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13 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 13 MARCH
1921 : Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China http://militaryhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/themadbaronofmongolia
1943 : In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1624442/posts
1954 : Vietminh forces launch a large scale attack on French troops entrenched in Dien-Bien-Phu
1955 : Death of Nepal King Tribhuvan and is succeded by Mahendra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan
1963 : Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
1964 : Laos and South Vietnam restore their diplomatic relations
1965 : Thailand and Malaysia sign a defense cooperation agreement for fighting the communist guerilla
1970 : Cambodian government give to the Vietnamese National Liberation Front forces two days to leave its territory
1996 : After the death, in prison of Thomas Wapay Wainggai, 59 years, ex leader of the Papu separatist Organisasi Papua Merkeda (OPM), riots in Jayapura. http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1996/03/20/0013.html
1997 : India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succed Mother Teresa as its leader http://home.comcast.net/~motherteresasite/nirmala.html
1997 : In South Korea the ex-Premier Lee Hoi-chang becomes the leader of the New Korea Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hoi-chang
2000 : US Secretary for Defense in visit to Vietnam, the first time since 1975
2007 : Cambodian ex-Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh is condamned in absence to 18 months in prison for embezzlement after a complain of Funcinpec, his ex-party
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member APPLEMEG from the Philippines
From all of us, have a nice birthday
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14 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 14 MARCH
1880 : Death of Pagan Min, king of Burma from 1846 to 1853 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_Min
1951 : In the Korean War, Seoul is taken back for the second time and definitively by United Nations forces
1953 : Shigeru Yoshida dissolves the Japanese Diet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida
1954 : Vietminh forces take the vital Gabrielle Hill in Dien Bien Phu against the French http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11/spotlight/
1969 : Start of two days fight between Chinese and Russian forces on Ussuri river http://www.cybergeo.eu/index4141.html
1965 : Birth of Aamir Khan, Indian actor http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/aamir_khan/
1977 : Birth of Sun Mei-Ting, Chinese-born pianist http://www.meiting.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&
id=4&Itemid=9
1980 : Death of Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, vice president of Indonesia (August 1945-December 1956), born in August 1902 http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=hatta_bandung
1988 : Sino-vietnamese in the Spratly . Three Vietnamese ships are sunk and 74 are missing http://www.american.edu/TED/SPRATLY.htm
1997 : The chinese city of Chongqing is upgrated to provincial level as Beijing, Tianjing and Shanghai http://www.chongqing.org/
1998 : Sonia Gandhi, widow of the assassinated ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is elected president of the Congress Party http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3546851.stm
2001 : End of the VIIth Pathet Lao congress. The old guard is maintained to lead Laos http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/laos.htm
2002 : Kim Hong-gul, the third son of south Korean president Kim Dae-jung is arrested on corruption charge http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2440243.stm
2005 : Chinese National People Congress votes an anti-secession law aiming Taiwan which autorized China to go on war if Taiwan proclaims independence http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/14/eng20050314_176746.html
2006 : South Korea’s Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan is forced to quit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4804018.stm
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members ANDERS.IVARSSON from Sweden and VIJAYESWARAN1985 from Malaysia
From all of us, have a nice birthday
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15 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 15 MARCH
220 : Death of Cao Cao, king of Wei State (China), born in 155 http://www.yutopian.com/go/gowinds/caocao.html
221 : Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession of the Han dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bei
1638 : Birth of the Chinese Emperor Shunzhi http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/shunzhi_en.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor
1874 : Treaty of peace and alliance between France and Annam kingdom (Vietnam) to which Hanoi is retroceded. France keeps Indo-China and gets religious freedom and navigation freedom
1897 : Birth of Kikou Yamata, female nippo-french witer who died in March 1975 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/birades/home/english.html
1943 : Allied reconnaissance flight over Java
1947 : In the Philippines, a referendum gives the same rights to US and Filipino citizen
1960 : Syngman Rhee is reelected president of South Korea http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDsyngman.htm
1969 : End of two-day fighting between Soviet Union and China on Issuri river. Moscow says that its forces have killed at least 800 Chinese, conceading 60 deads
1981 : The passengers and crew of a Pakistan Airways plane held hostage for nearly two weeks are relased http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/
newsid_2818000/2818437.stm
1985 : Death of Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer, born in February 1921 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_Krishna_Choudhary
1989 : Death of Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet, born in May 1915 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Jameel_Didi
2002 : In Burma, the son-in-law of ex-president Ne Win (1962-1988) and several generals are arrested on plot charge and Ne Win, 92 years old, is put in arrest house http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/1101021216/newin.html
2002 : Sharia becomes officially in force at Aceh (Indonesia)
2003 : CCP General secretary Hu Jintao succeds Jiang Zemin as president of the PRC
2005 : Death of Shoji Nishio Sensei, Japanese martial artist, born in December 1927 http://www.aikidojo.info/html/shoji_nishio_sensei.html
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17 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 17 MARCH
927 : Birth of Zhao Kuangyin who will be first Song dynasty Emperor (960-976) http://melanconent.com/lib/knowl/history/china/song/north.html
1231 : Birth of the 87th Japanese emperor Shijo in 1232, who died in an accident in February 1242 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shij%C5%8D
