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ON 27 APRIL MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1521 : Magellan is killed in the Philippines island of Mindanao, in the Battle of Mactan, by natives led by chief Lapu-Lapu http://living.cebunetwork.com/battle-of-mactan-shrine/2006/05/08/ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/1320/bbilapu.html
1599 : Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior, born 22nd January 1553 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/mori-terumoto/
1644 : Beijing falls to forces led by rebel Li Zicheng
1665 : Cebu is established, becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines
1874 : On excuse to avenge Japanese shipwrecks, Japan launches a naval expedition onTaiwan
1910 : Birth of Chiang Ching-kuo, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) who died in January 1988 http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report08.html
1945 : Admiral Suzuki becomes Japan’s third Prime Minister in a year http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Suzuki-K.html
1949 : The Conference of the Commonwealth decides that India could become a republic without be obliged to quit Commonwealth
1950 : Vietnam Emperor Bao Dai appoints Tran Van Hu as head of the government, replacing Nguyen Phan Long
1956 : In Burma, the United National Front, leftist forces led by Burma Communist Party « White Flag) gets 30 % of the votes and 47 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly
1959 : Liu Shaoqi becomes president of the People’s Republic of China, replacing Mao Zedong who stays chairman of the CCP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uk55RdC0Hk
1960 : South Korean’s president Syngman Rhee is forced to resign http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/rhee/
1962 : Death of A.K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman, born on 26 October 1873 http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/H_0197.htm
1978 : In Kabul, a coup is initiated by Hafizublah Amin while he is under house arrest and the People Democratic Party of Afghanistan gains control of the country and overthrowing President Sardar Mohammed Daoud http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2650
1988 : In Japan, foundation du Democratic Party of Japan http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/about_us/dpj_profile.html
2001 : In Oslo, opening of four-day talks between the Philippine government and the communist guerilla. Next meeting is fixed on June
2005 : In China, the standing committee of the National Assembly decides that the successor of the chief executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa who have resigned, will just finish his term.
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ON 28 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created April 28, 2008
1253 : Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/nichiren_daishonin.php
1545 : Birth of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral, who died in a fight in December 1598 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/yi-sunsin/
1897 : Birth of Ye Jianying who died 22 October 1986 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/yejianying.shtml
1904 : Sisavang Vong, born on 14 July 1885, is enthroned king of Luang Prabang up to his death on 20 October 1959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vong
1927 : Li Dazhao, a Chinese communist party leader is executed on the order of warlord Zhang Zuolin http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048066/Li-Dazhao
1950 : In Thailand, wedding of Bhumipol Adulyadej (Rama IX) with Queen Sirikit
1952 : The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on 8 September 1951, enters in force, marking the end of the US occupation of Japan.
1952 : Signature at Taipei of a Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan, which will enter into force on 5 August 1952 http://www.taiwandocuments.org/taipei01.htm
1954 : Meeting at Colombo of the Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan, Ceylan, Birmanie and Indonésie for considering an Asian neutralist front and will is the origin of the 1955 Bandung conference
1960 : In South Korea, Huh Chung becomes acting prime minister
1970 : US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia
1975 : General Duong Van Minh take the charge of president of South Vietnam for surrender to the Vietcong http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9384426/Duong-Van-Minh
1978 : Afghanistan’s president Mohammed Daoud Khan, dethroned by communists the day before, is killed http://www.afghanland.com/history/daoud.html
1992 : In Afghanistan, led by Commandant Massoud, the Mudjahiddin take Kabul
1994 : Tsutomu Hata becomes Premier of Japan. His coalition government is the first minority party government in Japan in four decades (Up to June 30, 1994) http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/cabinet/80_e.html
1995 : Chen Xitong, secretary of the Beijing communist party committee, is the first member of the Party Politburo to be dismissed for corruption http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/143163.stm
2004 : Groups of young, armed with machetes, attack police posts in the Muslim southern part of Thailand aiming to seize weapons. Police, informed, kill 106 of them
2006 : In Nepal, Koirala is again appointed prime minister
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ON 29 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 29, 2008
1661 : Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
