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ON 18 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 18, 2008
715 : Death of Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian General who conquered the Singh and Punjab regions (now in Pakistan) beginning the Islamic era in South Asia, born on December 31, 695 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Qasim
1695 : Death of Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1684-1691), born on July 18, 1634
1871 : Birth of Sada Yacco, stage actress and singer, who died on December 7, 1946 http://www.derbycityprints.com/doc-details-895-people.htm http://www.h.ehime-u.ac.jp/~marx/YN/articles/Sadayacco.htm
1907 : Japan forces Korean emperor Gojong to abdicate in favor of his son Sunjong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjong_of_Korea
1909 : Birth of Muhammad Daoud Khan, first president of Afghanistan (1973-1978) http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034078328/
1944 : Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort http://www.world-war-2.info/figures/hideki-tojo.php
1947 : Birth of Wang Jin, Chinese film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910945/
1974 : Death of S.V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, born on July 3, 1918 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710036/bio http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/may2007/sv_rangarao.php
1985 : The second son of 'Ali Bhutto, Shahnawaz, dies of poisoning in an hotel room in Cannes (France) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnawaz_Bhutto http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9C0CEFD91E3FF936A1575AC0A966958260
1985 : Death of Toyoko Takechi, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847464/
1993 : Nawaz Sharif doit quitter comme PM.
1993 : In Japan, for the first time the LDP loses the majority in the Lower House
1993 : In Pakistan, to solve the political crisis between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, both resign. Wsim Sajjad becomes president by interim prior to elections (up to November)
1996 : An flag operation by Japanese extreme right militants relaunches the sovereignty dispute with China on Diaoyu islands (Senkaku for the Japanese) http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/DIAOYU.HTM
1997 : In Taiwan, the National Assembly (Legislative Yuan) pass a bill extending the power of the president and announces the end of the Taiwan provincial government
1999 : In Kashmir, after the withdrawal of the Pakistanis, end of the Indian military operations in Kargil era http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/kargil-99.htm http://www.geocities.com/thalsena/1999war.htm
2000 : Visit of Vladimir Putin in China. Common opposition to the American Theatre Missile Defence system (TMD) project
2002 : Abdul Kalam is elected president of India http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2002_July_22/
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2005 : Visit of Indian Premier Manmohan Singh to USA http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/galmanmoh.html
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ON 19 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 19, 2008
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931 : Death of Uda, 50th emperor of Japan (887-897), born on 5 May 867 http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9074078/Uda#9674.hook
1827 : Birth of Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter, hanged by the British on April 8, 1857 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey
1868 : Death of Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, born in 1844 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souji_Okita
1894 : Birth of Khawaja Nazinuddin, second Governor-General (1948-1951) then second Prime Minister (1951-1953) who died on October 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Nazimuddin
1895 : Birth of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, who died on September 26, 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Beihong http://kaichang.typepad.com/photos/xu_beihong/index.html
1947 : Aung San, prime minister of the provisional Burmese government and six members of his cabinet are assassinated http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=719
1947 : U Razak, Burmese politician, chairman of the Burma Muslim Congress, assassinated http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=8463
1947 : The people of the Northwest Frontier Province overwhelmingly votes to join Pakistan rather than India.
1948 : The constitution of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)is adopted
1949 : By a convention between France and Laos, Laos becomes an associated state inside the French Union and becomes independent
1949 : Thailand king Bhumipol Adulyadej (Rama IX), engages the future queen Sirikit
1961 : Birth of Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620378/ http://asianmediawiki.com/Hideo_Nakata
1964 : At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnam’s premier Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam
1965 : Death in exile of Syngman Rhee, first president of South Korea, born on March 26, 1875 http://www.asiasource.org/society/syngmanrhee.cfm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/19/
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1972 : Secret talks between US state secretary Kissinger and North Vietnam Le Duc Tho resume in France
1972 : Birth of Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer http://www.geocities.com/naohito_fujiki_72/ http://www.jdorama.com/artiste_431.htm
1977 : United Nations Security Council gives its OK to Vietnam joining UN
1979 : In India, Morarji Desai, after a split inside Janata Party, resigns. Charan Singh becomes new Prime Minister http://www.indianetzone.com/3/morarji_desai.htm http://rrtd.nic.in/charansingh.htm
1986 : Birth of Italo-Filipina actress Alessandra de Rossi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_De_Rossi http://images.google.fr/images?q=Alessandra+de+Rossi&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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2001 : In Indonesia, president Wahid, under an impeachment threat, annouces the adjournment of the parliament and the state of urgency
2004 : In Thailand, foundation of a new opposition political party, the Mahachon (People’s Party), by dissidents from Democratic Party, led by Anek Laothamatas.