1272 : Death of Go-Saga, the 88th emperor of Japan (1232-1246), born in April 1220 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Saga
1425 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1423 to 1425 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshikazu
1920 : Birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Bangladesh independence (1971), assassinated in August 1975 http://www.bangabandhu.org/
1942 : General MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0317.html#article
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1939 : The Battle of Nanchang, between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out
1957 : Death of the Philippines président Ramon Magsaysay in an airplane crash http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Ramon-Magsaysay/ramon-magsaysay.htm
1959 : Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Lhasa to India http://www.tibet.com/DL/biography.html
1968 : Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/17/
newsid_2818000/2818967.stm
1973 : Birth of Rico Blanco, Filipino singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Blanco
1980 : Death of Prince Boun Oum, twice Laos’ prime minister : 1948-1950 and 1960-1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer founder SANDWAND from Norway
From all of us, have a nice birthday <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/03/18 00:26
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18 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 18 MARCH
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1910 : Birth of Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek and president of the ROC (Taiwan) from May 1978 to his death in January 1988 http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report08.html
1922 : In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disbedience. He would serve only 2 years
1928 : Birth of Fidel Ramos, president of the Philippines from June 1992 to June 1998 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/ramos.html
1966 : In Indonesia, General Suharto forms his first government as president
1969 : Beginning of heavy US bombing on Cambodia
1970 : In Cambodia, coup d'état by rightist factions led by prince Sirik Matak and general Lon Nol with US support. Beginning of Lon Nol’s military regime. Sihanouk flees to China. http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/history/coup.html
1974 : Former Cambodian capital Oudong is captured by the Khmer Rouge. The 20,000 inhabitants are killed or deported http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudong
1978 : Pakistan former Prime Minister Ali Bhutto is sentenced to death http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bhutto_Ali.html
2000 : In Taiwan, for the first time, an opposant to Kuomintang, Chen Shui-bian is elected president http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/president.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2172980.stm
2001 : India gets a one billion population
2001 : In Afghanistan, the Mollah Mohammad Omar, leader of the Talibans order the destruction of all the Buddha statues http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1161617
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19 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 19 MARCH
1279 : In China, a Mongol victory in the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty. In the battle, Chine Emperor Bing is drown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yamen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Bing_of_Song
1434 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, 7th shogun (1442-1443) of the Ashikaga Shogunate, who died in a riding accident in August 1443 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshikatsu http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshikatsu.htm
1623 : Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in January 1556 http://www.samurai-archives.com/kagekatsu.html
1853 : In China, Taiping rebels capture Nanjing
1947 : The Nationalists troops of Chiang Kai-shek capture Yan’an (Yenan), the communist capital of Mao Zedong http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/
mswv4_18.htm
1955 : Ichiro Hatoyama is elected Japan Prime Minister and forms a Liberal government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19550314,00.html
1960 : General elections in Sri Lanka after PM Bandaranaike was shot by a buddhist monk
1972 : India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty
1973 : Opening at La celle-Saint-Cloud (France) of long negociations between the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) of the Vietcong and a delegation of the Saigon government http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/PRG(1969-1975)TVT.html
1975 : Birth of Vivian Hsu (Hsu Shu-juan), Taiwanese actress, model and singer http://women.stareastasia.com/vivian-hsu/
1981 : Birth of Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Rae_Won
1998 : In Cambodia, Ousted Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh, is condemned in ansentia at thirty years in prison, accused of having fomented a coup d’état with the Khmer Rouge in July 1997
1998 : In India, the Hindu nationalist Atal Bihari Vajpayee forms a new government http://www.bjp.org/leader/atalji.htm
2002 : In Afghanistan, end of Operation Anaconda (Started March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020318/popup/
2004 : Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian vice-president Annette Lu are lightly wounded in an pistol attack, the day before new presidential elections http://www.tzengs.com/News/Assasin/photos_.htm
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20 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 20 MARCH
1602 : The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is established http://www.reference.com/search?q=Dutch%20East%20India%20Company
1737 : Birth of Chao Phraya Chakri who founded the current Chakri dynasty in Thailand in April 1782 (Rama I) and died in September 1809 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_I
1739 : Nader Shah occupies Delhi and sacks the city, stealing the jewel of the Peacock Throne. 30,000 civilians are killed http://www.iranchamber.com/history/afsharids/afsharids.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takht_e_Taus
1913 : Song Jiaoren (Sung Chiao-jen), a founder of the Kuomintang is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies two days later http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9070370/Sung-Chiao-jen
1923 : Birth of Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, Journalist and political activist who died in December 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaukat_Siddiqui
1945 : The British, with the 19th Indian Division retake Mandalay in Burma http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/1/burma/summary.htm
1973 : Birth of Jung Woo-sung, Korean actor http://men.stareastasia.com/jung-woo-sung/
1977 : The Indian Congress Party loses the general elections against the newly founded Janata Party. Morarji Desai is charged to form a new government.