1848 : Birth of Ravi Varma, Indian painter who died on 2 October 1906 http://www.boloji.com/vithika/vithika05.htm
1901 : Birth of Japanese emperor Hirohito http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhirohito.htm
1936 : Birth of Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor http://www.zubinmehta.net/
1938 : Birth of Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian economist and politician
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1942 : Japanese troops march into Lashio (Burma), cutting off Burma Road http://www.worldwar2history.info/Burma/Road.html
1945 : Japanese army evacuates Rangoon (Burma)
1946 : Former prime minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former leaders are indicted for war crimes http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Tojo/Apr2007TojoEN.htm
1951 : A Tibetan delegation to the Chinese government is presented with a treaty draft regarding the Chinese occupation of Tibet
1951 : In Japan, victory of the conservative in local elections
1965 : Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches seventh rocket in their Rehber series
1965 : Australian Prime Minister Menzies announces that, at the request of USA and South Vietnam, he is sending an 800-man battalion to fight in South Vietnam
1970 : 50,000 US and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia, where Prince Sihanouk have been ousted on March 18, to hunt Vietcong
1974 : Birth of Anggun, Indonesian singer http://www.anggunworld.com/eng/bio.asp
1975 : By the Operation Frequent Wind, the last US citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/frequent_wind.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frequent_Wind
1978 : In Afghanistan, the communist rebels claim victory http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/29/
newsid_2970000/2970317.stm
1982 : China has one billion inhabitants
1983 : Birth of Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/yuriko_shiratori/ http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/yuriko-shiratori-hot-japanese-gravure-
idol-and-actress/
1988 : Birth of Younha, Korean pop singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younha http://www.newsasia-ddl.com/album-1005971.html
1989 : The National Assembly of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea amends the constitution, replacing the name of the country as State of Cambodia and declares it « neutral, pacifist and nonaligned » Buddhism is proclaimed state religion
1991 : In Bangladesh, a cyclone with winds of around 155mph kills at least 138,000 people and leaves as many as 10 million homeless
2000 : Death of Pham Van Dong, former Vietnamese Prime Minister, born on 1st March 1906 http://www.mishalov.com/Pham_Van_Dong.html
2005 : Historic meeting between Hu Jintao, the General secretary o the Communist Party of China, and Lien Chan, the chairman of the Kuomintang (Taiwan), first meeting between the leaders of the two parties since 1949
2007 : Japanese Supreme Court rejects the request of forced Chinese workers during the Japanese occupation, arguing that by 1972 Sino-Japanese treaty, individuals are denied to look for compensation from Japan
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ON 30 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created April 30, 2008
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1063 : Death of Renzong, 4th emperor of the Song dynasty (1022-1063), born on 30 March 1010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Renzong_of_Song
1839 : Birth of Japanese painter Yoshitoshi http://www.artelino.com/articles/yoshitoshi.asp
1888 : Kuroda Kiyotaka becomes 2nd Prime Minister of Meiji era, up to 0ctober 1889 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/71.html
1947 : In Japan, victory of the conservatives in the local elections
1950 : In China, the Law on marriage is promulgated
1950 : In Japan, General Ridgway authorizes the revision of general MacArthur ordnances
1963 : In Laos, Prince Souvana Phouma breacks negotiations with Pathet Lao
1975 : Fall of Saigon. South Vietnamese Duong Van Minh surrenders to the North Vietnamese forces http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0430.html#article http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/30/
newsid_2498000/2498441.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/716609.stm
1989 : Death of Bangja (Euimin), crown princess of Korea, born on 4 November 1901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako_Nashimoto
1995 : Death of General Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar Prime Minister (1977-1988), born on 7 June 1920 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
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1999 : Cambodia is the 10th and last country to join the Association of South-East Asian Nation (ASEAN)
2002 : In Pakistan, a referendum overwhelmingly (97 % of votes) approves the presidency of General Pervez Musharraf for another five years
2004 : In Indonesia, Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected to be the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah is arrested the day of his release. Some fights between police and his followers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakar_Bashir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah
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ON 1 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 1, 2008
1703 : Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch is murdered
1852 : The Philippine peso is introduced in circulation
