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4 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 4 MARCH
1621 : Jakarta, in Java, is renamed Batavia by the Dutch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia%2C_Dutch_East_Indies#History
1878 : Birth of Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist who commited in June 1923 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/228.html http://www.bookrags.com/biography/arishima-takeo-dlb/
1904 : During the Russo-Japanese war, Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops http://cnparm.home.texas.net/Wars/RusJp/RusJp02.htm
1931 : Mahatma Gandhi signs an agreement with the viceroy of India for the release of political prisoners and that salt could be freely used by the most lower casts of the population
1938 : Birth of Anton Balasingham, the « foreign minister » of the Tamil separatists in Sri Laka, who died in December 2006 http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/249
1952 : China accuses the USA to use bacteriogical war in the war of Korea
1956 : Elections for the first National Assembly of South Vietnam since the abolition of the monarchy
1969 : Birth of Annie Shizuka Inoh, Taiwanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Shizuka_Inoh http://www.annieyi.org/
1975 : Birth of Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-Eun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1882 http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Jeong-eun.php
1980 : Birth of South Korea actress Jung Da-bin who commited suicide in February 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Da_Bin http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t114825.html
1980 : Five of the six main resistence movements ally in an Alliance for Liberation of Afghanistan
1981 : Birth of Carol Banawa, Filipina singer and celebrity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Banawa http://www.worldidols.net/523/Carol%20Banawa.html
1984 : Birth of Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Iwamura http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1178639/
2000 : After new 1997 amendment of the Thai constitution, first election of the 200 senators
1998 : While Beijing forbide countries having diplomatic relations with the PRC to have political relations with Taipeh, vice-president Lien Chan arrives in Kuala Lumpur for a « private visit »
2003 : A bomb attack, by Abu Fayyaf group, in the Davao (Mindanao) airport causes 20 people dead and 170 wounded.
2004 : Wang Youcai, activist in 1989 Tiananmen movement, condemned in 1998 to eleven years in jail as the founder of Democratic Party of China is freed and send to the USA. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/humanrights/
Wang_Youcai_Released.html http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
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But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member GDIYAHOOBOSS from China
From all of us have an happy birthday
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5 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 5 MARCH
1160 : Taira no Kiyomori wipe out the Minamoto ending the Heiji rebellion http://www.japan-101.com/history/minamoto_no_yoshitomo.htm
1611 : Death of Shimazu Yoshihisa, a samurai, daimo of Satsuma province, born in February 1533 http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshihisa.html
1663 : Go-Sai, 111th Japanese Emperor abdicates. He will die in March 1685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai
1776 : Death of Yeongjo, 21st of Korean Joseon dynasty’s ruler, born in September 1694 http://wiki.galbijim.com/Yeongjo_of_Joseon
1824 : The British officially declare war on Burma (First Burmanese War) http://www.rakhapura.com/scholars-column/the-first-burmese-war.asp http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1burmese.htm
1886 : Birth of Dong Biwu, hight-ranking member of the Communist Party of China who died in April 1975 http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Dong+Biwu
1898 : Birth of Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek who died in October 2003 http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/chiang.html http://www.magiccarpetjournals.com/Madame-Chiang.htm
1898 : Birth of Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier from 1949 to 1976 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDenlai.htm
1909 : Birth of Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian Prime Minister (1945-1947) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068055/Sutan-Sjahrir?refresh=Y
1932 : The Japanese occupy Harbin in Manchuria
1940 : Death of Cai Yuanpei (Tsai Yuan-pei), Chinese educator who was the first president of the Academia Sinica, born in January 1868 http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72166218
1943 : Japanese wipe out the Anti-Japanese People’s Army in the Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines
1944 : First US bombing on Haiphong.