1980 : Birth of Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ock_Ju-Hyun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2198
1990 : Ferdinand Marcos’s widows, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement and racketing http://www.who2.com/imeldamarcos.html
1991 : Khaleda Zia first women to become PM in Bangladesh up to March 1996 http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/khaleda.html
1995 : A sarin gaz attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0320.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6842
2004 : Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is reelected with less than 30,000 votes (50,11 %) more than Lien Chan (49,89 %)
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21 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 21 MARCH
1181 : Death of Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese feudal general, born in 1118, who established the first samourai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori
1900 : Birth of Sun Yu, Chinese director who died in July 1990 http://www.gildasattic.com/sunyu.html
1923 : Birth of Sri Mataji Nirmala Srivasta, founder of Sahaja Yogav http://www.adishakti.org/shri_mataji.htm
1947 : A pact of mutual defense is signed between the Philippines and USA
1955 : In Vietnam, the buddhists sects present President Ngo Dinh Diem an ultimatum demanding the formation of a National Union government http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/html/diem.html
1956 : In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma is named Prime Minister, putting an end to the political crisis and joins the neutralist faction http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846117.html
1959 : Birth of Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu
1968 : In Indonesia, Suharto is officially elected President of the Republic http://www.famousmuslims.com/Mohammed%20Suharto.htm
1978 : Birth of Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress http://www.rani-mukerji.com/
1985 : In Bangladesh, General Ershad gets 94,14 % of yes in the referendum he has organized to legitimate his military regime. The opposition said the vote was rigged http://www.muktadhara.net/page41.html
1990 : In China, Deng Xiaoping renounces his last official positions
2000 : Bill Clinton arrives to India. First visit of an US president since twelve years
2000 : In Taiwan, the Legislative Yuan (National Assembly) autorizes direct links with China from the small islands of Kinmen, Matsu et Penghu.
2001 : Taliban blast with dynamite two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan
2002 : In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1804710.stm
2004 : General elections in Malaysia. The ruling coalition Barisan Nasional Le Front National wins 198 of the 219 seats, of which 109 for Umno.
2006 : In Laos, Choummaly Sayasone, 70, a retired general, replaces Khamtay Siphandone as leader of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=86431
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22 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 22 MARCH
1212 : Birth of Go-Horikawa, 86th Emperor of Japan (1221-1232) who died in August 1234 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Horikawa
1784 : In Thailand, the Esmeralda Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7153/watpakao.htm
1869 : Birth of Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino independence leader and first president of the Philippines who died in February 1964 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/aguinaldo.html
1897 : In the Philippines, by the Tejeros Convention, the Katipunan (KKK) rebellion establishes a government with Emilio Aguinaldo as president http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/tejeros.html
1913 : Death of Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Kuomintang after being mortally wounded at the Shanghai railway station two days before. He was 31. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SungChia.html
1952 : Don Stephen Senanayake, First Prime Minister of Ceylan is replaced by his son Dudley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Stephen_Senanayake
1966 : Birth of Song Kwang Sik, Korean singer
1967 : In China, during the Cultural Revolution the People’s Liberation Army take the control of the plants and factories
1978 : In Indonesia, General Suharto is reelected for a third term as President. He is the only one candidate
2006 : In the Philippines, beginning of the trial of former president Joseph Estrada charged to have illegally pocketed 77 million dollars during his tenure http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1063976.stm
2007 : In Pakistan, the dismissal of the Supreme Judge Iftikar Muhammad Chaudry by General Musharraf causes important demonstrations by judges and members of the opposition http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/15/news/pakistan.php
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