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5 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 5 JANUARY
1585 : Birth of Xu Xiake, China traveler and geographer who died in March 1641 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-09/02/
content_72439.htm
1588 : Death of Chinese General Qi Jiguang, famous for his success against Japanese pirates http://www.cctv.com/english/TouchChina/GloryofChineseCivilization/
HistoricalCelebrities/MilitaryLeaders/20020326/100037.html
1592 : Birth of Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire (1628-1658) who died in January 1666 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan
1655 : Go-Sai, becomes 111th Japanese Emperor (up to1663). He will die in March 1685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai
1893 : Birth of Paramahansan Yogananda, Indian guru who died in March 1952 http://www.yogananda-srf.org/py-life/index.html
1926 : Birth of Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, the veteran opposition leader in Singapore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam http://www.jbjeya.org/
1928 : Birth of Ali Bhutto, President (1971-1973), then Prime Minister (1973-1977) of Pakistan, hanged in April 1979 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P019
1941 : Birth of Hayao Miyazaki, cartoons filmmaker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki
1945 : Kamikaze pilots get first order http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=50402
1946 : China recognizes the independence of Outer Mongolia
1948 : Communist offensive aiming to cut Manchuria from the rest of China
1950 : Pakistan recognizes PRC
1952 : China launches the « anti-five movement » (Wufan) mainly against national bourgeoisie and traders
1955 : Opening of talks between United Nations General Secretary Hammarskjoeld and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai on the question of US pilots detained in China
1966 : The United States ask the United Nations members to use their influence for solving the Vietnamese conflict.
1968 : A soviet cargo is hit during an US air raid on North Vietnam
1971 : Birth of Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847030/ http://www.ken-on.co.jp/takata/index.html
1976 : Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot renames Cambodia to Kampuchea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=52302
1979 : Vietnamese troops occupy Phom Penh and the Cambodian ruler Pol Pot is ousted
1985 : Birth of Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yoon_So_Yi
2000 : The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorge who escaped from his Tsurphu monastery in Tibet in December 1999, arrives in India at Dharamsala where is living the XIV Dalai-Lama http://www.kagyuoffice.org/karmapa.india.escape.html
2004 : During SAARC summit, in Islamabad, general Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee have long talks and decide to have discussions on Kashmir
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6 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED IN ASIA ON 6 JANUARY
1842 : British troops (4500 British and 12,000 Indians) under the command of William Elphinstone leave Kabul where they were based since 1939 and are butchered during their retreat. Just one man survived http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_army
1917 : Birth of Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan’s main negociator with China, who died in January 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Chen-fu
1920 : Birth of Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sun_Myung_Moon
1929 : Birth of Babrak Karmal, president of Afghanistan (1979-1986) http://www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/Personalities.BabrakKarmal.shtm http://www.afghanland.com/history/karmal.html
1929 : Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work amongs India’s poorest and diseased people http://www.motherteresa.org/
1946 : Ho Chi Minh wins the elections he conceded to the nationalist Vietnamese http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/ho.html
1950 : United Nations and Norway recognize Communist China
1953 : Gathering in Rangoon of a Asian socialist conference
1966 : Colonel Bokassa who has taken power in Republic of Central Africa break diplomatic relations with People’s Republic of China
1967 : United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a major offensive in Mekong Delta
1976 : People’s Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor nuclear testing center
1981 : Musa bin Ahmad, president of Communist Party of Malaya, who came from China in November 1980, express his regret in a TV show.
1981 : Birth of Rinco Kikuchi, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinko_Kikuchi http://www.anore.co.jp/rinko/english.html
2002 : Singapour : thirteen Muslim Singaporian are arrested because they ready to launch attacks against US citizens and interests in Singapore. Eight of them have been trained in Al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
2005 : China announces that on this day it has 1,3 billion inhabitants
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7 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 7 JANUARY
1906 : End of the first Katsura Taro’s government http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml
1937 : Birth of Tang Chia, Chinese martial art choreographer and movie director
1938 : Birth of Shohei Yamamoto, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945490/
1944 : Birth of Hideko Yoshida, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948876/
1946 : France recognizes Cambodia autonomy in the frame of the French Union.
