 : In Singapore, the government announces the arrest of 19 members of Jemaah Islamiya and of 2 members of the Philippine MILF
2002 : Death of Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, Vietnamese cardinal, born on April 17, 1928 http://www.card-fxthuan.org/bioEnglish.php
2002 : In Thailand, beginning of talks between Sri Lankan government and LTTE Tamil separatists with Norwegian mediation
2005 : In Nepal, police arrest 87 journalists and 200 pro-democracy demonstrators
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ON 17 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 17, 2008
1192 : Birth of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun who was assassinated on February 13, 1219 http://everything2.com/?node_id=691877
1786 : Death of Tokugawa Ieharu, 10th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1760-1786), born on June 20, 1737 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieharu
1867 : Birth of Shiki Masaoka, Japanese poet who died on September 19, 1902 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/shiki.htm
1894 : Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement in the first Sino-Japan war http://militaryhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/
the_battle_of_the_yalu_river_1894
1894 : Death of Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral, born in 1849 http://en.mobile.wikipedia.org/transcode.php?go=Deng+Shichang&PHPSESSID=36c1d3b92f8bf21fb7b13cfd4150541d
1900 : Battle of Mabitac. Filipino fighters outmaneuver and rout Americain forces on Luzon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mabitac
1904 : Death of Raden Ajeng Kartini (Raden Ayu Kartini), Indonesian female figure, born on 21 April 1879 http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=kartini_indonesia_05_ul
1906 : Birth of Junius Richard Jayewardene, president of Sri Lanka from 1978 until 1989 who died on November 1, 1996) http://www.answers.com/topic/junius-richard-jayewardene
1915 : Birth of Maqbool Fida Husain, Indian painter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_F_Husain http://www.mfhussain.com/modules.php?name=coppermine http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/m_f_husain.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7308135.stm
1930 : Birth of Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist http://chennaionline.com/musicseason99/profile/lalgudijayaraman.html
1935 : Manuel L. Quezon is elected first President of the Commonwealth of the Philipines http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/quezon.html
1957 : In Thailand , coup d’etat of general Sarit Thanarat. General Pibul Songkram goes in exile http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559805/sarit_thanarat.html http://www.safran-arts.com/sarit-thanarat.html
1959 : Beijing announces that Marshal Lin Biao succeeds disgraced Marshal Peng Dehuai as defense minister
1963 : The Federation of Malaysia breaks off its diplomatic relations with The Philippines and Indonesia
1970 : The People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) for South Vietnam presents a new peace plan at the Paris talks. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1363
1973 : Birth of Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Choi http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=341 http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=18
1977 : On charge to have order the killing of a political opponent in November 1974, Ali Bhutto who has been thrown out by General Zia-ul Haq is arrested.
1980 : Kim Dae-jung, leader of South Korea opposition is sentenced to death by a martial court
1991 : South Korea and North Korea become members of the United Nations
1995 : Hong Kong last election under British rule
1996 : A small North-Korean submarine runs aground South Korea. 24 North Korean soldiers commit suicide or are killed in the following days causing the death of 16 South Koreans and 26 wounded
1999 : President Bill Clinton lifts restrictions on trade, travel and banking imposed on North Korea a half-century earlier
2001 : World Trade Organization (WTO) successfully concludes negotiations on China’s entry http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres01_e/pr243_e.htm
2002 : Junichiro Koizumi is the first Japanese head of government to go to Pyongyang. North Korea admits the kidnapping of Japanese in the 70s and 80s (see picture below)
2002 : The Cardinal Kung Foundation, says that non official bishop Mgr Wei Jingyi has been arrested. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=4077
2004 - Tamil is declared the first classical language in India.
