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ON 13 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 13, 2008

1678 : Birth of Yongzheng, 4th Qing emperor (1722-1735) http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/yongzheng_en.htm

1769 : After the defeat of its fourth invasion army. China renounces to invade Burma

1863 : Gojong is enthroned as emperor of Korea http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/12/176_35304.html
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1897 : In China, Port-Arthur (Lüshun) is occupied by the Russian

1920 : Birth of Kaysone Phomvihana, Laos Prime minister (1975-1991) and president (1991-1992) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaysone_Phomvihane

1921 : By a Four-Powers Pact, Britain, France, Japan and the United States pledge mutual respect for the possessions and mandates of other signatories in the Pacific

1929 : Birth of Ngo Quang Truong, South Vietnam general who died on January 22, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_Quang_Tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng http://news.webshots.com/album/557241111YgEmPF

1936 : Birth of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV), Imam (leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims http://www.anusha.com/agakhan.htm http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/more-pictures-of-his- highness-prince-karim-aga-khan-in-islamabad-pakistan/

1937 : Japanese troops take Nanjing and start mass killings and rapes. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm http://www.centurychina.com/wiihist/njmassac/rape.htm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5599

1944 : Birth of Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang_Lee http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=504

1944 : Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138

1954 : Agreement between USA, France and Vietnam to provide military assistance to South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem government

1960 : In Laos, Phoumi Nosavan attacks Vientiane. After the victory, he will install a rightist government with Boun Oum as Prime Minister http://www.drugtext.org/library/books/McCoy/book/53.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum

1960 : Birth of Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian film actor http://www.answers.com/topic/daggubati-venkatesh

1964 : Birth of Hide (Hideto Matsumoto), Japanese musician who commited suicide on May 2, 1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musician)

1968 : Birth of Chen Hong, Chinese actress, wife of Chen Kaige http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Hong_(actress) http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=8234

1972 : Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris deadlocked http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1549

1974 : North Vietnamese commence attack on Phuoc Long Province http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1550

1991 : North and South Korea sign a treaty of non aggression and reconciliation after 46 years of conflict

1995 - China's most influential democracy activist, Wei Jingsheng, who already had spent 16 years in prison, was sentenced to 14 more years. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/Dec95d.htm

2001 : Suicide attack on Indian parliament by Kashmiri militants http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/ newsid_3695000/3695057.stm

2006 : Sultan Nizam Zainal Abidin (elected on 3 November) starts his 5 years term as king of Malaysia http://www.malaysiasite.nl/newking.htm

2006 : The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, announced as extinct. http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/baiji.htm

2007 : Hong Hong Chief Executive Donald Tsang urges Beijing to allow direct elections http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?aid=13944
 
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ON 14 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 14, 2008

1009 : Birth of 69th Japanese emperor Go-Sugaku from 1036 to 1045 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku

1924 : In China, Chiang Kai-shek troops occupy Hankou

1924 : Birth of Raj Kapoor, a legendery Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies, who died in June 1988 http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/apr/16dinesh.htm

1931 : Birth of Jon Elia (Jaun Elia), Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher, who died on November 8, 2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Elia http://www.esnips.com/doc/55d9d8d3-2511-48f5-aeb4-6c2e91bb7d5e/Jon- Elia

1937 : Japanese install a puppet government in Beijing

1955 : United Nations Security Council welcomes 16 new members, including Laos, Cambodia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Nepal, but said no to Outer Mongolia and Japan

1961 : Kennedy announces intent to increase aid to South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1551

1963 : Visit of Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to United Arab Republic. He starts the support of Chinese people to Palestine, Yemen and Oman people.

1964 : Operation Barrel Roll begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1552

1966 : Birth of Shailendra, Indian lyricist, born on August 30, 1923 http://www.hindilyrix.com/lyricists/lyricist-shailendra.html

1966 : The US authorities suggest to North Vietnam to extend Chrismas truce.

1975 - Six South Moluccan terrorists surrendered to police after holding 23 people hostage for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen.

