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ON 11 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 11, 2008
1786 - Captain Francis Light established the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
1833 : Birth of Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician, who died on May 26, 1877 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Kido_Takayoshi
1863 : To prevent Siam and Annam attacks, Cambodian king Norodom I sign a Protectorate agreement with France
1872 : Birth of Kijuro Shidehara, 44th Japanese Prime Minister (October 1945-May 1946) who died in March 1951 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24204552
1892 : Birth of Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist, who died on September 9, 1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Yoshikawa
1912 : Birth of Thanom Kittikachorn, twice premier of Thailand, who died on June 16, 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanom_Kittikachorn
1937 : Birth of John Abraham, Indian film director, who died on May 31, 1987 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008943/bio
1943 : Birth of General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/Biography.aspx
1945 : Allies refuse Japan’s surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1947 : During the civil war, communist offensive in Central China
1954 : A formal peace takes hold Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh
1959 : Laos appeals the United Nations on its territory violations by North Vietnam
1964 : Birth of Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lee_jim.htm
1966 : After the Confrontasi over Borneo, Malaysia and Indonesia normalize their diplomatic relations
1967 : Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor http://www.collinchou.com/HOME.html
1972 - Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1262
1974 : Birth of Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star http://www.hadiqakiani.net/biography.htm
1975 : The US vetoes the proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to the United Nations. The Securiy Council had already rejected South Korea application
1975 : Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timorese_Democratic_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretilin
1981 : Birth of Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/01/23/fiona-sit/ http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=237
2002 : In Indonesia, the People’s Representative Council (DRP) unanimously decides that starting 2004 the president and vice-president will be direcly elected by the people
2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003 : Arrestation en Thaïlande de Riduan Isamuddin, alias Hambali, chef des opérations du Jamââ Islamiya responsable de l’attentat de Bali qui avait fait 202 morts. Il est livré aux Américains.
2003 - Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, in charge of the Bali attack (202 killed) is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
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ON 12 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 12, 2008
To see the today events in Asian history, go down at the bottom of this page
1424 : Death of Yongle, third emperor (1402-1424) of China Song dynasty, born on 2 May 1360 http://www.answers.com/topic/yongle-emperor http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yongle_Emperor
1604 : Birth of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html http://horse.shrine.net/samurai/iemitsu_e.html
1765 : In India, Robert Clive signs a treaty by which Great-Britain will have the monopol of the collection of taxe in Bengale, Orissa and Bihar. http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/03/29/
robert_clive_feature.shtml http://banglapedia.org/HT/C_0290.HTM
1864 : Assassination of Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese politician and reformer, born on March 22, 1811 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakuma_Shozan
1902 : Birth of Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian vice-president (1945-1956) who died on March 14, 1980 http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/nb_hatta.html
1909 : Birth of Muhammad Ali Bogra, Pakistan premier (1953-1955), who died on July 15, 1963 http://pakistanweb.com/html/bogra.htm
1910 : Birth of Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore, who died on November 23, 1970 http://www.istana.gov.sg/FormerPresidents/YusofIshak/
1919 : Birth of Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist, who died on December 31, 1971 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/vikram-sarabhai.html
1924 : Birth of general Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, dictator of Pakistan (1977-1988), who died on August 17, 1988 http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Zia/May2003ZiaEN.htm
1947 : Birth of Jirō Taniguchi, Japanese mangaka http://lambiek.net/artists/t/taniguchi.htm
1948 : United States and the Republic of China recognize the Seoul new government as the one corresponding to the November 14, 1947, resolution of the United Nations
1952 : Birth of Chen Kaige, Chinese film director http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-09/24/content_38464.htm
1955 : After the forced resignation of Muhammad Ali Bogra, Chaudry Mohammed Ali is sworn in as 4th Pakistan’s PM (up to September 12, 1956) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Chaudhary_Muhammad_Ali.jpeg
1967 : Birth of Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Andy_Hui http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=31
1969 : In South Vietnam, Viet Cong launch a new offensive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1264
1969 : Birth of Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor http://www.geocities.com/aga_muhlach_2000/
1971 : Seoul ask Pyongyang the resumption of negociations between the two Red Cross
1977 : Birth of Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Yong-ha.php
1978 : Signature at Beijing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the PRC (entered into force on 23 October) http://www.taiwandocuments.org/beijing.htm
