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ON 26 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on September 26, 2008
1620 : Death of Chinese emperor Taichang http://deathaday.blogspot.com/2007/09/sexual-overdose-emperor-tai-
chang-zhu.html
1921 : Birth of Wang Guangmei, wife of former Chinese president Liu Shaoqi, who died on October 13, 2006 http://granitestudio.org/2006/10/16/wang-guangmei-madame-liu-shaoqi-
1921-2006/
1932 : Birth of current Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh http://www.manmohansingh.org/php/showNews.php?newsid=24&linkid=2
1940 : The Japanese land on Haiphong with the consent of the German-sponsored Vichy government of France. Japanese forces occupy French Indochina and the French governor is reduced to a figurehead
1945 : First American soldier killed in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1381
1950 : United Nations forces take control of the South Korean capital Seoul, three months after it fell to North Korea ((wrongly dated on 25 by BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/25/
newsid_4606000/4606807.stm
1950 : After Seoul has been retaken by US forces, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai says that Chinese people will not stay inactive while an adjacent country is savagely invaded by imperialists
1950 : Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations
1953 : Death of Chinese painter Xu Beihong, born on July 19, 1895 http://www.chsh.com.tw/chsh/chsh2-4.htm http://www.chinaartnetworks.com/traditional/xubeihong/article1.shtml
1954 : Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toya_Maru
1959 : After the death of Sri Lanka premier Solomon Bandaranaike, W. Dahanayake assumes the charge up to March 1960. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake
1984 : The United kingdom and China agree for the handover of Hong Kong on 1st July 1997. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/26/
newsid_2538000/2538843.stm
1989 : Vietnam announces the total withdrawal of its troops from Cambodia
1992 : Martial law ends in Myanmar On this date, the previous two decrees of martial law, including military tribunals, were abolished.
2001 - In Kabul, Afghanistan, the abandoned U.S. Embassy was stormed by protesters. It was the largest anti-American protest since the terror attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, on September 11.
2002 : In Myanmar, the son-in-law and three grand-sons of former dictator Ne Win are sentenced to death on high treason charges
2006 : Death of Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who was convicted and later pardoned of being World War II propagandist "Tokyo Rose," died in Chicago at age 90, born on July 4, 1916 http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/rose/rose.htm http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2006/09/iva_toguri_daqu.html
2006 : Shinzo Abe becomes the 90th premier of Japan with 339 votes on 475 at the House of representatives and 136 on 240 at the Senate http://daily.iflove.com/world//2006-09/26/content_697278.htm
2006 : Death of Indian actress Padmini, born on June 12, 1932 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini
2007 - Shinzo Abe formally ends his term as Prime Minister of Japan.
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On 27 September in Asian history
Updated on September 27, 2008
1557 : Death of Go-Nara, 105th Japanese emperor (1526-1557), born on January 26, 1497 http://tripatlas.com/Emperor_Go-Nara_of_Japan
1833 : Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer, born on 22 May 1772 http://www.ceeby.com/people/rajarammohanroy.cfm
1914 : Birth of Jukichi Uno, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881303/
1928 : The Republic of China is recognized by the United States
1931 : Birth of Vong Savang, heir of Laos, who died in 1981 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vong_Savang
1932 : Birth of Yash Chopra, Indian director http://www.yashrajfilms.com/profile/yash.htm
1940 : The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6598
1942 - Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
1942 : Birth of Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist, hero of the “Killing field” movie, who died on http://www.cambodian.com/dithpran/ http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Pran-Dith.html
1942 : Birth of Masaru Ikeda, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1156
1945 : General MacArthur and Japanese emperor Hirohito meet for the first time http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents/pandeAMEX97.html
1950 : Birth of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Tagawa,_Cary-Hiroyuki/index.html
1953 : Birth of Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma), an Indian saint http://www.hinduweb.org/home/general_sites/sita/sitakasansar/
ammachi.htm
1959 : Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon
1959 : SEATO Council gives its support to United Nations in Laos
1961 : Birth of Andy Lau Tak Wah, Hong Kong actor and singer http://men.stareastasia.com/andy-lau/
1967 : Against the Vietnam War, an advertisement headed "A Call To Resist Illegitimate Authority," signed by over 320 influential people appears in the New Republic and the New York Review of Books, asking for funds to help youths resist the draft. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1383
1971 : Birth of Li Yapeng, Chinese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yapeng http://www.dianying.com/en/person/LiYapeng
1972 : Death of S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, born on August 9, 1892 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan
1975 : Birth of Megumi Ohji (or Oji), Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megumi_%C5%8Cji http://www.tvrage.com/person/id-164709/Megumi+Oji
1975 : Birth of Hong Kong actor Sam Lee http://www.hkfilm.net/samlee.htm
1977 : Important speech of Prime Minister Pol Pot showing a full alignment of Kampuchea with China
1983 : Birth of Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_Hye_Bin http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2239 http://kpopvideo.com/sarang/stars-Jeon_Hye_Bin
1988 : The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, is founded http://www.nld-la.org.uk/
1992 : Enthronement of the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorge http://www.kagyuoffice.org/karmapa.tibet.enthronement.html
1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/
newsid_2539000/2539973.stm http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/najibphotos/index.html
1997 : In Thailand, the parliament adopts a new chart (constitution), the 15th since 1932, suspended in September 1996
2002 : East Timor is admitted to United Nations.