2005 : After its failure in the September 13 election, the Democratic Party of Japan elects Seiji Maehara as its new leader http://www.e-fccj.com/node/3761
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. Picture : Koizumi and Kim Jong-il
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Uptated on September 18, 2008
ON 18 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
1418 : Sejong becomes the 4th king of the Joseon Korean dynasty, up to his death on May 18, 1450 http://members.aol.com/ABurrese/kingsejong.html
1598 : Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord, born in 1536 http://www.samurai-archives.com/hideyoshi.html
1906 : A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
1931 : Mukden (Shenyang) Incident or Manchurian Incident provoked by the Japanese (see picture below). http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1507.html
1945 : General MacArthur moves his command to Tokyo as he prepares for his new role as archictect of democratic Japan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6588
1946 : Birth of Akira Kamiya, Japanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kamiya
1948 : Communist uprising in Dutch Indies
1949 : In Cambodia, dissolution of the parliament
1949 : Birth of Sokyu Fujita, Japanese actor http://www.fancast.com/people/Sokyu-Fujita/2460/main
1954 : Birth of Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician, killed by police on September 19, 1996 http://home.pacific.net.sg/~makhdoom/murtaza.html
1959 : Laotian rightist Phoumi Nosavan, with Thailand support, attacks Vientiane, but the neutralists, with the help of the Phatet Lao and the Soviets, repulse the attack
1964 : New naval incident in the Tonkin Bay opposing US and North-Vietnamese ships. North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1365
1969 : Beginning of religious riots in Ahmedabad India), up to 22 : 500 dead
1973 : Birth of Ami Onuki, Japanese singer http://www.answers.com/topic/ami-onuki
1976 : Mao Zedong funeral takes place in Beijing
1977 : Birth of Miki Lee, popular Taiwanese singer and actress http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t80944.html http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1307
1982 : Birth of Yang Xin, Chinese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xin http://singaporedaily.net/2008/09/15/daily-chiobu-yang-xin/
1985 : National Conference of the Chinese Communist Party (18-24). Hundreds of veterans resign and give the way to younger cadrees with more qualification
1988 : Military coup in Burma. The constitution is suspended. The military starts a deadly offensive against pro-democracy demonstrators, killing thousands and found the State Law and Order Restoration Council (Slorc). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Peace_and_Development_Council
1997 : End of the XVth congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Jiang Zemin is maintained as leader and Li Peng as number two as Qiao shi is ousted
2001 : Taiwan gets the green light for its entry to the World Trade Organization under the name of Chinese Taiwan.
2002 : Symbolic opening of the border between the two Koreas
2005 : First free election in Afghanistan. The result will be known on October 22
2007 : President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president
2007 - Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolutionhttp://ratchasima.net/saffron-revolution/
Picture : the Japanese enter Mukden (Shenyang) on September 18, 1931 
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ON 19 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 19, 2008
1339 : Death of Japanese Emperor Go-Daigo (1318-133), born on November 26, 1288 http://compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/go-daigo.html
1876 : Birth of Japanese painter Hiroshi Yoshida http://www.hanga.com/bio.cfm?ID=1 http://www.artelino.com/articles/hiroshi_yoshida.asp
1902 : Death of Masaoka Shiki, Japanese author, poet, literary critic, and journalist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Masaoka Tsunenori. Born on September 17, 1867 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki
1926 : Birth of Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Physics Nobel Prize laureate http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2002/koshiba-
cv.html http://www.jspsusa.org/FORUM2003/bio.koshiba.htm
1931 : Following the Mukden Incident (September 18), Japan starts to invade Manchuria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Manchuria
1936 : Death of Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician, born on August 10, 1860 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu_Narayan_Bhatkhande http://www.culturopedia.com/personalities/indianpersonality-
vishnunarayanbhatkhande.html
1966 : Indonesia which had withdraw from United Nation in protest of the admission of the Federation of Malaysia announces that it comes back
1970 : Birth of Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanori_Nishikawa
1984 : China and Britain complet a draft agreement transferring Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule by 1997
1990 : Birth of Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fukuda_Saki http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=70093
1995 : The commander of American forces in Japan and the US ambassador apology for the rape of a schoolgirl committed by three US servicemen
1997 : After the Hun Sen coup d’état, United Nation decides to keep vacant the seat of Cambodia, up to the situation is cleared in the country
2001 : Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is the first head of state of a muslim country to visit Washington after September 11 attacks. She gives her support to the fight against terrorism and gets a 400 million $ aid from the USA
2001 : In Afghanistan, the religious leaders ask Oussama ben Laden to volountarily leave the country as US combat activities in Afghanistan looking at destroying A-qaida and the Taleban protecting them begin.
