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On 30 September in Asian history
Updaded on September 30, 2008
1551 : Death of Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord by hara-kiri http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ouchi-Yoshitaka
1874 : Birth of Vyner Brooke, third and final White Rajah of Sarawak (Borneo) (1917-1946) who died on 9 May 1963 http://www.rajahbrooke.com/datesvyn.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vyner_Brooke
1917 : Birth of Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea (1963-1978) who died on October 26, 1979 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee
1922 : Birth of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director, who died on August 27, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee
1932 : Birth of Shintaro Ishihara, writer and governor of Tokyo since 1999 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Ishihara http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/tokyo_mayor.html
1945 : In the Philippines, under popular pressure, MacArthur is obliged to free Luis Taruc, leader of the Huk (People’s Anti-Japanese Army) http://cityofsanfernando.blogspot.com/2005/05/ka-luis-m-taruc-june-21-
1913-may-4.html
1949 : End of the first meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (started on 21). A common manifesto is adopted organizing the common powers
1950 : During the Korea War, South Korea forces cross the 38th parallel
1953 : Joint Americano-French communiqué announcing a bigger aid to Frrance in Indochina
1959 : Coming back from USA, Nikita Khruchtchov goes to China
1962 : Birth of Shaan, Indian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaan_(singer)
1964 : First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1392
1969 : Thailand announces the gradual withdrawal of the US forces from its territory
1965 : Procommunist military officers, calling themselves the September 30 Movement (Gestapu), attempt to seize power, killing five generals. Communist officials in various parts of Java also expressed their support. Their failure led to Sukarno's displacement from power; a bloody purge of PKI members on Java, Bali, and elsewhere; and the rise of Suharto who retake control on October 1 http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/india/indonesia1965.htm http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/54b/033.html
1975 : The General Assembly of the United Nations postpones the question of the admission of the two Vietnam
1977 - Philippine political prisoners, Eugenio Lopez, Jr. and Sergio Osmeña III successfully escaped from Fort Bonifacio Maximum Security Prison in the Philippines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Lopez,_Jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Osme%C3%B1a_III
1979 : Birth of Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter http://www.myspace.com/vincechong
1982 : Birth of Li Xiaolu (Jacqueline Li), Chinese actress and singer http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Li_Xiao_Lu http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/f/lixl/index.html
1987 : Denise Laurel, Filipino actress and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Laurel http://profiles.friendster.com/44269401
1990 : The Soviet Union and South Korea establish diplomatic relations
1993 : Around 10,000 people are killed when an earthquake measuring 6.4 struck southern India.
1996 : Death of Asao Uchida, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879729/
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ON 1 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 1, 2008
1644 : Chinese Emperor Shunzi is enthroned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor
1868 : Death of King Mongkut (Rama IV). He is succeeded by Chulalongkorn (Rama V) http://www.answers.com/topic/mongkut http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18529&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&
URL_SECTION=201.html
1884 : In the Sino-French War, French forces take Jilong in Taiwan
1887 : Baluchistan is conquered by the British
1896 : Birth of Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister, assassinated on October 16, 1951 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P010
1901 : Death of Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdor_Rahman_Khan http://www.islamicrepublicofafghanistan.com/the-afghan-wars-
independence-abdur-rahman-khan/
1922 : Birth of Chen-Ning Yan (Nobel physics laureate 1957) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1957/yang-
bio.html http://chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/16/content_400791.htm
1927 : Birth of Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Gall http://www.classictravelbooks.com/authors/gall.htm
1928 : Birth of Zhu Rongji (Chinese Prime Minister 1998-2003) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Rongji
1930 : Birth of Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naimatullah_Khan http://education.kalpoint.com/pow/modules.php?name=News&file=article&
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1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2438 http://www.china-profile.com/history/indepth/id_0.htm
1950 : General Douglas MacArthur officially returned Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
1952 : In the Japanese general elections, the Liberal Pary gets an absolute majority. The Communists loses all their seats.