1984 : Birth of Marian Rivera, a Philippine actress http://marianrivera.mycelebsite.info/
1985 : Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520 including Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto. It is the worst single-plane air disaster. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/12/
newsid_2529000/2529031.stm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=20896&page=gr
2002 : Inter-Korean talks at Seoul. It is decided to reopen roads and railways between the two countries
2004 : Lee Hsien Loong is appointed Prime Minister, succeeding Goh Chok Tong http://www.cabinet.gov.sg/CabinetAppointments/Mr+Lee+Hsien+Loong.htm
2005 - Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4147196.stm
2005 : Very rare Civil unrest provoked in the Maldives
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ON 13 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 13, 2008
1536 : Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1937 The Battle of Shanghai begins. Shanghai will be captured in November http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=85
1954 - Radio Pakistan broadcasts National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960 : Yun Bo-seon president of South Korea up to March 1962 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869740,00.html?promoid=googlep
1960 : Birth of Koji Kondo, Japanese composer http://squarehaven.com/people/Koji-Kondo/
1963 : Birth of Sridevi, Indian actress http://www.sridevi.org/biography-1.html http://www.bollygals.com/sridevi/
1965 : Death Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan, born on December 3, 1899 http://www.answers.com/topic/hayato-ikeda
1965 : US Marine Corps launches a massive operation with 76 anti-SAM mission, but it fails
1965 : Birth of Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayato_Matsuo http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=146
1966 : Prince Norodom Sihanouk, ruler of neutral Cambodia, criticizes the United States http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1265
1966 : In China, the Cultural Revolution is launched http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/13/
newsid_4537000/4537605.stm
1969 : Military clash between China and Soviet Union in Xinjiang
1972 : In Vietnam War, communist sappers raid Long Binh ammunition dump http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1266
1999 : The Japanese Law concerning the National Flag and Anthem is enforced http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Law_Concerning_the_National_Flag_and_Anthem
2000 : Death, due to lung cancer, of Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer, born April 3, 1965 http://www.jazbah.org/naziah1.php
2001 : Japanese Prime Minister Juniciro Koizumi, pays a controversial visit to the Yasukumi Shintoist memorial where are buried all the Japanese warriors killed since 1853, including the generals sentenced to death for war crimes
2004 : In the Maldives, state of emergency is proclaimed after a 3,000 thousand demonstration demanding the release of four democrats. Police arrest 286 people
2007 : In China, finally, 1340 people, including 367 mentally handicapped have been freed from forced labor by the police in the brickyards scandal
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ON 14 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 14, 2008
1183 : Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Munemori
1204 : Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (1002-1203) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoriie
1297 : Birth of Emperor Hanazono, 95th Japanese Emperor (1308-1318) who died on December 2, 1348 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Hanazono
1573 : Death of Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord, born in 1548 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Saito_Tatsuoki
1885 : Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
1900 : In Beijing, the legation compound, biesieged by the Boxer is freed by an international force http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6989
1917 : During World War I, China declares war on Germany and Austria
1945 : In the afternoon, Japan’s surrender is made public http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6551
1945 : By several agreements signed in Moscow, Soviet Union and China seal their Union against Japan and solve some questions in Manchuria
1947 : Pakistan gains Independence from the British Indian Empire under the administration of United Kingdom and joins the British Commonwealth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/partition1947_01.shtml
1952 : In Nepal, end of a royal coup d’état. The king takes personally the power
1965 : Ratification by the South Korea National Assembly of the treaty signed with Japan on June 22
1971 : Pyongyang accepts the Seoul offer to resume negotiations between the two Red Cross
1973 : The constitution of 1973 comes into effect in Pakistan http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/
1973 : US bombing of Cambodia comes to a halt http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1270
1979 : Birth of Yoichiro Morikawa, Japanese film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoichiro_Morikawa
2000 : In Pakistan President Musharraf introduces Local Government Ordinance
2001 : Following an agreement signed at Moscow with Pyongyang, a 930 km railway will be restored from Moscow to Seoul
2006 : In Sri Lanka, a girls school is bombed by government troops causing 61 people dead and 200 wounded
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ON 15 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 15, 2008
1549 : Saint Francis Xavier goes ashore at Kagoshima (Japan)
1863 : The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Kagoshima
1865 : Birth of Usui Mikao, founder of Reiki (d. 1926) http://www.reiki.org/FAQ/HistoryOfReiki.html#usui http://www.reiki.org/FAQ/HistoryOfReiki.html
1869 - Meiji government establishes six ministries below Pardication (ja:民部省 in the bottom of Cabinet, officer-of-Shinto-Worship, and jurisdiction of Cabinet.