2004 : Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin gives up to Hu Jintao his last position, the chairmanshif of the Central Military Commission
2005 : In Beijing, North Korea agrees in the principe to renounce to its nuclear programs
2006 - The Thai military, led by General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin stages a coup in Bangkok, toppling corrupted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The constitution is revoked and martial law declared ( see picture below)
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ON 20 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 20, 2008
1519: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan leaves Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands in the current Indonesia. Magellan will be killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually will make the journey. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5360
1806: Death of Utamaro Kitagawa, Japanese painter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utamaro http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/utamaro_kitagawa.html
1853 : Birth of Siam King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), born on September 20, 1853 http://www.thailandlife.com/king_chulalongkorn.htm
1911 : Birth of Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader, who died on June 2, 1990 http://www.awgp.org/english/founder/guruji.html
1916 : Birth of Malik Meraj Khalid, Former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003) http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P026
1925 : Birth of Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam (Rama VIII) from March 1935 through his assassination in June 1946 http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/congress/7905/rama8.html
1931 : Birth of Cherd Songsri, Thai filmmaker, who died on May 21, 2006 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Cherd-Songsri
1945 : The Pan-Indian Congress, with Gandhi and Nehru as leaders, rejects the British proposition of internal autonomy and asks the United Kingdom to quit India
1946: Birth of Alan Tang (Tang Kwong Wing), Chinese actor and producer http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=139 http://www.collamer-jones.com/tang/
1949 : Birth of Mahesh Bhatt, Indian film director http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/entertainment/mahesh-bhatt.html http://movies.apunkachoice.com/names/mah/mahesh_bhatt/cid_96/
wallpapers/
1954 : The first Chinese National Congress adopts the first constitution of the People’s Republic of China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Constitution_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China
1954 : Birth of Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress (In the mood for love) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Cheung http://www.cultsirens.com/cheung/cheung.htm
1965 : In a diplomatic note to New Delhi, Beijing reminds its claim on 90,000 km2 of Indian territory
1966 : Indonesia comes back to its seat at the United Nations
1968 : U.S. officials defend use of defoliants http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1369
1971 : Negotiations between North and South Korea resume
1971 : Birth of Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer http://www.youngcomposers.com/articles/Masashi-Hamauzu
1976 : Yui Horie, Japanese singer and actress http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/SCR_CATALOG/094.html http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=386
1977 : The first boat people arrived in San Francisco from Southeast Asia under a new US resettlement program
1977 : Birth of Namie Amuro, Japanese singer http://women.stareastasia.com/namie-amuro/
1977: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations
1979 : The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML)
1983 : Birth of Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuna_Ito http://www.yunaweb.net/
1991: Birth of Naruki Matsukawa, young Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Matsukawa_Naoruki http://www.diggstars.com/1-14-8181/links/Matsukawa_Naruki_wallpaper/
Matsukawa_Naruki_wallpaper.html
1994 : Gen. Tan Shwe and Gen Khin Nyunt of SLORC meet Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time since she have been put under house arrest
1996 : Murtaza Bhutto, brother of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician,is killed by police. Born on September 18 1954 (see picture below) http://www.despardes.com/articles/2007/20070920-fatima-bhutto.htm
1998 : After he talked to thousands of people, Malaysian ousted vice-premier Anwar Ibrahim is arrested
1999 : A United Nations multinational force arrives to East-Timor to protect the population from pro-Indonesia militias http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/20/