1953 : Signature in Washington of a mutual defence treaty with the Republic of Korea
1958 : Birth of Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Nakamura http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/26/masato-nakamura/
1959 : China celebrates its ten anniversary . Attending Nikita Khrouchtchev advices Beijing to avoid affronting capitalist world
1960 : At Beijing, signature of a definitive agreement on the border with Burma
1961 : South Vietnam requests a bilateral defense treaty with USA http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1393
1964 : At the call of the communist party, hunger demonstrations in New Delhi
1965 - General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5390
1966 : In Phnom-Penh, in front of 100,000 people, French President Charles De Gaulle calls for the neutralization in Indochina http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/article.php3?id_article=530
1970 : Birth of Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gam_Wu-seong http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/gamwuseong/
1971 : Birth of Song Il-gook, Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Il_Gook http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=22
1971 : Birth of Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Lai http://members.aol.com/chaos116/GiGi/gigi.htm
1975 : Birth of Kim Suna, Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Suna http://kimsamsoon.blogsome.com/2005/12/04/kim-suna-reveals-her-slim-
figure-strips-herself-of-the-character-samsoon/
1977 : Pol Pot, leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge attends the National Day ceremony in Beijing
1986 : Birth of Sayaka Kanda, Japanese singer http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Sayaka_Kanda
1987 : Birth of Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroki_Aiba http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2710
1988 : Death of Sri Sultan Hamengku buwono IX, second vice-president of Indonesia, born in April 1912 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Sultan_Hamengkubuwono_IX
2001 : Lee Teng-hui, former president of Taiwan, who has been chairman of the Kuomintang during twelve years is expelled from the party after giving his support to a new party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union
2001 : A Pakistan-based militant group attacks the state legislature in Indian-ruled Kashmir, killing 38 people.
2004 : Death of Kim Kumija, Japanese actress born on October 11, 1958 http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm1065704/maindetails http://asianmediawiki.com/Kumija_Kim
2005 : Three attacks by Jemaah Islamiyah on two tourist clubs in Baly cause 26 dead and 100 wounded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/1/
newsid_4965000/4965712.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5391
2006 : Death of Jun Tatara, Japanese actor, born on August 4, 1917
2006 : Retired General Surayud Chulanont, member of the king council is named Thailand prime minister under the control of the Defense National Council led by General Sonthi http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/2252
2007 : In Thailand, General Sonthi quits as leader of Defense National Council and is replaced by the Air Force commander Chalit Pukbhasuk
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ON 2 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 2, 2008
1775 : Death of Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet. She was born in 1703 http://www.freebase.com/view/en/chiyo-ni
1869 : Birth of Mohandas Gandhi, Indian politician and spiritual leader (Father of the India), assassinated on January 30, 1948 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html http://www.mkgandhi.org/main.htm
1887 : Birth of Prince Asaka Yasuhito, commanding officer in the taking and massacre of Nanjing but never charged. Died on 13 April 1981 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaka_Yasuhiko
1904 : Birth of Lal Bahadur Shastri (Indian 3rd Prime Minister (1964-1966), who died on January 11, 1966 http://www.ceeby.com/people/jntata.cfm
1906 : Death of Ravi Varma, Indian painter, born April 29, 1948 http://www.indianartcircle.com/arteducation/ravi.shtml http://www.cyberkerala.com/rajaravivarma/
1938 : Birth of Wahid Murad (Waheed Murad), Pakistani film actor and director http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id31.html
1939 : Birth of Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5037
1946 : Birth of General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who led the coup against prime minister Thaksin and became president of the Thailand Council for National Security http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5361932.stm
1949 : Soviet Union recognizes the new People’s Republic of China
1950 : Birth of Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, who died on August 18, 1998 http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Persis_Khambatta
1957 : For the first time, Japan is elected as a member of the United Nations Security Council
1962 : Birth of Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_M._Osman http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0530789/bio
1974 : Death of Nurul Amin, a prominent Bengali leader of Pakistan’s Muslim League, Prime Minister and vice-president http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P083
1975 : Showa Tenno Hirohito, the 124th Japanese monarch along an imperial line dating back to 660 BC, emperor during the World War II, is welcomed by President Gerald Ford.