1872 : Birth of Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, died in December 1950 http://www.ceeby.com/people/sriaurobindo.cfm
1914 : Japan gives ultimatum to Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=50629
1939 : Foundation at Rangoon of the Communist Party of Burma(6 members). Aung San is elected General Secretary http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/c/10951350.php
1945 - Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/
newsid_3581000/3581971.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyokuon-hoso
1945 : Suicide of Japanese War Minister General Korechika Anami http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7942840
1945 : Korea is free from Japan (Liberation Day)
1945 : Birth of Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/khaleda.html
1947 : India gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes an independent nation within the Commonwealth , Jawaharlal Nehru addresses the nation with the Indian Declaration of Independence and takes office as the first Prime Minister of India. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5263
1947 : Birth of Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/raakhee/10846
1948 : Birth of Japanese actress Bunjaku Han who died on November 5, 2002 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359149/
1948 : The Republic of Korea is formally established by Syngman Rhee who has been elected president on July 20
1949 : French gives back the administration of Chandernagor to the Indian authorities
1955 : The « Pacifist Movement » for the incorporation of Portugese Indies into India triggers riots in Goa
1962 : Signature of the agreement on Western New Guinea between the Netherlands and Indonesia. The territory will be administrated by the United Nations up to May 1, 1963, then by Indonesia up to a referendum late 1969.
1962 : Death of Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary, born on December 1940 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/lf.html
1963 : China reveals that Soviet Union has denounced in 1959 the October 15, 1957 treaty on nuclear technologies
1966 : Birth of Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Kwan http://shirleykwanfans.com/
1969 : Woodstock begins in upstate New York http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1271
1969 : Birth of Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cheng http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t9605-0.html
1974 : Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea is killed amid an apparent assassination attempt upon President during the ceremony of the Liberation day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuk_Young-soo
1975 : Military coup in Bangladesh. President Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is killed along with all family members, except Haseena Wajid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman
1975 : Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by a sitting prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2321.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1330223.stm
1981 : Birth of Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress http://www.songjihyo.com/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Song_Ji-hyo.php
2000 : A group of 100 people from North Korea arrives in South Korea for temporary reunion with relatices they had not seen for half a century. Also a group of 100 South Koreans visits the North
2004 : Death of Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician http://us.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/15guj.htm
2005 : Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement (Gam) and the Indonesian government http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4151980.stm
2006 : Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi makes his annual pilgrim to Yasukumi sanctuary where are buried 2,500,000 Japanese warriors, including 14 war criminals, causing a diplomatic raw with China and Korea
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ON 16 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 16, 2008
1378 : Birth of Chinese Emperor Hongxi, from September 7, 1424, to his death on May 29, 1425 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongxi_Emperor
1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rod. However, the Hongwu Emperor decided to pardon them, seeing as how their intention was not to tear up the money.