2003 : In Cambodia, opposition boycotts the opening ceremony of the new parliament. PPC (Hun Sen) have 73 MP, Funcinpec 26 and PSR 24.
2004 - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon announced that North Korea had turned plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons. He also said that the weapons were to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent nuclear war in northeast Asia
2004 : Aiming to relaunch his reforms program, Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi changes eleven of the seventeen members of his cabinet
2007 : Death of Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist, killed by Burmese soldiers as covering the monks repression, born in 1957 http://www.cpj.org/news/2007/asia/burma27sep07na.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2550369.ece
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On 28 September in Asian history
Updated on September 28, 2008
551BC : Birth of Confucius http://www.confucius.org/lunyu/edbio.htm http://www.crystalinks.com/confucius.html
1667 : Birth of Japanese warlord Asano Naganori, who died on 21 April 1701 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Asano_Naganori
1867 : Birth of Hiranuma Kiichiro, Japanese Prime Minister in 1939 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiichiro_Hiranuma
1907 : Birth of Bhagat Singh, Indian activist, who was hanged by the British on March 23, 1931 http://www.shahidbhagatsingh.org/
1908 : First Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore
1910 : Birth of Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistence leader, bayoneted to death on July 15, 1942 http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/vinzonwences.htm
1910 : Birth of Diosdado Pangan Macapagal, president of the Philippines from December 1961 to September 1965, who died on April 21, 1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diosdado_Macapagal
1915 : Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saitou_Hajime
1918 : Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan, up to his killing in November 1921 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/172.html
1947 : Birth of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/hasina.html
1950 : Indonesia becomes a member of United Nations
1954 : Nikita Khrushchev starts a visit to China
1959 : Birth of Yu Tokui, Japanese actor http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Yu_Tokui
1959 : Birth of Hiroyuki Konishi, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465158/
1966 : Birth of Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puri_Jagannadh http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/may/19puri.htm
1972 : Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
1974 : Death of Kajiro Yamamoto, Japanese director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945428/
1982 : In Afghanistan, destruction of a sovieto-afghan convoy is destroyed in the Khunar valley (200 killed or wounded
1982 : Birth of Kazue Fukiishi, Japanese actress http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Kazue_Fukiishi http://idolkazue.tripod.com/
1989 : Death of deposed president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos (1966-1986) in exile in Hawaii at the age of 72 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0911.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5382
2000 : Death of Pote Sarazin, Thai diplomat, short time prime minister, born onMarch 25, 1905 http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/eng/pm_09.htm
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On 29 September in Asian history
Updated on September 29, 2008
1637 : Death of Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino martyred for the Christian faith and the first Filipino saint http://www.stlorenzoruiz.com/ http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=231
1856 : French forces land in Tourane (now Danang) in Annan (now central Vietnam)
1920 : Birth of Noriyoshi Matsura, Japanese film maker http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559676/
1945 : British forces land in Indonesia
1946 : Birth of Ravi Baswani, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Baswani http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060629/
1950 : The United Nations Security Council invites Red China to participate on discussions on Taiwan
1954 : USA says i twill contribute financially to the French forces in Indochina and will give aid to these associated states
1957 : A passenger train collides with an oil-tanker train in the Gambar province of western Pakistan, killing 300 people.
1965 : Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1387
1967 : US president Johnson proposes to meet Ho Chi Minh and to suspend bombings on North if he accepts negotiations
1968 : Birth of Samir Soni, Indian actor http://www.webindia123.com/personality/men/samir_soni/samir.htm
1972 : Publication of a Joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations between China and Japan http://www.taiwandocuments.org/japan01.htm
1974 : Birth of Tsubasa Akimoto, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1154558/
1976 : Death of Chinese director Huang Tang, born in 1976 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849297/
1977 : Birth of Shin Joo-ri, Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176586/
1977 : Birth of Won Bin, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=8058 http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=175
1979 : Just before the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, self-criticism by the Communist Party on the Cultural Revolution excesses
1979 : Birth of Tou Chih-kung, Taiwanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2201481/ http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=15275
1980 : Birth of Audrey An (An Yixuan), Taiwanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Yixuan http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1775
1980 : Birth of Kanako Enomoto, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanako_Enomoto http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/418130 /kanako-enomoto.htm
1988 : In Bangladesh, floods cause 30 million people with no shelter
1996 : Death of of Endo Shusaku, Japanese Catholic author, born in March 1923 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-EndoShu.html
2001 : Death of Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (1967-1975), born on April 5, 1923 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nguyen-van-thieu-
729460.html http://www.nndb.com/people/538/000087277/
2006 : Death of Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic, born in 1926 http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/30/nat5.htm http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Khalique-Ibrahim-Khalique
2007 : Terrorist attack in Malé (Maldives), twelve foreign tourists wounded
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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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