1898 : In the first battle of the Spanish-American war, the US Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet during the Battle of Manila Bay http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6884
1914 : Chinese president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/066/Yuan-Shikai.html
1925 : The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today the largest trade union in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-China_Federation_of_Trade_Unions
1934 : Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
1942 : Japanese occupy the city of Mandalay (Burma)
1944 : Birth of Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi http://www.skalmadi.org/
1946 : Birth of John Woo, Hong Kong director http://www.godamongdirectors.com/woo/index.shtml
1948 : The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is proclaimed by Kim Il-sung http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/kim/
1950 : In Cambodia, king Norodom Sihanouk decides to govern by himself
1955 : A Malay, Musa Ahmad, becomes chairman of the Communist Party of Malaya as Chin Peng stays as leader of the guerilla http://socialistworld.net/eng/2005/02/04malay.html
1957 : Birth of Ko Otani, Japanese composer http://www.tohokingdom.com/staff/ko_otani.htm
1960 : Formation of western Indian state of Maharashtra
1963 : In the name of United Nations, Indonesia takes control of Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya) from Netherlands
1963 : Death of Lope K Santos, Filipino writer, father of the Philippines National Language and Grammar, born on 25 September 1879 http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/santoslopek.htm
1965 : Naval Battle of Dong-Ying between Communist China and Nationalist China (Taiwan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dong-Yin
1968 : Birth of Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor http://koreanfilm.org/actors.html#sulkg
1970 : Protest erupt in Seattle and Washington, following the President Nixon decision to pursue Vietnamese communists in Cambodia
1971 : Birth of Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajith_Kumar http://movies.sulekha.com/stargallery/ajith-kumar/1.htm
1972 : In South Vietnam, North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
1975 : The Cambodian Khmer Rouge government is recognized by the United Nations
1978 : Birth of Sachie Hara, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361693/ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=17382
1993 : Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is murdered http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/5/14594_space.html
2001 : Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of a « state rebellion » hours afters thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towars the presidential palace in the height of the EDSA III rebellion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDSA_III http://www.lawphil.net/executive/proc/proc_38_2001.html
2007 : Taiwan resumes diplomatic relations with the tiny island of St Lucia
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ON 2 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 2, 2008
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1921 : Birth of Satyajit Ray, Indian director, who died on 23 April 1992 http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/introduction.htm
1926 : In India, Hindu women gain the right to seek elected office
1939 : Birth of Sumio Lijima, Japanese physicist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumio_Iijima
1946 : Beginning of the criminals of war in Japan in Tokyo
1950 : In London, opening of the conference of the Commonwealth
1952 : Birth of Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Natsuki
1956 :In a speech, for the first time, Mao Zedong use the sentence “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend” http://www.oycf.org/perspectives/17_063002/
One_Hundred_Flower_Bloom.htm
1964 : An explosion sinks the USS Card which docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship
1968 : On a Hanoi proposition, Americans and North Vietnamese agree to meet on May 10 in Paris
1961 : Signature of a cease-fire in Laos
1982 : The seven fundamentalist parties of the Afghan resistance announce their total merging in the Islamist Alliance of Afghan Mujahedeen (IAAM)
1983 : Beginning of a second Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia (10,000 men)
1987 : Birth of Nana Kitade, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Kitade_Nana
2002 : In Nepal, beginning of a royal offensive killing more than 650 communist rebels
2002 : Closing ceremony of the Cam Ranh Bay naval base where up to 10,000 Soviet troops have been based
2003 : India and Pakistan restore their diplomatic relations and air links. They also decide talks on their disputes
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ON 3 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 3, 2008
1918 : Death of Charlie Soong, Christian missionary http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/opinion/one_on_one/dgmartin-04-
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1919 : Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan, launches a suprise attack against the British in India, beginning the third Anglo-Afghan war http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/betwwars/afghanwar3.html
1928 : In China, Japanese clash with the Kuomingtang troops in Jinan, during the Northern Expedition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinan_Incident