1949 : The Jharkland Party is founded in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand_Party
1958 : Pyongyang suggests a total withdraw of foreign forces from the two Koreas
1958 : The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is founded is established in China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxi
1964 : Ceylan (now Sri Lanka) declares emergency due to unrest
1966 : Birth of Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian http://www.aasifmandvi.net/
1978 : Ye Jianying becomes president of the PRC, replacing Zhu De http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/yejianying.shtml http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDzhu.htm
1979 : China starts the withdraw of its troops from Vietnam
1985 : The Vietnamese delegate to United Nations, Huang Bich Son, déclares that the possibility of a second Chine invasion is more and more likely
1986 : The president of the Philippines Cory Aquino frees the communist leaders José-Maria Sison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison
and Bernabe Buscayno http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
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1988 : Riot during a religious ceremony in Lhasa causing around 50 people dead. 600 people died in the 1987-1988 unrests
2001 : In Malaysia, Ezam Mohamed Noor, ex secretary of Anwar Ibrahim, and leader of the Youth wing of the National Justice Party (Keadilan National). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/1420739.stm http://www.anwaribrahim.com/inner.asp?z=14
2004 : Death of Zang Kejia, Chine poet, born in October 1905 http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/zangkj.html
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6 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 6 MARCH
1615 : Death of Pieter Both in a tempest, first General Governor of the Dutch Indies, born in 1568 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015856/Pieter-Both
1898 : China leases to Germany, for 99 years, the city of Qingdao and several mining deposits http://www.qingdaochina.org/english/Survey/em1_1.htm
1903 : Birth of Empress consort Kojun of Japan (1926-1989), wife of Emperor Showa, who died in June 2000 http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/esyouwa/esyouwa.html
1909 : Birth of the Japanese novelist Ooka Shohei who died in 1968 http://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/bunka/bunjinroku/ooka_e.htm
1929 : Birth of Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State (1970-1983) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9D0CEEDA1238F937A25756C0A967958260
1943 : In Dutch Indies, Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1946 : Ho Chi Minh and French negociator Sainteny sign an agreement. France recognize the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as and independent country inside the Indo-Chinese Federation of the French Union. French forces are maintained in Tonkin
1947 : Loi Tek is expeled from Communist Party of Malaya and replaced by Chin Peng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Teck http://www.asiawind.com/pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg00477.html
1948 : The government of the Philippines bans the Anti-Japanese People Army (Huk) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukbalahap
1949 : Birth of Shaukat Aziz , Pakistani Prime Minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3941185.stm http://www.despardes.com/FEATURES/jun04/who-is-shaukat-aziz-jun28.htm
1955 : U Nu, Burmese Prime Minister starts a travel to Thailand, India, Israel, Yougoslavia,Great-Britain and USA
1965 : US Pentagone announces that the 3500 first American ground forces will be send to Vietnam for fighting the communists guerilla
1991 : In India Congress Party withdraw its support to Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9022396/Chandra-Shekhar
1999 : Arrest of Ta Mok, last Khmer rouge leadear who has not joined the government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok
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7 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 7 MARCH
199 : Death of Lü Bu, Chinese warrior http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Lu+Bu
1924 : Birth of Kobo Abe, Japanese playwright http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/koboabe.htm
1952 : Death of Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru, born in January 1893 http://www.yogananda-srf.org/py-life/index.html
1959 : Japan, death of ex-Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiro_Hatoyama
1969 : Birth of Shin Ae Ra, Korean actress http://kpopvideo.com/star/Shin_Ae_Ra
1972 : Birth of Gerald Anderson, Filipino actor and model http://sexy-pinoy.blogspot.com/2007/07/no-6-gerald-anderson.html
1973 : First general elections since independence of Bangladesh http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=4816
1977 : In Pakistan, Ali Bhutto Pakistan People’s Party wins election, but opposition denounces grave irregularities
1991 : Sri Lanka harliner, deputy Defense minister Ranjan Wijeratne is killed in a car explosion in Colombo http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/
newsid_4201000/4201675.stm
1998 : General elections in India, won by hardliner Hindus BJP (177 seats) and its allies.