2004 : Death of Zenzo Susuki, 70th Japan’s Prime Minister (1980-1982), born January 11, 1911 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040721/ai_n12800492
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ON 20 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1156 / Death of the 74th Japanese emperor Toba (1107-1123), born in 1103 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/emperor-toba/
1929 - Soviet troops attempt to cross the Amur River into Manchuria near Blagoveschensk as tensions mount between the Soviet Union and the Republic of China
1929 birth of Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor, who died on July 29, 1999 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006348/ http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com/2007/12/jubilee-kumar-rajender-
kumar.html
1932 : Birth of Nam June Paik, American Korean-born artist, who died on January 29, 2006 http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/paik/
paik_top.html http://www.geocities.com/namjunepaik/
1937 : Birth of Ken Ogata, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644523/ http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ogata_Ken
1947 : Police in Burma arrest former Prime Minister U Saw and 19 others on charges of assassinating Prime Minister U Aung San and six members of his cabinet. http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9065955/U-Saw
1947 : The Dutch cancel the Linggadjati agreement signed with the Indonesian on the creation of the United States of Indonesia
1948 : In South Korea, Syngman Rhee is elected first president http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDsyngman.htm
1950 : Birth of Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Cinema/Naseer.html http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/naseeruddin_shah/
1952 : Birth of Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0559698/ http://jdorama.com/artiste.925.htm
1954 : The General Conference on Indochina declares a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel with the North under communist rule and the South under the leadership of Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/indoch/inch001.htm
1960 : In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandanaranaike is the first Asian woman to become Prime Minister http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&
sdn=womenshistory&cdn=education&tm=7&gps=200_8_1276_600&f=20&tt=14&
bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/
20/newsid_2784000/2784527.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/
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1961 : In Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew expels his opponents inside his Peaple’s Action Party
1962 : In South Vietnam, the National Liberation Front publishes its manifesto
1964 - Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1979
1971 : Birth of Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress http://www.sandraoh.com/
1973 - Vietnam War: In testimony by Assistant Secretary of Defense Jerry Friedheim to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, the US Defense Department admits it lied to US Congress about bombing Cambodia .
1975 - India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship.
1976 - Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand.
1979 : Birth of Claudine Barretto, Filipina actress http://www.geocities.com/claudinebarretto/
1989 - Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for the first time.
1999 - Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale persecution of the practice is launched.
2003 : In India, elephants used for commercial work begin wearing reflectors to avoid being hit by cars during night work
2006 : Security Council unanimously condemns the July 5 North Korean ballistic missiles tests, but with no sanctions because Chinese and Russian opposition
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ON 21 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 21, 2008
1786 : Tay Son rebellion leader Ngyuyen Hue captures the capital of Dai Viet (Vietnam), Thang Long (Hanoi)
1926 : Birth of Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general, governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahimuddin_Khan
1944 : American troops land on Guam, under Japanese occupation since December 1941, starting a battle that ended on August 10
1945 : Birth at Shanghai of Hong Kong actress Lydia Sum who died from liver cancer on February 19, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Shum
1947 : In Indonesia, Dutch troops launch the Operation Product, aiming to take control of the more useful eras of Java and Sumatra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatie_Product
1951 : Beginning of the negociations between United Nations and North Korea in the border town of Panmunjom
1953 : Birth of Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fatt
1954 : End of the Conference of Geneva on Indochina. Vietnam is cut in two eras separated by the 17th parallel. Hanoi signs but Saigon refuses http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/indoch/inch001.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/
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1955 : Birth of Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer http://www.artistopia.com/taco-ockerse
1956 : Birth of Asif Ali Zardani, head of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4032997.stm
1960 : In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike takes the oath as Prime Minister (up to1977) http://www.answers.com/topic/sirimavo-bandaranaike