1975 : Death of Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician, born on July 15, 1903 http://www.answers.com/topic/kumaraswami-kamaraj
1977 : In Pakistan, following the cancellation of parliamentary elections, General Zia ul-Haq bans all political activities- rallies, speeches, processions.
1977 : In Bangladesh, More than 100 people are reported killed in an abortive coup attempt when a group of dissidents seized the Dhaka radio station. The coup is crushed by loyal troops of President Ziaur Rahman, within a few hours.
1978 : Birth of Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanase actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/en/
1980 : Death of General John Lionel Kotelawala, third Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1953-1956), born on 4 April 1897 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kotelawala
1981 : Birth of Toro, Taiwanese singer
1988 : Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders free elections
2007 : President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-Korean_Summit  |
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On 3rd October In Asian history
Updated on October 3, 2008
2333 BC : Legendary founding of the Chosun (Gojoseon) kingdom by Tangun (Dangun Wanggeom) during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao http://www.lifeinkorea.com/information/tangun.cfm
1678 : The Taj Mahal, an architectural masterpiece in Agra (India) is completed after 22 years’work http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Agra&genre=Taj&cd=7353-3123-1403:7353-3123-
1402:7353-3123-1401&country=Inde&col=pays
1683 : The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Lang http://www.powerset.com/explore/go/Zheng-Keshuang
1804 : Birth of Townsend Harris, 1st U.S. Consul to Japan who died in 1878 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend_Harris
1893 : Conference of Bangkok in which French and British delimit their zone od influence in Far East
1950 : Indonesian troops Offensive on Ambon (South Moluccas) which will be taken on November 3 after separatists proclaimed independence
1956 :Birth of Toshihiro Hirano, Japanese film director http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Toshihiro-Hirano
1957 : Birth of Tomoko Hoshino, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395981/
1967 : During the Vietnam War, first US bombing close to the Chinese border http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1396
1969 : Birth of Japanese musician Tetsuya Ogawa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_(musician)
1971 : Soviet president Nicolaï Podgorny visits North Vietnam
1973 : Birth of Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress http://www.keikoagena.com/bio/ http://www.gilmoregirls.org/keiko.html
1984 : Birth of Yoon Eun-hye, Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yoon_Eun_Hye http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1569
1990 : Birth of Rhian Denise Ramos, Filipina actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhian_Denise_Ramos
1999 : Death of Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony Corp http://www.sony.com/SCA/press/morita_bio.shtml http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/morita.html
2001 : General elections in Singapore after a just nine days campaign. The PAP, on power since 1965, gets 75 per cent of the voters.
2002 : James Kelly, US under secretary of state, in charge of Asia, mades his firt visit in Pyongyang under George Bush leadership
2006 : Death of Filipino bishop Alberto Ramento, stabled to death in his house http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2006/10/4/ACNS4198 http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2006-10Oct03-lightingcandlesforBshop/
lightingcandles.htm
2006 : North Korea announces that it will soon test an atomic bomb
2007 : Death of M.N. Vijayan, Indian writer, orator, and academic http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/04/stories/2007100453020400.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBeLZFw2cJg
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ON 4 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 4, 2008
1305 : Death of the 90th Japanese emperor Kameyama (1259-1274) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kameyama
1363 : End of the Battle of Lake Poyang which started on August 30 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang
1884 : Birth of Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramaniya_Siva
1907 : Birth of Shaw Run Run, Hong Kong media mogul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Run_Shaw http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=131
1918 : Birth of Kenichi Fukui, chemistry Nobel Prize in 1981 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1981/fukui-
autobio.html
1950 : Mao Zedong decides to intervene in the Korean War
1955 : The sixth plenum of the Chinese communist Party’s 11th Central meets up to October 11, to study agricultural problems.