2003 : Cambodia’s king Norodom Sihanouk, who will be 80 year old in October, suggests to to abdicate if the parliament asks him to do it
2005 : Jiang Zemin renounces to his last position as chairman of the Central Military Commission
2005 : The man who wounded Taiwan’s president Chen Shui-bian the day before his reelection in 2004 his identified as a depressive who committed suicide after his attack
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8 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 8 MARCH
1562 : Birth of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord who died in January 1562 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amago_Haruhisa
1641 : Death of Xu Xiake, travel writer and geographer of the Ming dynasty, born in January 1587 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-09/02/
content_72439.htm
1722 : Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/mirmahmud.html
1854 : US Commodore Matthew Perry arrives for a second time in Japan to negiociate the opening of Japanese ports to the West
1930 : In India, Mahatma Gandhi begins the campaign of civil disobedience
1942 : The Dutch surrender to the Japanese forces on Java
1942 : In Burma, Japanese troops capture Rangoon
1943 : Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville, in a battle that wii last fives days http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1624442/posts
1949 : "Accord de l'Elysée", ratifié par le parlement le 3 juin. Le Viêt Nam devient un Etat indépendant dans le cadre de l'Union française
1954 : Signature of a mutual aid and mutual defense treaty between USA and Japan
1965 : The first United States combat troops, 3,500 Marines, arrive in Da Nang (South Vietnam) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War#Escalation_and_ground_war
1975 : Birth of Fardeen Khan, Indian actor http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Fardeen+Khan?t=anon
1988 : Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer, is gunned down. He was born in July 1961 http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Music_And_Entertainment/
Singer_Biographies/Amar_Singh_Chamkila/index0.html
1989 : Martial law in effect in Lhasa
1996 : China starts a campaign of missiles shooting in the Strait of Taiwan (up to 15). The purpose is to dissuade the Taiwanese to vote for Lee Teng-hui http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report09.html
2005 : Tung Chee-hwa, refering health problem confirm his resignation as chief executive of Hong Kong and is replaced by Donald Tsang http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Front_Page/GC02Aa01.html
2007 : In Bangladesh, the Military arrest a lot of high level personnalities from all political parties for corruption, including Tarique Rahman, the son of ex Premier Khaledia Zia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6428979.stm
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member CRASYAZN from Taiwan
From all of us have a happy birthday
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9 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 9 MARCH
1285 : Birth of Go-Nijo, 94th Japanese emperor (1301-1308) who died in September 1308 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nij%C5%8D
1932 : Henri Pu Yi who reigned as the last emperor of China from 1908 to 1912 becomes regent of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=4822
1945 : Japanese forces occupy French Indo-China.
1946 : Dutch troops land at Batavia
1947 : In Taiwan, KMT authorities start the repression of 28 February riots. In all Taiwan from 18;000 to 28,000 people are killed http://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm
1956 : Birth of Shashi Tharoor, Indian diplomat, author and United Nations Under-Secretary General (2002-2007) http://www.shashitharoor.com/about.html
1974 : Last Japanese soldier, a guerilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1998 : In India, after the failure of his party at the general elections (141 seats), Keshri abandons the presidency ot the Congress Party and is succeded by Sonia Gandhi. http://www.soniagandhi.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=1
2002 : The son-in-law of ex Burmese president Ne Win (1962-1988) is arrested as while several generals for conspiracy. Ne Win, 92 years old is put under house arrest
2007 : In Taiwan, the vice Premier and Finance minister Han Duck-soo, 59 years old, becomes Prime Minister Premier, replacing Han Myeong-sook who retakes the leadership of presidential party Uri
2007 : According the Emperor Hirohito diary, just published, he was thinking that a general war against China could be an error because he thank that the Japanese military could under-estimate Chinese forces and that he was afraid that Soviet Union could intervene.