1961 : Birth of Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer, gunned down in March 1988 http://www.dilapnapunjabi.net/artist/Amar%20Singh%20Chamkila.html
1964 : Riots in Singapore by Malays demanding the same privileges as in the other parts of the Federation of Malaysia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots
1964 : Birth of Akira Yasuda, illustrateur japonais http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1448771/
1969 : USA lifts some restrictions in its business with communist China
1972 : Death of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, king of Bhoutan since 1952 (born on May 2, 1929). Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 17 years old becomes the new kind
1977 : In China, end of the 3rd plenum du Xth Central of the CCP. Deng Xiaoping is established in all his positions
1978 : Sino-Japanese talks for a Treaty of Peace and Amity resume
1995 : Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
2001 : Death of Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor, born in 1927 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sivaji-ganesan.html http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/gallery/sg/sg026.htm
2005 : In Myanmar, Khin Nyunt sentenced to 41 years in prison. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4708435.stm
2006 : Death of Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born American actor, born on December 10, 1933 http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20060723210950987 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/23/local/me-mako23
2006 : Death of Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge leader “The Butcher”, born in 1930 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5201770.stm
2007 : For the first time since independence, 60 years ago, a woman, Pratibha Patil, is elected president of the republic http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6910097.stm
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ON 22 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 22, 2008
1831 : Birth of Prince Osahito, fourth son of Japanese Emperor Ninko who will become the 121th emperor in 1846 under the name of Komei up to January 1867 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei
1907 : Birth of Zubir Said, a Singapore composer who composed the national anthem and who died on November 16, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubir_Said http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_115_2005-01-19.html
1915 : Birth of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author who died on December 11, 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaista_Suhrawardy_Ikramullah
1923 : Birth of Mukesh, Indian singer, who died on August 27, 1976 http://www.singermukesh.com/
1953 : Birth of Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151827/ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/21/
content_325175.htm
1968 : North Vietnam condemn Honolulu conference between US president Johnson and South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1982
1971 : Japanese Prime Minister Sato says he is ready to go to China if invited
1972 : Beijing invites new Japanese premier Tanaka on an official visit
1974 : Birth of Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sonjia_Kwok http://female.thedailymodel.com/sonija-kwok/
1977 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22/
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2001 : Indonesian president Wahid announces the suspension of parliament and declares state of emergency
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ON 23 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 23, 2008
1227 : Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist master, born in 1148 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiu_Chuji
1864 : Birth of Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theorician and first prime minister http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/mabini.html
1906 : Birth of Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary, who died on February 27, 1931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar_Azad
1936 : Birth of Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary who died on May 7, 1973) http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/
Shiv_Kumar_Batalvi/index0.html
1954 : A civil British plane is shot down by chinese fighters off Haina island. Beginning of the first Taiwan crisis
1959 : In China, Beginning of Lushan Conference or Eighth plenum of the eighth Central committee to discuss the Great Leap Forward
1962 : Conference of Geneva on Laos which becomes a neutral country with the Pathet Lao taking part in the government as ceasefire becomes effective
1971 : Birth of Christopher Lee, Singaporean actor and model http://christopherleeweb.com/content/biography
1975 : Birth of Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Hyeon-ah http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Seong_Hyeon-ah.php
1975 : Birth of Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/surya-sivakumar/29331
1977 : In Sri Lanka, J.R. Jayewardene, Prime Minister (up to February 1978) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Jayawardene
1978 : Birth of Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_Sun
1988 - General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1983 : Beginning of Sri Lankan Civil War, with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In the subsequent government-organised pogrom of Black July, about 1,000 Tamils were slaughtered, some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India and many found refuge in Europe and Canada.