1957 : Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrives at Tokyo for a ten-day visit. The joint communiqué will insist on the necessity to suspend the nuclear tests
1961 : Birth of Kazuki Takahashi, Manga writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuki_Takahashi
1967 : Brunei sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III abdicates in favor of his son Hassanal Bolkiah http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Omar-Ali-Saifuddin-III http://www.answers.com/topic/hassanal-bolkiah
1967 : Birth of Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Hong Kong actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekin_Cheng http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_ekin.htm
1969 : China announces two nuclear tests including an open-air hydrogen one
1978 : Birth of Go Soo, Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Soo http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=454 http://kpopvideo.com/sarang/stars-Go_Soo
1980 : The representatives of 38 Muslim countries, at the United Nations General Assembly, demand the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from Afghanistan
1982 : Sino-Soviet talks resumes at Beijing
1996 : Death of Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director from cardiac arrest http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Jo-Ku/Kobayashi-Masaki.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/jfm/
2000 : Death of Yu Kuo-hwa, Taiwan Prime Minister since 1984 to 1989 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2000_Oct_9/ai_66304253
2002 : For the first time since democracy has been restored in Nepal, king Gyanendra dismisses prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and takes all the powers
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ON 5 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 5, 2008
1412 : Shoko becomes the 101st emperor of Japan upon the abdication of his father, Go-Komatsu. His actual coronation will be two years later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dk%C5%8D
1614 : First Japanese diplomatic mission, led by Tsunenaga Hasekura, arrives in Europe http://www.artsales.com/ARTistory/Xavier/Hasekura.html http://www.speedylook.com/Tsunenaga_Hasekura.html
1714 : Death of Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher, born on December 17, 1630 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/309736/Kaibara-Ekiken#
1864 : The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone. 60,000 died
1929 : Birth of Naoyuki Suzuki, Japanese film writer and producer
1939 : Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/justices/j.ynares-santiago.php
1945 : First landing of French forces in Indochina after World War II
1946 : Birth of Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist http://www.hallagulla.com/urdu/biography-urdu-writers-947/zahida-hina-
229976.html
1952 : Birth of Yutaka Nakajima, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620073/
1960 : The third congress of the Vietnam Workers’ Party decides two purposes : the construction of socialism in North, and the liberation of South through an united front
1961 : In Beijing, signature of a border treaty with Nepal
1963 : Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reports to President John F. Kennedy from Saigon that South Vietnamese generals are planning a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1400
1963 : China rejects an Indian offer of international arbitration for their border conflict
1964 : Birth of Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Fujiwara http://www.seiyuu.info/extendedlisting.php?seiyuu=keiji+fujiwara
1976 : Birth of Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Seung-hun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=440
1981 : Birth of Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Tan_Wei_Lian http://made-in-singapore.blogspot.com/2007/08/kelvin-tan-weilian-
jason-tan-guo-qiang.html
1988 : Birth of Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Salvador http://getitfromboy.net/maja-salvador-sexy-photos/ http://www.starmometer.com/2006/10/11/maja-salvador-82nd-most-
beautiful-filipina/
1989 : The 14th Dalai Lama, tenzin Gyatso is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/press.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7041 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/lama-bio.html
1993 : China set off an underground nuclear explosion
2003 : In Japan, the Liberal Party, founded in 1996, is dissolved and integrated in the Democratic Party led by Naoto Kan
2004 : General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is proclaimed the winner of Indonesia presidential election with 60,6 % of the votes vis 39,4 % to president Megawati Sukarnoputri, in the first direct election of the president. (see picture)
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ON 6 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 6, 2008
1552 : Birth of Matteo Ricci, an Italian missionary who lived in Goa (India) from 1578 to 1583, then in China up to his death in Beijing on May 11, 1610 (see picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ricci http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13034a.htm
1661 : Death of guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh guru, born on January 16, 1630 http://www.sikhs.org/guru7.htm
1916 : Birth of Chiang Wei-kuo (Wego Chiang), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and politician who died on September 22, 1997 http://www.indopedia.org/Chiang_Wei-kuo.html
1928 - War-torn China was reunited under the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek who takes the title of Generalissimo (Chairman of the National Military Council) of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China (ROC).