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10 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 10 MARCH
1846 : Prince Osahito, fourth son of deceased Emperor Ninko of Japan, born in July 1831, becomes 121st Emperor of Japan Komei up to his dead in January 1867 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei
1887 : Birth of Toshitsugu Takamatsu, grandmaster of Ninjutsu, who died in April 1972 http://www.angelfire.com/mi/budotaijutsu/Takamatsu.html
1905 : Japanese army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
1912 : Yuan Shikai is sworn in as the second provisional president of the Republic of China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Shikai
1922 : In India, Mahatma Gandhi is arrested. He will be tried for sedition and sentenced to six years in prison and released in 1924
1934 : Birth of Chine pianist Fou Ts’ong (Fu Cong) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou_Ts'ong
1945 : The US Air Forces bomb Tokyo with napalm, causing fires that destroy a quarter of the city and kill than 100,000 civilians http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=4823 http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/this_day_in_history/
this_day_March_10.php
1945 : Japan declares Vietnam independence
1948 : Tetsuo Katayama, Prime minister from May 1947, resigns and is replaced by Ashida Hitoshi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_Katayama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Ashida
1948 : The Indian Union Muslim League is founded by remnents of the old Muslim League http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.com/track.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_League
1951 : Death of Kijuro Shidehara, Japanese Prime Minister from October 1945 to May 1946 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kij%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Shidehara
1959 : In Lhasa (Tibet), uprising against the Chinese occupation. Thousands will die http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
id=52437 http://www.tibet.com/Status/10march59.html
1962 : Birth of Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/matsuda_seiko.shtml
1970 : Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/MYLAI.HTM
1971 : Saigon announces that an South Vietnamese offensive in Laos in the purpose to cut the Ho Chi Minh track caused the death of 7,000 communist
1972 : Mashall Lon Nol takes all powers in Phnom Penh and becomes President of the Khmer Republic up to the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975 http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/banyan2.htm
1972 : Birth of Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029524/
1975 : North Vietnamese take the larger part of Ban Me Thuot, capital of High-Plateau in South Vietnam
1983 : General Suharto, only one candidate is reelected President of Indonesia for the fourth time for five years
1984 : Birth in Chengdu of Chinese singer Li Yuchen http://women.stareastasia.com/li-yuchun/
1998 : Suharto, only one candidate is reelected unanimously President of Indonesia for the seven time, but will be obliged to resign two months later..
2005 : Tung Chee-hwa, Chief Executive, hated be the majority of the population of Hong Kong and who lost the favor of Beijing is provisionally replaced by by his deputy Donald Tsang. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GC23Ad05.html http://www.ceo.gov.hk/eng/biography.htm
2007 : In Taiwan, KMT expulses from its ranks the Defense Minister, General Lee Jye, its highest member in the government because he carried out the order of President Chen Shui-bian to withdraw all Chiang Kai-shek statues from military places. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/03/10/2003351657
[color=#FF0000]But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members WORLDHERITAGETREAK from Nepal and AHURA from India
From all of us, have a happy birth day 
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11 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 11 MARCH
1872 : The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture http://www.uchinanchu.org/uchinanchu/history_early.htm
1922 : Birth of Abdul Razak, second Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in January 1976 http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBI/detail.php?section=sm02&
spesifik_id=96&ttl_id=5
1942 : In the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur abandons Gorregidor (Bataan), vowing “I will return” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=6833
1942 : Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra
1945 : Emperor Bao Dai, under Japanese influence proclaims the end of the French protectorate on Vietnam, proclaims independence and the adherence of his country to the Japanese « Great East Asia “ http://www.viettouch.com/philately/scst_baodai.html
1945 : The imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tan_No._2
1966 : In Indonesia, President Sukarno is forced to give up his executive power to general Suharto, just keeping the without title of president
1970 : In Cambodia, demonstrators devastate the Hanoi ambassy and the South Vietnam Provisional Revolutionary Government
1977 : In Pakistan, violent confrontation between army forces and demontrators denouncing the result of the March 7 elections
1992 : The United Nations provisional Autority in Cambodia (Apronuc) is set up
1993 : North Korea withdraws from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in a harsh rebuff of Western demands to open suspected nuclear weapons development sites for inspection
1998 : In Indonesia, Yusuf Habibie is elected vice-president http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/indonesia/special_report/58602.stm
1999 : Indonesia and Portugal agree for the organization of a referendum in East Timor : self-government or independence.