newsid_2524000/2524891.stm
2002 : Historic trip of Wu Shu-chen, wife of the Taiwan president to the United States in a ten-day private sojourn
2003 : In the Maldives, the death of the prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Maléhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Maldives_civil_unrest
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ON 21 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 21, 2008
1328 : Birth of Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu) Founder of the Ming Dynasty http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22899.htm
1428 : Birth of Zhu Qiyu, Emperor of China of the Ming Dynasty from 1449 to 1457 as the Jingtai Emperor, who died on March 14, 1457 http://tripatlas.com/Jingtai
1643 : Death of Huang Taiji, first emperor of the Chinese Qing dynasty (1626-1643), born on November 28, 1592 http://www.powerset.com/explore/semhtml/Huang_Taiji
1746 : The French Army takes Madras in India
1860: In the Second Opium war, an anglo-French force defeats Chinese troop at the Battle of Baliqiao (Pa-Li-Kao) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baliqiao
1898: Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days’s Reform in China http://www.thecorner.org/hist/china/hdreform.htm
1919 : Birth of Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar of Islam, who died on July 26, 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazlur_Rahman
1926 : Birth of Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress, death of December 23, 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Jehan http://www.muziq.net/artists/madam/
1934 - Superpower Muroto Typhoon hit in western Honshū, Japan, Japanese government confirmed 3,036 killed. Mainly destroy temple, schools, and other buildings at Osaka.
1949 : At the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Peking, Mao Zedong announces that the new Chinese government will be "under the leadership of the Communist Party of China." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2797
1950 : Birth of Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor who died on November 6, 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusaku_Matsuda http://www.yusaku-matsuda.com/
1952 : Birth of Emily Lau, Hong Kong democratic activist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lau
1954 : Birth of Shinzo Abe, shortly Japanese prime minister (2006-2007) http://tokyo.s-abe.or.jp/profile_in_english.html
1954 : Death of Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor of the cultured pearl, born on January 25, 1858 http://www.japan-101.com/business/kokichi_mikimoto.htm
1957 : Pote Sarasin, general secretary of South-East Association Treaty Organization (SEATO) becomes Thailand premier http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/eng/pm_09.htm
1963 : The Soviet Union denounces the Chinese will to get atomic weapon at all cost and says that in 1962 the Chinese crossed more than 5,000 times the common border
1965 : Singapore is admitted as part of the United Nations
1967 : Thai troops arrive in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1372
1971 : Bhutan enters the United Nations
1972 : Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines signs Proclamation N° 1081 placing the entire country under the martial law http://countrystudies.us/philippines/28.htm
1979 : Birth of Jaymee Ong, Chinese-Australian model http://contenderasia.com/index.php/content/view/69/131/
1980 : Birth of Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareena_Kapoor http://www.kareena-kapoor.info/
1981 : Birth of Rimi Sen, Indian actress http://www.rimisen.org/biography-1.html
1981 : Birth of Meilinda Soerjoko, Indonesian-Australian actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1736357/ http://www.tvrage.com/person/id-34594/Meilinda+Soerjoko
1985 : Death of Gu Long (real name Xiong Yaohua), Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels, born in 1937 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu_Long
1987 : Speaking to US Congress, the Dalai Lama introduces his Five points Peace Plan for Tibet http://www.tibet.com/proposal/5point.html
1988 : Birth of Bilawal Bhutto, Son of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardani, vice-president of the PPP since December 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7165052.stm
1995 : The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_milk_miracle
1996 : In India, Sitaram Kesri succeeds Narasimha Rao, involved in a fraud case, as chairman of the Indian Congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitaram_Kesri
1999 : Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead http://wwweic.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/topics/taiwan/