1929 : Birth of Jaharna Iman, Bangladeshi writer and political activist
1939 : The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Nataji Subhas Chandra Bose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/bose.htm
1942 : Japanese naval troops invade Tugali Island in the Solomon islands during the first part of Operation Mo, resulting in the Battle of Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United State and Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mo
1945 : Indian forces capture Rangoon, Burma, from the Japanese
1946 : The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4970
1947 : New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6886
1959 : Birth of Uma Bharati, Indian politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uma_Bharati http://images.google.fr/images?q=Uma+Bharati&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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1965 : In response to a bomb attack carried out by the South Vietnamese, Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia cuts the diplomatic relations with Washington
1967 : South Korean president is reelected by a wide margin
1969 : Death of Dr Zakir Husain, 3rd president of India, while in office since 13 May 1967, born on 8 February 1897 http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/12.html
1971 : 500,000 anti-Vietnam war protestors begin four days of demonstration in Washington DC, aiming at shutting down the nation’s capital. 13,000 are arrested
1977 : Birth of Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangagaka http://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=750
1984 : Birth of Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=291
1986 : A bomb explodes on an Air Lanka passenger jet at Colombo Airport, leaving 21 dead and 41 injurded http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3/newsid_2481000/
2481291.stm http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Nam_Sang-mi.php
2004 : Joseph Zen is the first Hong Kong’s bishop to visit China http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3681947.stm
2006 : Death of Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician, shot on 22 April by his brother, born on 30 October 1949 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4933102.stm
2007 : Death of Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician, borm on 30 January 1932 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070504a7.html
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ON 4 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 4, 2008
1506 : Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat, born in 1438 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/husayn-bayqarah/
1654 : In China, birth of Kangxi, 3rd emperor (1661-1722) of Manchu Qing dynasty http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22914.htm
1767 : Birth of Tyagaraja, composer of Indian classical Carnatic music, who died on 6 January 1847 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073969/Tyagaraja
1869 : The naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Hakodate
1883 : Birth of Wang Ching-wei (Wang Jingwei) who in 1940 will form a pro-Japanese government in Nanjing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jingwei
1918 : Birth of Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese Prime Minister, who died on 16 December 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka
1919 : In what will be called the May Fourth Movement, students demonstrate in Beijing, protesting the Treaty of Versailles which transferred German territories in China to Japan http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MayFourt.html
1930 : Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British
1942 : The Battle of Coral Sea begins by the attack by an US aircraft carrier on Japanese naval forces on Tugali Island which have been taken the day before http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/battles/coral_sea.htm
1945 : Birth of Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimhan_Ram
1954 : A trade agreement is signed between China and Japan
1961 : Birth of Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) poet
1970 : The Ohio National Guard opens fire, killing four students and wounding nine, after an university building was burnt down while students where protesting the US invasion of Cambodia http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4973
1975 : The Khmer Rouge lounch an offensive against Vitnamese islands of Phu Quoc and Tho Chu
1983 : Birth of Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Krishnan http://www.geocities.com/aneligiblebachelor/
1986 : President Babrak Karmal resigns as leader of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and is replaced by Mohammad Najibullah
2001 : General Secretary of United Nations Kofi Annan denounces the lightness of the verdict of 16 to 20 months in prison for the murderers of three UN members by Timorese in September 2000
2002 : Jafar Umar Thalib, head of Laskar Jihad is arrested after a speech in Ambon on 26 April which was followed by the attack of an Christian village, causing 13 dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1975345.stm
2005 : In the Philippines, death of Luis Taruc, who was the leader of the military resistance against the Japanese occupiers http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2005/05/06/news/
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ON 5 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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200 : Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han dynasty, born in 175 http://kongming.net/novel/kma/sunce.php