1931 ; Birth of Lee Man-hui, Korean film writer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497802/ http://www.flixster.com/actor/manhui-lee
1937 : The League of Nations condemns the Japanese aggression against China
1949 : Iva Toguri D'Aquino is sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 for war crimes. The conviction was for being Japanese wartime broadcaster "Tokyo Rose." http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_toguri_iva.htm
1950 : In China a campaign against the counterrevolutionaries is launched
1950 : Battle of Markham Gartok, during the invasion of the Tibet by China.
http://www.speedylook.com/Battle_of_Markham_Gartok.html
1951 : Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gurney
1955 : Ghulam Mohammad, the governor-general of Pakistan is replaced by Iskander Mirza http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P012 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P015
1966 : Soviet Union orders all Russian students in China to leave the country
1967 : US jets strike targets in Northern Vietnam close to China border http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1402
1970 : South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Cambodia after a three-month operation http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1403
1976 : New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China (BBC link, but the date is wrong) http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/11/
newsid_4712000/4712306.stm
1976 : Birth of Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_Hsu http://celebritypicturehouse.com/tw/?page=Barbie%20Hsu
1976 : Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government. The 1974 constitution is abolished http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/tango/thailand1976a.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_October_1976_Massacre
1983 : In India, after serious attack by Sikh nationalists against police and Hindu people, the state of Punjab is put under direct control of the central government
1988 : Birth of Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maki_Horikita http://www.newsasia-ddl.com/album-1025750.html
1993 : In Pakistan's elections, Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), captures the most seats in the nation's Parliament, thus she will be Prime Minister for the second time (her first tenure was from 1988-1990)
1999 : Former Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok is arrested. He will die on July 21, 2006
http://212.150.54.123/spotlight/det.cfm?id=236
2000 : In Taiwan, Chang Chun-hsiung is appointed prime minister for the first time (up to February 1, 2002) http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/premier.htm
Picture : Matteo Ricci
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ON 7 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 7, 2008
1242 : Death of Japanese emperor Juntoku (1210-1221) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Juntoku
1661 : Guru Har Krishan, born on July 7, 1656, becomes the 8th guru of Sikhism, died on March 30, 1664 http://www.singhsabha.com/guru_har_krishan.htm
1708 : Death of Guru Gobing Singh the 10th Sikh guru http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Gobind_Singh
1901 : Birth of Prince Souvanna Phouma, four times Laos’s Prime Minister http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Souvanna.html
1943 : Japanese execute nearly 100 American POW on Wake island
The Second World War: 96 American Prisoners of War are executed by the Japanese on Wake Island for allegedly trying to make radio contact with U.S. forces. http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6610
1944 : Birth of Donald Tsang, Chief Excutive of Hong Kong Special Administrave Region since June 21, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4335331.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tsang http://www.ceo.gov.hk/eng/biography.htm
1946 : Birth of Yukiko Kobayashi, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462085/
1950 : Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order “The Missionaries for Charity”
1950 : In Vietnam, French evacuate Cao Bang destroyed by Viet Minh, led by Vo Nguyen Giap
1950 : Invasion of Tibet by China starts in the provinces of Kham and Amdo
1950 : Korean war: The United States forces cross the 38th parallel after getting the green light from,the United Nations
1958 : President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza with the support of Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P015
1958 : Birth of Yoshihiro Kato, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174634/ http://jdorama.com/artiste.601.htm
1961 : Conference of Ban Hin Heup (Laos) aiming to form a government including all the factions
1966 : The Soviet Union expells all the Chinese students
1969 : Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Chan_Ho_Man http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1653
1970 : In a televised speech, President Richard Nixon announces a five-point proposal to end the war, based on a "standstill" cease-fire in place in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1405
1973 : Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka begins a visit to Moscow, until October 10,
1976 : Succeeding Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng is elected chaiman of the Central Commitee of the Chinese communist party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng
1979 : Birth of Tang Wei, Chinese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Wei http://tang-wei.org/