1947 : Birth of Shobha De, Indian writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobha_De http://www.imagesfashion.com/shobha_de.html
1950 : Ceylan recognizes PRC
1952 : Birth of Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor http://www.sammohung.com/
1962 : Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1973 : To keep power, Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos postpones a referendum on constitution
1975 : For the first time, the Vietnamese communist forces take the administrative center of a province (Phuoc-Binh, 125 km North of Saigon)
1979 : Fall of Phnom-Penh, attacked by invading Vietnamese force. Fall of Pol Pot Khmer Rouge regime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian-Vietnamese_War
1980 : The Congress (Indira) Party of Indira Gandhi wins 351 of the 525 contested seats. Indira Gandhi comes back after losing the power in 1977 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/7/
newsid_2506000/2506387.stm
1984 : After getting its independence from Britain, Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1989 : Death of Japanese Emperor Hirohito (Showa). He is succeeded by his son Akihito http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/dof/japan/captioned/funerals.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhirohito.htm
2001 : US Foreign Affairs magazine publishes extracts of “The Tiananmen Paper” on who, in the tops China leaders wanted, and the ones who din’t want troop to crush the students movement on Tiananmen square http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E02E7DB173AF935A35752C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%
20Topics/People/L/Li%20Peng http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/22/
tiananmen.document/index.html
2002 : Akbar Tanjung, president of Golkar and of the Representants House is officially accused of misappropriation of public property for embezzlement used for Golgar electoral campaign in 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1759481.stm
2002 : Extradition, from Malaysia where he fled, of Nur Misuari, ex-governor of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), who tried an armed riot. http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Modules/Modules/Separatist_Groups/
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8 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED IN ASIA ON 8 JANUARY
1556 : Birth of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord who died in March 1623 http://www.samurai-archives.com/kagekatsu.html
1899 : Birth of Solomon Bandaranaike, fourth Ceylan’s Prime minister (1956-1959), assassinated by a Buddhist monk in September 1959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Bandaranaike
1912 : Birth of Susumu Fujita, Japanese actor who died in March 1991 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297843/filmoyear
1912 : Birth of Tadashi Imai, Japanese film director who died in November 1991 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/tadashi-imai/
1926 : Birth of Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian odessi dancer who died in April 2004 http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/odissi/gurus/kelu.htm http://www.odissiniharika.com/guruji.html
1929 : Birth of Kotoe Hatsui, Japanese actress who died in September 1990 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368969/
1942 : Birth of Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Prime Minister (2001-2006) http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/koizumi_junichiro.shtml
1947 : General Marshall named state secretary leaves China.
1948 : Birth of Hana Kino, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455816/
1975 : Deng Xiaoping is named vice-president Chinese communist party
1976 : Death of Zhou Enlai, Chinese Prime Minister since 1949 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDenlai.htm
1977 : Just one year after the death of Zhou Enlai, huge demonstrations in Beijing which will continue up to 16 January. The demonstrators demand the Deng Xiaoping return to power.
1977 : Birth of Lee Yoo-jin (Yu-jin), Korean actress http://www.koreanmovie.com/Lee_Yoo_jin_ka933/
1979 : After the Vietnamese troops have taken Phom Penh, Khmer Rouge are retreating http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/
newsid_2506000/2506533.stm
1985 : Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley’s comet
1989 : Beginning of the Japanese Heise era (the current one)
1992 : George Bush gets ill and vomit on Japanese prime minister’s lap
2002 : Abolition of death penalty in Taiwan. The last ten years, 176 Taiwanese have been executed, 39 of them for kidnapping.
But today, the main event in Asia history is Asia Observer member Cosioanna, from Australia, birthday
From all of us have an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/08 12:23
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9 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 9 JANUARY
1150 : Emperor Xizong of Jin is murdered by Prince Hailing in a coup d’état
1283 : Song Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang, prisoner of the Yuan for four years is executed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Tianxiang
1562 : Death of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord, born in March 1514 http://www.detarver.com/Famous_Samurai/Amago_Akihisa.html
1624 : Birth of Empress Meisho, 109th emperor of Japan (1629-1643) and the seventh woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, who died in December 1696 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Meish%C5%8D
1760 : Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas
1920 : Birth of Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist who did in October 1988 http://www.hakim-said.com.pk/
1945 : US forces land on Luzon island (Philippines) with 67,000 soldiers
1953 : Birth of Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghan hero, killed by Al-Qaida suicide bomber in September 2001 http://hometown.aol.com/mbeve10258/Massoud.html
1972 : RMS Queen Elisabeth is destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong http://rmhh.co.uk/ships/pages/RMS%20Queen%20Elizabeth%201.html
1988 : Death of Jukichi Uno, Japanese actor born in September 1914 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881303/
1989 : First visit (up to 20) by a Thai Foreign minister to Vietnam since 1976.