2001 : End of several days of affrontment between Malay and Indian communities. At least five killed and dozens of wondeds among the Indian community
2003 : Li Peng quits as president of the National People’s Congress http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9A04EFDA173EF932A25750C0A9659C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%
20Topics/People/L/Li%20Peng
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12 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 12 MARCH
1374 : Death of Japanese Emperor Go-Kogon (1352-1371), born in April 1336 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-K%C5%8Dgon
1386 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, 4th Shogun (1408-1423) of the Ashikaga shogunate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshimochi
1447 : Death of Shah Rukh, Mongol leader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Rukh_(Timurid_dynasty)
1608 : Death of Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord, born in 1530 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Koriki_Kiyonaga
1849 : The Sikh army surrenders to the British at the end of the second Sikh War, conceding yo the annexation of the Punjab in northwestern India http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067731/Sikh-Wars?
source=ONTHISDAY
1872 : Death of Zeng Guofan, Chinese general who rised the Xiang Army to fight effectively against the Taiping Rebellion and restored the power of the Qing dynasty http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/
m0038501.html
1905 : Birth of Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor who died in February 1982 http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/takashi_shimura.htm
1910 : Birth of Masayoshi Ohira, Japanese Prime minister (December 1978- June 1980) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_%C5%8Chira
1925 : Death of Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionnary and polician, born in November 1866 http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/movers-and-shakers/sun.html
1925 : Birth of Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laurate http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1973/esaki-
bio.html
1929 : Birth of U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25685
1930 : Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British to protest the British monopoly on salt http://www.reference.com/search?q=Mohandas%20Gandhi
1945 : Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia to make null and void the French president and proclaims independence
1966 : The Communist party of Indonesia (PKI) is banned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Indonesia
1967 : Sukarno is officially dismissed by the parliament and replaced by general Suharto http://www.asiasource.org/society/sukarno.cfm
1975 : Birth of Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist http://hermanli.com/
1976 : Birth at Wuhu (Anhui) of Chinese actress Vicki Zhao http://women.stareastasia.com/vicki-zhao/
1984 : Birth of Shreya Ghoshad, Indian singer http://www.shreyaghoshal.com/about-shreya/ http://www.shreyaghoshal.com/photo-album/
1993 : A series of bomb attack in Bombay.More than 350 are killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12/
newsid_4272000/4272943.stm
1993 : North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites
2001 : In India, the president of BJP Bangaru Laxmam resigns because he is involved in a corruption case http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20010326/c-nda5.shtml
2004 : Roh Moo-hyun, président of South Korea is empeached by the parliament (cf 3 March) and replaced by Prime Minister Goh Kun waiting the decision of the Constitutionnal Court http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/skorea.roh.vote/
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But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members ZRXK1098 from Singapore and Amit1237 from India (see front page, but also of CHUNGNUYENVAN from Vietnam
From all of us have an happy birthday <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/03/12 20:15
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Re:On That Day In Asia history by Jacques de Goldfiem 6 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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13 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 13 MARCH
1921 : Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China http://militaryhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/themadbaronofmongolia
1943 : In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1624442/posts
1954 : Vietminh forces launch a large scale attack on French troops entrenched in Dien-Bien-Phu
1955 : Death of Nepal King Tribhuvan and is succeded by Mahendra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan
1963 : Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
1964 : Laos and South Vietnam restore their diplomatic relations
1965 : Thailand and Malaysia sign a defense cooperation agreement for fighting the communist guerilla
1970 : Cambodian government give to the Vietnamese National Liberation Front forces two days to leave its territory
1996 : After the death, in prison of Thomas Wapay Wainggai, 59 years, ex leader of the Papu separatist Organisasi Papua Merkeda (OPM), riots in Jayapura. http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1996/03/20/0013.html
1997 : India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succed Mother Teresa as its leader http://home.comcast.net/~motherteresasite/nirmala.html
1997 : In South Korea the ex-Premier Lee Hoi-chang becomes the leader of the New Korea Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hoi-chang
2000 : US Secretary for Defense in visit to Vietnam, the first time since 1975
2007 : Cambodian ex-Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh is condamned in absence to 18 months in prison for embezzlement after a complain of Funcinpec, his ex-party
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member APPLEMEG from the Philippines
From all of us, have a nice birthday
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