1443 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun, born on March 19, 1434 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ashikaga-Yoshikatsu http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshikatsu.htm
1886 : Death of Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda, born in February 1836 http://www.ramakrishna.org/rmk.htm
1913 - Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
1945 : Thailand denounces its declaration of on Allies
1945 : An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWsuzuki.htm http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Kantaro_Suzuki_suit.jpg
1945 : Organisation at Seoul of a committee to prepare the independence of Korea, led by Lyuh Woo Hyung
1945 : Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright, captured by the Japanese in the Philippines, is freed by Russian forces in Manchuria http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6553
1945 : Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops. http://www.radio86.co.uk/explore-learn/china-facts/history/2174/pu-yi-
the-boy-who-sat-on-the-dragon-throne
1961 : Death of Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps2004/maulvi_abdul_haq.html
1964 : After a January 30 coup d'état Duong Van Minh is replaced by General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1275
1965 : The Indian troops cross the cease-fire line in Kashmir
1966 : The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1276
1969 : Varahagiri Venkata Giri is elected president of India (starting on August 24) http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/presidents/
varahagiri.php
1971 : The Bangladeshi Freedom Fighters explode several Pakastini warships in Chittagong
1997 : Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, passes away http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,452971,00.html
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ON 17 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 17, 2008
1304 : Death of Go-Fukasuka, 89th emperor of Japan (1246-1259), born on June 28, 1243 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Fukakusa
1926 : Birth of Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1989-2002) http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/jiangzemin.shtml
1932 : Birth of V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate 2001 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2001/naipaul-
bio.html
1938 : Birth of Abu Bakar Bashir, spiritual leader of the Islamist terrorist movement Jemaah Islamiyah http://www.cfr.org/publication/10219/
1942 : U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari). http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6554
1945 : Sukarno proclaims Indonesia independence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Declaration_of_Independence http://merahdarahku.blogspot.com/2007/08/indonesian-declaration-of-
independence.html
1945 : General Leclerc is appointed commander in chief for French forces in Far East, and Admiral d’Argenlieu administrator of French Indo-China
1946 : Muslim riots in several large Indian cities for an independent Pakistan
1949 : Death of Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician, born on November 28, 1891 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Perfecto
1950 : The United States of Indonesia changes itself in the Republic (united) of Indonesia
1960 : Indonesia break up its diplomatic relations with Netherlands
1964 : Prasert Sapsunthorn, president of the Thailand Communist Party is expelled from the party
1967 : The premises of the Soviet consulate in Beijing are wrecked by Red Guards
1970 : Death of Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker, born on May 22, 1908 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rattana-Pestonji
1971 : Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhm_Jung-hwa http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=421
1973 : The United States and Thailand agree to begin negotiations on the reduction of American troops in Thailand http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1279
1974 : Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, candidate of the Congress Party is elected president of India (sworn on 24) http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/
fakhruddin_ali_ahmed_1905_1977_president_of_india.html
1978 : Birth of Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karena_Lam http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/lam_karena.htm
1981 : In Sri Lanka, state of emergency is declared after ethnic clashes between Sinhales and Tamils
1982 : Sino-American joint communiqué on the progressive reduction of US sales of weapons to Taiwan http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique03.htm
1983 : Three Afghan nationalist moderate movements announce their alliance and support king Zaher Shah in exile in Italy.
1985 : Birth of Yu Aoi, Japanese actress http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Yu_Aoi http://www.flixster.com/actor/yu-aoi
1987 : Birth of Erika Toda, model and actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/erika_toda/
1988 : General Zia-ul-Haq, president of Pakistan, is killed in a plane crash ne Bahawalpur http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-383343.html http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64318
1983 : Three Afghan nationalist moderate movements announce their alliance and support king Zaher Shah in exile in Italy.
1993 : Death of Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician, born on September 9, 1920 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Kang
1996 : Birth of Ella Cruz, Filipina actress http://www.igma.tv/profile/ella-cruz http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t73221.html
1999 : Sellapan Rama Nathan is elected president of Singapore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellapan_Ramanathan
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ON 18 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 18, 2008
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690 : Empress dowager Wu Zetian takes the power and found the Zhou dynasty putting an end to the Tang. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zetian
1227 : Death of Genghis Khan, Khagan of Mongol Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan
1541 : A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
1620 : Death of Wanli, Emperor of China Ming dynasty (1572-1620), born on September 4, 1563 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanli_Emperor
1699 : Birth of Baji Rao I, general and peshwa (PM) of Indian Maratha kingdom, who died on 25 April 1740 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baji_Rao_I
1841 : James Brooke is officially enthroned rajah of Sarawak (Borneo) http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sir_James_Brooke http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BrookeJ.html
1909 - Tokyo mayor Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
1944 : US President Roosevelt appoints general Patrick Hurley as his personnal representative in China
1945 : Mohammad Hatta becomes vice-president of Indonesia http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hatta-Mo.html
1945 : Death of Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian freedom fighter and founder of the All India Forward Block, born on 23 January 1897 http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/bose.html