1993 : First meeting of Mynmar National Convention in charge of writing a new constitution
1997 : General Ershad, President of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990, in jail for corruption since 1991 is freed http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/E_0071.htm
2001 : Shenzhou 2, a unmanned Chinese spacecraft is launched with a monkey, a dog and a rabbit on board http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/
china_launch_010109.html
But today, the main event in Asia history is Asia Observer member Sadek, from Burma, birthday
From all of us haved an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/09 14:35
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10 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 10 JANUARY
1914 : Birth of Yu Kuo-hwa, Taiwan’s Prime Minister (1984-1989) who died in October 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Kuo-hwa
1942 : Japanese forces land in Indonesia
1946 : In China, the Consultative political Council decides to convene a National assembly
1963 : Sri Lanka Premier, Ms Bandaranaike, in China up to January 15. She is in charge of a good-will mission between India and China.
1972 : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman comes back to Dakha and becomes head of the government http://banglapedia.net/HT/R_0022.HTM
1974 : Birth of Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor http://www.hrithikrules.com/profile.php
1984 : Death of Prince Souvanna Phouma, four times Laotian Prime Minister between 1951 and 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvanna_Phouma
1990 : China lift martial law imposed after Tian’anmen Square massacre
1991 : Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
1995 : The world Youth Day is held in the Philippines
1997 : Tamil rebels attack a military base in Sri Lanka. 200 soldiers and 140 rebels are killed
2002 : Chinese philosopher Wang Ruoshui dies in Boston. A firm believer in communism, he spaced out Mao Zedong during the Cultural revolution and expelled from the Communiste party in 1987. http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/article?revision%5fid=2044&
amp;item%5fid=2043
2003 : North Korea accuses the United States of provocation and announces its withdrawal from Nuclear nonproliferation treaty, while US senator Bill Richardson is in Pongyang for talks.
2004 : A « private » US members of Congress delegation is visiting North Korean nuclear installations.
2006 : Kim Jong Il starts a week-long secret visit in China. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4614848.stm<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/10 14:36
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11 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 11 JANUARY
1322 : Birth of Japanese emperor Komyo (1336-1348) who died in July 1380 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D
1359 : Birth of Japanese Go-En’yu (1371-1382) who died in January 1393 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-En%27yu
1779 : Ching-Thang Khomba (Rajarshi Bhagya) is re-coronated king of Manipur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching-Thang_Khomba
1841 : Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping, proclaims himself “Celest king of the Great Peace (Taiping)” http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_n4_v30/ai_19754255
1868 : Birth of Cai Yuanpei (Tsai Yuan-pei), Chinese educator who was the first president of the Academia Sinica, who died in March 1940 http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72166218
1901 : Birth of Kwon Ki-ok, the first Korean female aviator, as well as being the first female pilot in China, who died in April 1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwon_Ki-ok
1911 : Birth of Zenko Suzuki, Japanese Prime Minister (1980-1982) who died in July 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenko_Suzuki
1914 : Yuan Shikai, president of the Republic of China seizes all power http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1942 : Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invade the Netherlands East Indies
1942 : The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur
1943 : The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China
1943 : Sino-British treaty. No mention of Hong Kong quarrel
1944 : Birth of Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibu_Soren http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/06/stories/2006120604630100.htm
1956 : Vietnamese president Diem publishes a decree aiming to quell any opposition to his politics
1964 : Sukarno and Macapagal relaunch the idea of Maphilindo, a regional association including Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia
1972 : Death of Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/chengyi.shtml
1972 : East Pakistan rename itself Bangladesh
1973 : Beijing denounces the occupation of Paracel islands by South Vietnam
1978 : Death of Ibne Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Insha
1982 : Birth of Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ye-jin http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Son_Ye-jin.php
1983 : Yasuhiro Nakasone is the first Japanese Prime Minister to go to South Korea since WWII
1996 : Ryutaro Ashimoto, Japanese Prime Minister, replacing Tomiichi Murayama, through July 1998 http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/apec/1997/rh_profile.html
2007 : Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed leave as interim Prime Minister. Fakhruddin Ahmed is sworn in as chief adviser of the caretaker government. Emergency law is declared. http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/01/12/d7011201011.htm
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12 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 12 JANUARY
1528 : Birth of Chinese general Qi Jiguang http://english.anhuinews.com/system/2006/07/04/001507852.shtml
1898 : Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan http://www.jref.com/glossary/ito_hirobumi.shtml