1984 : Birth of Ikuta Toma, Japanese Singer/Actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikuta_Toma http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.869.htm
1988 : Bith of Mai Saito, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204069/
2001 : United States launches Operation Enduring Freedom, its attack on the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan, in response to the 11th September attack on America. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7/
newsid_2519000/2519353.stm
2004 : Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk abdicates because of poor health. (see picture)
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ON 8 0CTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 8, 2008
1184 :In Japan, during the Genpei War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpei_War, Minamoto no Noriyori http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Noriyori
launches a new campaign in the Chugoku region with 30,000 warriors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region
1317 : Death of the 92th Japanese emperor Fushimi (1293-1298), born on 10 May 1265 http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Emperor:Fushimi:of:Japan.htm
1735 : Death of Yongzheng, Chinese emperor since 1723 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22919.htm
1856 : Qing officials boarded the Arrow a Hong Kong registered ship and imprisoned twelve Chinese sailors. The Arrow incident was the start of the Second Opium War (1857-1860) http://militaryhistory.about.com/b/2007/10/08/second-opium-war-arrow-
incident-begins-conflict.htm
1879 : Birth of Chen Duxiu, first chairman of the Chinese communist party (1921-1927), who died on May 27, 1942, of heart attack (see picture below) http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ChenDuxi.html
1895 : The Korea last empress of Korea, Myeongseong (Min-bi), wife of king Gojong, is raped and burned alive by a group of Korean bandits paid by the Japanese ambassador in Korea http://www.kimsoft.com/2002/jp-rape.htm
1904 : Birth of Akiko Tamura, Japanese actress who died in 1983 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848768/ http://www.reelzchannel.com/person/143508/akiko-tamura
1919 : Birth of Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese Prime minister from 1991 to 1993 and died on June 28, 2007 http://www.trilateral.org/membship/bios/km.htm
1921 : Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph/index3.php?justicetype=Associate%
20Justice&justiceid=a45475a11ec72b843d74959b60fd7bd64564dff87d31a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sarmiento
1930 : Birth of Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer who died in February 1996 http://www.soundintermedia.co.uk/treeline-online/biog.html
1937 : Birth of Ho Fan, Chinese actor and director http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2244
1947 : Birth of Toshiya Ito and Ken Teraizumi, Japanese actors http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411763/ http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Teraizumi_Ken
1952 : Talks on armistice between United Nations and North Korea are suspended so long the problem of the prisoners of war is not solved
1954 : After the French defeat in Vietnam, Vietminh (communist guerilla) occupy Hanoi
1960 : Lin Biao introduces his political education program for the People’s Army of Liberation
1968 : In the Vietnam War, United States and South Vietnamese forces launch Operation Sealords in the Mekong Delta. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1406
1970 : In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal for an end of the Vietnam War as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion." http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1407
1970 : Birth of Gauri Khan, wife of Indian actor and producer Shahrukh Khan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauri_Khan http://www.highheelconfidential.com/tag/gauri-khan/
1970 : Birth of Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor, born on January 28, 1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitr_Chaibancha http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mitr_Chaibancha
1970 : Birth of Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696661/ http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/soon_yi_previn/index.shtml
1972 : In Paris, first round of secret talks between U.S. Kissinger and Vietnam Le Duc Tho. Their agreement is rejected by Hanoi http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1408
1976 : Birth of Kim Young-shin, Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1350823/ http://wondergirls.wordpress.com/category/others/kim-shin-young/
1976 : Tanin Kraivixien becomes Thai Prime Minister, up to October 20, 1977 coup d’état by Admiral Sangad Chalawyoo (Kriangsak Chomanan) http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/eng/pm_14.htm
1982 : Birth of Park Hyo-ju, South Korea actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1955957/
1983 : While visiting Burma, South Korea president, General Chun Doo-hwan, shortly escapes a terrorist attack by North Korea agents. Several members of the South Korean cabinet are killed
1987 : Birth of Aya Hirano, Japanese actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/aya_hirano/
1997 : In North Korea, Kim Jong-il officially takes the titles of general secretary of the Worker’s Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission
1998 - Taliban forces attacked Iranian border posts. Iran said that three border posts were destroyed before the Taliban forces were forced to retreat. The Taliban of Afghanistan denied the event occurred.