2001 : In East Timor, the first government, led by Mari Alkatiri, leader of Fretilin, is sworn in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Alkatiri
2004 - The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
2007 : Indicted on charge of corruption by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Taiwan, Yu Shyi-kun resigns his post as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2002/bio_yu.htm
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ON THIS DAY, 22 SEPTEMBER, IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 22, 2008
1072 : Death of Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official, born in 1007 (see picture below) http://web.whittier.edu/academic/english/Chinese/Ouyangxiu.htm
1253 : Death of Dogen Zenki, Japanese Zen Buddhist, born on January 19, 1200 http://www.zenki.com/AboutDogen.htm
1539 : Death of Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (b. 1469 http://www.sikhs.org/guru1.htm
1606 : Birth of Li Zicheng, a Chinese rebel who sacked the Ming capital before to be defeated by the Manchu in 1644 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zicheng
1630 : Death of Yuan Chonghuan, June 6, 1584 – September 22, 1630) was a famed patriot and military commander of the Ming Dynasty who battled the Manchu, executed by his emperor under false charges. Born on June 6, 1584 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Chonghuan
1829 : Birth of the Vietnam Emperor Tu Duc, the 4th Emperor of the Nguyen dynasty (1947-1883) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073649/Tu-Duc
1878: Birth of the Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (1946-1947), who died on October 20, 1967 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Yoshida.html
1922: Birth of Chen Ning –yang, physics Nobel Price in 1957 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1957/yang-
bio.html
1931 : Birth of Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzoor_Ahmad
1944 :In India, end and failure of the negotiations between Gandhi and Jinnah on the Muslim question
1956 : Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Suzuki
1957 : Death of Japanese Admiral Soemu Toyoda, born on May 22, 1885 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWtoyodaS.htm
1957 : Death of Chinese singer and actress Zhou Xuan, born on August 1, 1918 http://english.cri.cn/636/2004-3-31/
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1965 : The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965/Second Kashmir War between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-pak_1965.htm
1970 : Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is succeeded by Abdul Razak http://www.answers.com/topic/tunku-abdul-rahman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Abdul_Razak
1970 : Death of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer, born in March 1899 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharadindu_Bandyopadhyay
1971 : In Vietnam war, Captain Ernest Medina is acquitted of all charges relating to the My Lai massacre of March 1968. His unit was charged with the murder of over 200 Vietnamese civilians, including women and children http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1374
1973 : Birth of Japanese painter Ninko Ouzo http://www.lunarbaseart.com/ninko-ouzou/
1974 : Birth of Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Chae-yeong http://www.koreanmovie.com/Yoo_Chae_yeong_ka1243/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Yoo_Chae-yeong.php
1981 : Birth of Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Shibutani http://celebs.japansuki.com/Shibutani_Subaru.html
1982 : Great-Britain premier Margaret Thatcher goes to Beijing (up to 25) to discuss the future of Hong Kong
1982 : Birth of Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Chiang http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=13196
1984 - Birth of Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Fu http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaD-FfWZkI0
1988 : Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst is assassinated, born on September 12, 1914 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rais-Amrohvi
1996 : Foundation of the Democratic Party of Japan by Yukio Hatoyama, former general secretary of Sakigake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan
1997 : Death of of Chiang Wei-kuo (Wego Chiang), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and politician, born on October 6, 1916 http://www.indopedia.org/Chiang_Wei-kuo.html http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Chiang_Wei-kuo/
2000 : Death of Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator, (born in 1916 http://www.mishalov.com/Sakai.html
2001 : After Pakistan’s president General Musharraf aligned with the US on Afghanistan, the USA leaves all the 1998 sanctions against India and Pakistan after their nuclear tests