867 : Birth of Uda, 5th emperor of Japan (887-897), who died on 19 July 931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Uda
1260 : Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol empire http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046342/Kublai-Khan
1479 : Birth of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh guru, died on 14 May 1574 http://www.sikhs.org/guru3.htm
1824 : The British occupy Rangoon, the capital of Burma
1916 : Birth of Giani Zail Singh, seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987, died on 25 December 1994 http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/zail.html
1944 : In India, Gandhi is freed from prison
1945 : Six killed in Oregon by a Japanese balloon bomb http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4976
1950 : Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned king Rama IX of Thailand http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/special_event/king9/english/his.html
1955 : In Indies parliament accepts Hindu-divorce
1958 : During the VIIIth congress of the China Communist Party, Mao Zedong launches the Great Leap Forward http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/great_leap_forward.htm
1964 : Moscow condemns the « racist » politic of Beijing
1970 : US President Richard Nixon assures that US forces will leave Cambodia before the end of June. On the same date, Prince Sihanouk announces the formation of a Royal National Union government
1977 : Birth Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Kang-hee.php
1978 : Chinese leader Hua Guofeng goes to North Korea. It is the first trip abroad of the chaiman of China Communist Party since 1957
1979 : Deng Xiaoping proposes to Moscow to open talks on international relations
1985 : Birth of Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dko_Nakagawa http://wiki.theppn.org/Nakagawa_Shouko
1996 : Death of Ai Qing, Chinese poet http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9004166/Ai-Qing
1998 : In Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, demonstrations against General Suharto government
1999 : Under an United Nations frame, signature of the agreement between Indonesia and Portugal for the organization of a referendum in East Timor
1999 : Former Khmer Rouge leader known as Comrade Duch, who has surrendered, is charged with murder. He was in charge of the torture in the Tuol Sleng prison (S-21) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khang_Khek_Ieu http://www.tuolsleng.com/
2004 : Death of Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer and songwriter, born on 29 December 1959 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/anime/essentials/ritsuko_okazaki/
2006 : In Nepal, Maoist rebels accept peace talks and decree a three-month cease-fire
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ON 6 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 6, 2008
1397 : Birth of Sejong, the Great of Joseon, fourth king of Korea Joseon dynasty, who died on 18 May 1450 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon
1529 : Babur, the founder of the Mughal (Mogol) dynasty in India, defeats Mahmud Lodhi who leads an army of those disaffected with his rule at the Battle of Ghaghra http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1780518-battle-ghaghra/
1857 : The British East Indian Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose Sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of India’s Independence http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/
the_trial_of_mangal_pandey_i.html
1861 : Birth of Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter who died on 6 February 1931 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/motilal-nehru.html
1882 : US Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act which bars Chinese immigrants from the USA for 10 years http://www.reference.com/search?q=Chinese%20Exclusion%20Act
1907 : Birth of Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian who died on 29 January 1991 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/inoue.htm
1920 : Birth of Kamisese Mara, chief Minister of Fidji (1967-1970), first Prime Minister after independence (1970-1992), then president (1993-2000), who died on 18 April 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamisese_Mara
1923 : Birth of Gayani Vadhana, the elder sister of king Rama IX, who died in January 2008 http://www.soravij.com/galyani.html
1942 : On Corrigor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese
1967 : Death of Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer and young brother of Lu Xun, born on 16 January 1885 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9082374/Zhou-Zuoren
1994 : Jakarta accepts direct talks with East Timor separatists
1998 : Death of Chatichai Choonhavan, Thailand Prime Minister (1988-1991), born 25 April 1920 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9500E5DF1531F934A35756C0A96E958260
2002 : Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is freed after 19 months of house arrest
2006 : Legislative elections in Singapore. The People’s Action Party keeps 82 of the 84 seats but falls from 75,3 % to 66,6 % of the votes. The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) with 12,97 % and the Worker Party (WP) with 16,34 % get 1 seat, while the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 4,09 % has no more seat
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