1917 : Birth of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist http://www.tm.org/main_pages/maharishi.html
1935 : Birth of Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411032/
1948 : Fast (up to 18) of Gandhi aiming a national reconciliation
1954 : The government of Prince Pham Buu Loc is announced http://www.vietnamgear.com/Indochina1954.aspx
1966 : In an official communiqué, Moscou gives its full support to Hanoi and National Liberation Front (South Vietnam communists)
1972 : Mujibur Rahman gives up his president charge to be head of the government in the frame of the parliamentary political system in Bangladesh
1978 : Birth of Kim Sa-rang, Korean actress, Miss Korea 2001 http://www.geocities.com/mkmcs/wtl_sarangkim.html http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Sa-rang.php
1979 : The Vietnamese install the new People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea
1988 : In China, state enterprises get their autonomy
2001 : Anson Chan, Chief secretary of Hong Kong administration, resigns because she disagrees with Tung Chee-hwa, Chief executive selected by Beijing http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501060731-1218103,00.html
2002 : In Pakistan, the president, General Musharraf bans Kashmir Islamist separatist parties Jah-e-Muhammed and Lashkar-e-Tayaba, accused by New Delhi to be responsible of 13 December 2001 attack on Indian parliament<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/12 14:48
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13 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED IN ASIA’s HISTORY ON 13 JANUARY
1630 : Execution of Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese Ming dynasty military commander, famous for defeating the Manchus http://sevencastles.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!7C5A2F3DB6C97D9A!5860.entry
1842 : Dr William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the savety of a Garrison in Jalalabad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon
1904 : Treaty between China and the United States opening the Mandchuria ports ans the city of Mukden to foreigners
1933 : US Congress declares to be for the independence of Philippines despite a veto of President Herbert Hoover
1946 : The Committee of Three (USA, nationalists and communists) sign an agreement for a cease-fire and a reorganization of the Chinese forces integrating the communist forces
1948 : Birth of Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur http://www.maharajajodhpur.com/hh/hh_profile.htm
1950 : After the United Nations Security Council have rejected a Soviet Union resolution asking the expulsion of the representative of Nationalist China, the Russian decide to boycott United Nations (up to 1st August)
1953 : Norodom Sihanouk dissolve Cambodia National Assembly
1964 : Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/13/
newsid_4098000/4098363.stm
1975 : First meeting of the China’s National people’s Congress since ten years. Amendment of the 1954 constitution
1976 : Japan saids it is ready to sign a peace treaty with China
1988 : Death of Taiwanese president Chiang Ching-kuo. Lee Teng-hui president http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report08.html http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5221/is_2005/ai_n19135648/
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1992 : Japan apologizes for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II
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14 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 14 JANUARY
1701 : Death of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord, born in July 1628 http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=558 http://horse.shrine.net/samurai/mitsukuni_e.html
1702 : Birth of 114th Japanese emperor Nakamikado (1709-1735) who died in May 1737 http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Nakamikado
1905 : Birth of Takeo Fukuda, Prime Minister from December 1976 to December 1978, who died in July 1995. Father of Yasuo Fukuda, the current Prime Minister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Fukuda
1925 : Birth of Japanese author Yukio Mishima who commited suicide in November 1970 http://www.vill.yamanakako.yamanashi.jp/bungaku/mishima/index-e.html
1928 : Birth of Akiyoshi Fukae, Japanese actor http://posters.imdb.com/name/nm0297908/maindetails
1929 : After tribal revolts, Afghan king Amanullah is forced to resign http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/amanullah.html
1938 : Birth of Morihiro Hosokawa, first non-LDP Japanese Prime Minister since 1955 (1993-1994) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morihiro_Hosokawa
1942 : Forces, under US general Douglas MacArthur, resist Japanese attacks on Bataan in Philippines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan
1942 : Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
1950 : United States recalls all consular personnel from China
1955 : Birth of Junichi Ishida, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ishida_Junichi http://www.ishidajunichi.com/
1957 : Birth of Anchee Min, Chinese writer, painter and photographer http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/min_anchee.html
1961 : Opening of the 9th plenum of the VIIIth CCP Central committee (up to 18). Facing increasing economic difficulties, adoption of a more liberal politics
1966 : Indonesia closes its mission at United Nations as it prepares to withdraw from the wold organisasion
1979 : Birth of Mami Nakamura, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620115/ http://www.horipro.co.jp/talent/PF022/
1980 : The United Nations General Assembly demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of foreign troops in Afghanistan
1980 : Birth of Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tamaki_Hiroshi http://www.tamakihiroshi.com/
1980 : Indira Gandhi is elected Indian Prime Minister, a position she already had from 1966 to 1977
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