2002 : Death of Vernon Corea Sri Lankan broadcaster who paved the for ethnic minority broadcasters http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/corea/2607219
2006 : In Thailand, the king adopts the foundation of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM) with General Sonthi Boonyatratkalin as head
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ON 23 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 23, 2008
1161 : Birth of Takakura, the 80th Japanese Emperor (1168-1180), who died on January 30, 1181 ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Takakura
1215: Birth of of Khubilai Khan, founder of the Chinese Yuan Dynasty, who died on February 18, 1294
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan
1573: Death of Asai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord who commited suicide for loosing battle, born in 1924 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Asai-Hisamasa
1740: Birth of Empress Go-Sakuramachi, 117th emperor of Japan (1762-1771) http://everything2.com/e2node/Go-Sakuramachi
1771 : Birth of Morohito (Kokaku), 119th emperor of Japan (1779-1817) who died on 11 December 1840 http://www.powerset.com/explore/semhtml/Emperor_Kōkaku?query=Emperor+K%C5%8Dkaku
1889 : Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda
1912 : Birth of Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan
1914 : Birth of Omar Ali Saifuddin III, 28th Sultan of Brunei (1950-1986) who died on September 7, 1986 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Omar-Ali-Saifuddin-III
1930 : Birth of Sehba Akhtar,poet of Pakistan (d.1996) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sehba_Akhtar
1942 : First day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau
1943 : Birth of Tanuja, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuja http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-actresses/tanuja.html http://www.bollywood501.com/classic_f/tanuja/index.html
1955 : Pakistan signs Baghdad Pact joining Iran, Iraq, and Turkey in a military alliance with the USA, later converted into the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Treaty_Organization
1964 : Birth of Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/koshi-inaba/
1969 : First underground Chinese nuclear test
1972 : Birth of Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress http://www.koreanmovie.com/Shim_Eun_ha_ka1148/ http://www.koreanfilm.org/actors.html#shimeh
1974 : Birth of Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409276/bio http://www.icelebz.com/celebs/harumi_inoue/
1985 : Birth of Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Goto_Maki http://www.makigoto.com/welcome-to-maki-goto-site/
1986 : Japanese newspapers quote Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone as saying that minorities lowered the « intelligence level » of America
1993 :For the first time, Taiwan puts her candidature to the United Nations under the name of Republic of China in Taiwan
1996 : Death of Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist, born in 1933 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiko_F._Fujio
2000 : Aung San Suu Kyi is again put under house of arrest
2002 : in Hong Kong, death of cardinal John Baptist Wu. Joseph Zen is named bishop of Hong Kong by the Vatican http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=5460
2007 : In Japan, Yasuo Fukuda is elected chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/23/asia/japan.php
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ON 24 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 24, 2008
1534 : Birth of Guru Ram Das, Fourth Master of Sikhism, died on September 1, 1581 http://www.punjabilok.com/faith/sikh/gururamdas.htm
1732 : Death of Reigen, 112th emperor Japan, born on July 9, 1654 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Reigen_of_Japan
1841: The sultan of Brunei bestows James Brook the title of Governor of Sarawak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak#History
1877 : Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the imperial Japanese Army over the samurai Satsuma Rebellion http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1800s/p/shiroyama.htm
1877 : Death of Takamori Saigo, samurai, leader of Satmura rebellion, born on February 7, 1827 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamori_Saigo
1925 : Birth of Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist, who died on December 21, 2004 http://www.4to40.com/legends/index.asp?id=158
1945: Birth of Kuan Tai Chen, Chinese actor and producer http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=328 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/chen_kuan_tai.htm
1946 : Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong
1948 : The Honda Motor Company is founded in Japan.