1945 : Soviet forces start to occupy Kuril Islands
1947 : Pakistan becomes member of the United Nations by a unanimous vote of the Security Council
1952 : At Moscow, opening of a Sino-Soviet conference to review the 1950 treaties
1953 : Kashmir Martyrs Day is observed through Pakistan
1965 : In the Vietnam War, Operation Starlite begins - United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1281
1965 : Birth of Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer http://asianmediawiki.com/Koji_Kikkawa
1966 : In Vietnam War, the Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1282
1966 : Birth of Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress http://www.koreanmovie.com/Kang_Soo_yeon_ka522/
1967 : Birth of Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daler_Mehndi http://www.dalermehndi.com/
1968 : Birth of Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Seung-yeon http://www.allmegastar.com/c/LeeSeungYeon_1.html
1970 : Birth of Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t59.html
1971 : Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1284
1972 : Birth of Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer http://everything2.com/e2node/Keiko%2520Yamada http://wiki.theppn.org/Yamada_Keiko
1972 : Birth of Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Ku http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=327
1975 : Insurrection in the portuguese province of East-Timor for independence
1976 : In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers. http://www.vfwpost7591.org/opn-PB.html
1980 : Birth of Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress http://www.preetijhangiani.net/ http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Preeti+Jhangiani?t=anon
1982 : Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
1992 : Birth of Riko Narumi, Japanese actress http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.1895.htm http://www.zimbio.com/Riko+Narumi/pictures/pro
1998 : Death from a massive heart attack of Persis Khambatta, Indian actress, born on 2 October 1948 (b. 1950) http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/9699/persis.html
2001 : North Korea leader Kim Jong-il comes back to Pyongyang after a twenty five-day trip to Russia by train
2005 : Death of Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress, born in 1959 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/19/content_3375034.htm
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ON 19 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 19, 2008
To see the today events in Asian history, click on End on the page line
1878 : Birth of Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines (1935-1944), who died on August 1, 1944 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/quezon.html
1902 : Birth of J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist, who died on December 27, 1994 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._L._Reyes
1918 : Birth of Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India from 1992 to 1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma
1919 : By the treaty of Rawalpindi, Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom. http://original.britannica.com/eb/topic-492327/Treaty-of-Rawalpindi?
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1944 : Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Wang
1945 : In Vietnam , Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi
1957 : Birth of Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/291
1963 : Birth of Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yip_Sai_Wing http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/8898/wing.htm
1965 : Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
1969 : In a protest note, China mention 429 indicents with Soviet Union in the last two months
1970 : Cambodia and US sign military aid pact http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1287
1972 : Birth of Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress http://www.compbuy.co.uk/SammiCheng.htm
1972 : Birth of Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihiro_Yonekura http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=13506
1987 : Birth of Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_D'Cruz http://seccpics.blogspot.com/2006/12/indian-telugu-sensation-ileana-
dcruz.html
1994 : After the August 16 large victory of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Chandrika Kumaratunga is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3239821.stm
1998 : Birth of Ella Guevara, Filipino child actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Guevara http://www.friendster.com/photos/22742417/0/570214565
2007 : At a very large majority, Thai people approve the new constitution proposed by the military junta, opening the way for elections and a civilian goverment
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ON 20 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on August 20, 2008
1900 - Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
1936 : Birth of Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate in 2000 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2000/shirakawa-
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1944 : Birth of Rajiv Gandhi, Indian prime minister (1984 – 1989), assassinated on May 21, 1991 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/Rajiv.html
1954 : The USA decides to support Vietnam’s leader Ngo Dinh Diem http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1288
1955 : Birth of Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and writer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150781/bio http://www.agneschan.org/aghk/
1968 : Birth of Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Shiratori http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=502
1971 : The PRC rejects the August 2 suggestion for the two China joining the United Nations
1971 : Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese American actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ke_Quan http://www.angelfire.com/ab/horizons/
1971 : General Duong Van Minh and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, fellow candidates for the October presidential election in Vietnam, accuse incumbent President Nguyen Van Thieu of rigging the election and withdraw from the race.
1971 Death of Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot, born on February 17, 1951 http://www.dawn.com/weekly/yworld/archive/020907/yworld8.htm http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps2003/rashid_minhas.html
1974 - Congress votes to reduce aid to South Vietnam from $1 Billion to $700 Million. Majority of the cuts were for military supplies. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1290
1979 : Indian Premier Charan Singh resigns http://rrtd.nic.in/charansingh.htm
1984 : Birth of Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mirai-Moriyama http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.1649.htm
1998 : In retaliation to bombs attacks against its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, USA strikes Islamist training camps in Afghanistan
2004 : Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba becomes again Prime Minister of Bhutan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyonpo_Yeshey_Zimba
2006 : After floods caused hundreds of dead in North Korea, Seoul gives 100,000 t. of rice and building materials to the North
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