2001 : In a short visit to China, Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi apologies for the suffers endured in China during Japanese invasion
2002 : Masatoshi Koshiba, from Japan, is awarded Nobel Prize in Physics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Koshiba http://www.icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/Nobel_prize_en.html
2003 : Vietnam and US reached a tentative agreement that would allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam war
2005 : A powerful quake hits Kasmir with more than 75,000 victims http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/8/
newsid_4968000/4968918.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5414
2006 : New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pays his first trip abroad to China, aiming to normalize very strained relations since five years
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ON 9 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 9, 2008
1446 : The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea. Before the Korean were writing in Chinese http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/1876/hangul.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul_Day
1597 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate http://samurai-archives.com/yoshiaki.html
1793 : Death of Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary in China from 1750 to his death, born on February 8, 1718 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Joseph_arie_Amiot
1799 : Death of Mgr Pigneau de Behaine (Qui Nhon), French Catholic priest best known for his role in assisting Nguyen Anh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam after the Tay Son rebellion, born on November 2, 1741. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigneau_de_Behaine http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/13.htm
1835 : A Royal College is established in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the name Hillstreet Academy http://www.royalcollege.lk/
1911 : An acccidental bomb explosion in Hankou (today Wuhan),in China, leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
1942 - The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau
1945 : Kijuro Shidehara becomes the 44th Japanese Prime Minister up to May 1946 (see picture below) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Kijuro-Shidehara
1947 : Japanese communists collaborate with the American to make more democratic the empire political system
1956 : Birth of Lu Hsiao-fen, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523716/ http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-19/67780.html
1963 : La Chine rejette les propositions indiennes d’arbitrage international du conflit frontalier sino-indien
1966 : Hanoi and the National Liberation Front (South Vietnam communists) turn down a British peace plan proposed by George Brown to the Labor party and the United Nations
1970 : The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia by General Lon Nol http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1410
1970 : Birth of Park Sang-min, South Korean actor http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=889 http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Sang-min.php
1972 : Adoption of the fourth Japanese defense plan by the Tanaka cabinet
1979 : Foundation of the Cambodian people Liberation National Front, including royalists and Khmer Rouge against the pro-Vietnam government
1983 : Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and 17 others were injured. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing
1987 : Death of Guru Gopinath, Indian classic dancer http://narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil13.html
1991 : For the first time in history, a sumo wrestling tournament is organized outside Japan http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9/
newsid_2536000/2536783.stm
1999 : Death of Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (b. 1914) http://www.yespakistan.com/heroofthepoor.asp
2004 : First free Presidential elections in Afghanistan after the Taliban, won by Hamid Karzai with 55,5 % of the votes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_presidential_election,_2004
2006 : North Korea announced that it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test, drawing condemnation from around the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6032525.stm http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/nuke-test.htm
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