1986 : Birth of Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress http://www.kineda.com/ayaka-komatsu/
2001 : In Indonesia, protected by Army and Police, the National Assembly empeachs president Wahid who is replaced by Megawati Sukarnoputri. http://www.famousmuslims.com/Megawati%20Sukarnoputri.htm
2004 : Death of Mehmood, Indian actor, born on September 29, 1932 http://www.gatewayforindia.com/entertainment/mehmood.htm
2007 : Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, king of Afghanistan (1933-1973), born on October 15, 1914 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/news/obits.php
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ON 24 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 24, 2008
1129 : Death of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087), born on July 7, 1053 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/emperor-shirakawa/
1886 : Birth of Junichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist, who died on July 30, 1965) http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tanizaki.htm
1907 : Signature od a treaty between Japan and Korea which becomes a protectorate of Japan. Known as Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan-Korea_Annexation_Treaty_of_1907
1927 : Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, commits suicide at 35, born on March 1st 1892
1957 : Cambodia and PRC establish diplomatic relations
1964 : Pakistan launches the Operation Gibraltar aiming at infiltrate Pakistani soldiers into the Indian Kashmir
1965 : During the Vietnam War, 4 US F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi (North Vietnam) are the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1985
1972 : Jigme Singye Wangchuk become fourth king of Bhutan at 16 (formally crowned on June 2, 1974) http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/05/tribute-to-his-majesty-jigme-
singye.html
1979 : Birth of Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Celebrities/Story/
A1Story20080131-47570.html http://my-favorite-girls.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-girl-lee-si-
yeon.html
1991 : Government of India announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
1993 : Death of tubercolisis of Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor, born on January 22, 1957 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rene-Requiestas
1996 : In Pakistan, thirteen opposition parties of the whole spectrum of politic opinion sign a pact aiming to bring down Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
1997 : In Myanmar, death of General Saw Maung who organized the bloody military coup in 1988, born in December 1928 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E03E6D7143AF934A15754C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199707/msg00408.html
1998 : In Indonesia, seven family members of former president Suharto are expelled from the Consultative People’s Assembly by their party, the Golkar
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ON 25 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 25, 2008
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1562 : Birth of Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord, who died on August 2, 1611 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomasa_Kato
1587 : Japanese strong-man Toyotomi Hideyoshi bans christianity in Japan and orders all Christians to leave http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2298.html http://www.samurai-archives.com/hideyoshi.html
1845 : China grants Belgium equal trading rights with Britain, France and the United States
1869 - The Japanese daimyō begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
1894 : The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/representations/jiawu/
historicalbackground.htm
1907 : Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.
1908 : Birth of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician, who died on October 31, 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer
1908 : Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in Konbu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. http://www.jpo.go.jp/seido_e/rekishi_e/kikunae_ikeda.htm http://www.glutamate.org/media/glutamate.htm
1927 : Birth of Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, who died on June 24, 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_Hussain_Qureshi
1928 : Birth of Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor, who died on August 27, 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montenegro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlAmljp1Xlo&feature=related
1929 : Birth of Somnath Chatterjee, Indian communist leader http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/somnathch.html http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/24/stories/2008072460760100.htm
1941 : The US government freezes all Japanese and Chinese assets
1954 : In retaliation for the British commercial plane shot down on July 23 off Hainan, the US air forces shot down two Chinese fighters
1964 : US Joint Chief of Staff propose air strike on North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1986
1969 : US President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This was the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2739
1982 : Zail Singh, born on May 5, 1916, is sworn as seventh president of India (up to July 1987), who died on 25 December 1994 http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/zail.html
1983 : In Sri Lanka, 37 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
1988 : Jakarta Informal Meeting of the four Khmer factions, joined later by Vietnam and Asean countries
1992 : Shankar Dayal Sharma becomes President of India up to 1997 http://www.khabarexpress.com/Education/Information/view.asp?infoID=9
1997 : K.R. Narayanan is sworn-in as India's 10th president and the first Dalit— formerly called "untouchable"— to hold this office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._R._Narayanan
1998 : US State Department says again the US “Three No” policy on Taiwan : no to independence, no to one China, one Taiwan, no to Taiwan admission in international organizations
2001 : Phoolan Devi, the most woman outlaw in India is killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1456441.stm
2002 : North Korea apologizes for the June 29 naval incident (first time since 1953) and asks the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue
2002 : Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing, famous in the 1980’s, is arrested on tax evasion charge http://www.danwei.org/magazines/liu_xiaoqing_billionaire_actre.php
2007 : Pratibha Patil is the first woman to be elected president of India http://www.thepresident.in/php/showContent.php?linkid=2
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ON 26 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 26, 2008
1380 : Death of Japanese emperor Komyo (1336-1348), born on January 11, 1322 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Komyo_of_Japan
1611 : Death of Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord, born in 1542 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horio_Yoshiharu http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Horio_Yoshiharu_tomb.JPG
1928 : Birth of Ibn-e-Safi (Asrar Ahmad), Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet,who died on July 26, 1980 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Safi
1941 : World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6531
1945 : Potsdam Declaration (USA, China, Great-Britain) defining terms for Japanese surrender http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c06.html
1945 : The US Navy cruiser Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
1947 : Conference of the Commonwealth at Canberra working on treaty of peace with Japan
1954 : Visit of South Korean president Syngman Rhee to USA where he calls for powerful action against Communism
1961 : Birth of Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_Matsui
1965 : Independence of the Maldives (from Great-Britain)
1968 : South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1989
1972 : South Vietnamese troops rise flag over Quang Tri http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1988
1980 : Birth of Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lee_Dong_Gun
1980 : Death of Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet; born on July 26, 1928)
1988 : Tun Tin becomes Myanmar’s Prime Minister, replacing Maung Maung Kha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha
1988 : Death of Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar, born on September 21, 1919 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazlur_Rahman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/531762/posts
1998 : General elections in Cambodia. 67 seats for the Cambodian People’s Party of Hun Sen, 43 for the FUNCINPEC of Norodom Ranariddh, and 15 pour Sam Rainsy Party
2001 : Hamzah Haz is elected vice-president http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1457865.stm
2002 : Hutomo (Tommy) Mandala Putra Suharto, son of former Suharto, is condemned to 15 years in prison for having finance the killing of a judge http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/08/01/
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2002 : Death of Singaporean actor Tony Anholt http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,767053,00.html
2003 : In the Philippines, mutiny of almost members of the armed forces who entrench in a mall. They surrender the following day.
2005 : Mumbai, in India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
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ON 27 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 27, 2008
1549 : Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached Japan, but it is only until August 15 that he went ashore at Kagoshima http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm
1709 : Nakamikado ascends to throne as 114th emperor of Japan (1709-1735), born on 14 January 1702, died on 10 May 1737 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emperor-Nakamikado-of-Japan
1853 : Death of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12st shogun (1837-1853) of the Tokugawa shogunate, born in June 1793 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyoshi
1914 : Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo
1923 : Birth of Masutatsu Oyama, founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate, who died on 26 April 1994 http://www.masutatsuoyama.com/kyokushinkai.htm
1927 : Birth of Sat Mahajan, Indian politician http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sat-Mahajan
1931 : Birth of Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge, president of the Democratic Kampuchea 1976-1979 (Cambodia) http://angkor1431.tripod.com/index/id30.html http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Biography-of-KHIEU-Samphan-(PhD)&id=233501
1953 : End of Korean War. The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0727.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2741
1954 : Birth of G. S. Bali, Indian politician http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/G.S.-Bali
1963 : Birth of Donnie Yen, Hong Kong martial arts film actor http://www.donnieyen.com/biography.htm
1964 : Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1990
1965 : US jets attack new North Vietnamese air defense sites http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1991
1972 : Birth of Takako Fuji, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Fuji http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/9380/takako-fuji.htm
1974 : Birth of Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eason_Chan
1976 : Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals
1983 : In Sri Lanka, in what is called the Black July, 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1996 : In Indonesia, supporters of Suryadi, with the help of police, take the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Indonesia, held by the ones of Megawati Sukarnoputri. Two-day violence erupt in Jakarta.
2002 : Death of Krishan Kant, vice-president of the Republic of India and president of the National Assembly http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/07/28/stories/2002072804410100.htm
2003 : Elections in Cambodia. The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen gets 73 of the 123 seats but not the two-third necessary to govern alone. Funcipec gets 26 seats, and the SRP 24.
2003 : Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi gets a bill that authorizes him to send 1000 soldier for the reconstruction of Iraq
2005 : Death of Swami Shantanand, Indian Saint and Philosopher, born on April 7, 1934 http://templeoffinearts.org/sg/AboutFounder.htm
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