1962 : The Chinese Communist Party Central Commitee, following Mao Zedong, denounces the revisionists in the party and the state, condemns the chauvinism of great powers and says that China has a right of an independent policy
1962 : Birth of Rosamund Kwan, Hong Kong Actress http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/rosamund_kwan/index.shtml
¬http://www.brns.com/pages/kwanpict.html
1967 : In Saigon, Hue, and Da Nang, demonstrations are staged against the recent election of President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, led by the militant Buddhist faction http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1378
1968 : Thakin Than Tun, chairman of the Communist Party of Burma (White Flag) is killed by one on his security officer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakin_Than_Tun
1975 : In New York, last meeting of SEATO and decision to disolve the organization (effective in 1977) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/88315.htm
1980: Birth of Sabrine Maui, a Filipina pornographic actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrine_Maui http://www.porneskimo.com/sabrine%20maui.htm
1981: birth of Yuki Matsuzaki, Japanese actor and producer http://www.yukimatsuzaki.com/eng/resume.html
1982 : Margaret Thatcher et Deng Xiaoping decide to open negotiations on the future of Hong Kong
1986 : Birth of Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Dizon http://good-times.webshots.com/album/557924535HMFsqF
1991 : North and South Korean become members of United Nations
1993 : Promulgation of the new constitution of Cambodia. Norodom Sihanouk, 38 years after he abdicated is again king of Cambodia. Norordom Ranariddh becomes First Premier and Hun Sen Second Premier
1996 : China signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty CTBT)at the United Nations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
1997 : In Vietnam, Tran Duc Luong is elected president of the republic, and Phan Van Khai becomes prime minister http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787//Vietnam/Luong/
Luong.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_V%C4%83n_Kh%E1%BA%A3i
1998 : As precondition to the restoration of diplomatic relations with UK, Iran renounces to the fatwa against Salman Rushdie http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth87
2002 : The Hong Kong government released its proposals for the anti-subversion law. It is the cause of considerable controversy and division in Hong Kong
2002 : In India, Swaminarayan Temple in Gandhinagar (capital of Gujarat) is attacked. Around 30 Hindu are killed and 50 wounded
2004 : Death of Indian physicist Raja Ramanna, born on January 28, 1925 http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/RRamanna.htm
2006 : Death of Padmini, Indian actress, born on June 12, 1932 http://www.bollywood501.com/classic_f/Padmini/index.html
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ON 25 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated of September 25, 2008
1333 : Death of Japanese Prince Morikuni, 9th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (June 19, 1308–September 25, 1333) in 1301. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Morikuni
1358: Birth of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, third shogun (1368-1394) of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan, who died on May 31, 1408
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshimitsu
1617 : Death of Go-Yozei,107th emperor of Japan, (December 17, 1586 to May 9, 1611), corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period, born on December 31, 1572
1711: Birth of Qianlong,) fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the fourth China Qing emperor to rule over China (October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796), who died on February 7, 1799 http://www.answers.com/topic/qianlong-emperor http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor http://www.threeemperors.org.uk/index.php?pid=19
1879 : Birth of Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, father of the Philippines National Language and Grammar, who died on 1 May 1963 http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/santoslopek.htm http://glphils.org/famous-masons/flsantos.htm
1881 : Birth of Lu Xun (Lu Hsün); real name, Zhou Shuren (or Chou Shu-jen). Chinese writer and intellectual; author of short stories, poems, essays, and literary criticism; considered the founder of Modern Chinese literature and the representative writer of Socialist Realism http://iisg.nl/~landsberger/lx.html http://www.marxists.org/archive/lu-xun/biography.htm
1937: Birth of Soichiro Kitamura, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kitamura_Soichiro
1942: Birth of Jin Nakayama, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620417/ http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.958.htm
1954: Birth of Shen Yueming, Chinese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2130398/
1955 : Cambodia reneges her membership to French Union Française
1959 : Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10556667
1964 : Birth of Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer and voice actress (seiyū http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuko_Inoue http://www.geocities.com/seiyuu_directory/kikuko.html
1972 : Beginning of Japanese Kakuei Tanaka visit to China which will be concluded by September joint communiqué announcing the end of state of war and the establishment of diplomatic relations
1977 : Filipino armed forces commander General Espino starts a visit to China
1982 : Birth of Hyun Bin, South Korean actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hyun_Bin http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2063
1996 : Taleban fighters capture the strategically important Sarobi, 45 miles east of Kabul, which allowed them to march easily to within three miles of the city centre. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/25/
newsid_2538000/2538437.stm
2005 : Death of Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan
2005 : For the first time since the July 1997 return of Hong Kong to China, a group of democratic members of the Legislative Council are invited for a two-day trip in Guangdong
2006 : Chen Liangyu, Secretary of the Shanghai municipal CCP commitee is sacked on corruption charge. The first at this level since Chen Xitong, mayor of Beijing in 1998 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/09/25/party_is_over_f.php
2007 : Yasuo Fukuda is elected new Japan’s prime minister http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/23/asia/japan.php
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