1978 : People’s Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor (Xinjiang)

1981 : Birth of Amber Chia, Malaysian supermodel and actress http://www.amberchia.com/

1985 : Birth of Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonami_Takizawa http://www.photo111.com/html/gallery/japanese/NonamiTakizawa.htm

1985 : Birth of Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yagami_Ren http://www.yagamiren.com/

1988 : Last Sino-Vietnamese military border incident

1997 : Ex South Korea president Chun Doo-hwan death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9403E3D7153EF930A15751C1A961958260

2003 : President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes a first assassination attempt. http://www.nndb.com/people/877/000024805/

2006 : By Royal Edit, king Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Nepal hands over power to his eldest son Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

2006 : Death of Anton Balasingham, chief political strategist of Sri Lanka separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20610 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6180653.stm
 
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ON 15 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 15, 2008

1256 : Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/hulagu-khan/

1660 : In the Philippines, Adres Malong’s rebels plunder Bagnotan http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Andres_Malong

1868 : Foundation of the Republic of Ezo (Hokkaido), with Enomoto Takeaki as president, which will have an end in June 1869. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo

1892 : Birth of Hakira Muto, Japanese Army commander, hanged in December 1948 after Tokyo Trial http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/legal-procedures/ akira_muto_82.html

1908 : Birth of Shankaran Kutty, known as Swami Ranganathananda, Hindu monk who took part in Indian politics, who died on 25 April 2005 http://www.geocities.com/kpmiyapuram/rkp.htm

1914 - Gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, 687 killed. This accident is the worst coal mine disaster in Japanese history.

1933 : Birth of Bapu (Sattirayu Lakshmi Narayana), Indian cartoonist, designer and film director http://www.bapubomma.com/

1944 : US troops lands on Mindoro island (Philippines)

1945 : General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the occupation forces, orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6644

1950 : Death of Sardal Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian vice-premier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel

1955 : Park Hon-yong, the leader of South Korea Communist Party, victim of a purge by Kim Il-sung, is sentenced to death http://myhome.shinbiro.com/~mss1/pakhonyong.html

1957 : Birth of Yuichi Nagashima, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=68750

1962 : The Chinese Party of China launches an attack against Nikita Khruchtchev, accused to be a defeatist and suggests a world communist conference.

1965 : A typhoon causes around 10,000 killed in Karachi (Pakistan)

1965 : U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1554

1968 : Birth of Javid Hussain, Indian film producer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javid_Hussain http://peperonity.com/go/sites/mview/md.javid.hussain.fatru0; jsessionid=1DC2CAE95225333EF0EF24210A9035F7.c02

1969 : Nixon announces additional U.S. troop withdrawals http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1553

1971 : Offensive of Communist rebellion Pathet Lao in Laos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathet_Lao


1973 : Birth of Ryu Seun-wan, South Korean actor and film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753423/

1978 : United States announces that it will recognize communist China http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2515

1986 : 150 killed during race riots in Karachi

1986 : Opening of the Vth congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, launching the Doi Moi policy http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/fall98/thompson/doimoi.htm

2006 : South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the new General Secretary of the United Nations. He is the first Asian to get this position since 35 years. http://www.un.org/sg/biography.shtml

2006 : Bhutan king Jigme Singye Wangchuk announces that he immediately abdicates for his son Jigme Khesar Namgyel. Bhutan is to become a parliamentarian monarchy by 2008. http://www.bhutan2008.bt/en/node/81 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT7q-RmovU8

2006 : The Japanese government votes a law imposing the teaching of patriotism in schools, a taboo topic since 1945, and creates a Defense Ministry.

2007 : Death of Ace Vergel, Filipino actor, from cardiac attack. He was born in January 1952 http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/ view_article.php?article_id=107056

2007 : Pakistani President Musharraf lifts Pakistan's state of emergency and restores the constitution http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/15/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan.php
 
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ON 16 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 16, 2008

705 : Death of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian who founded her own dynasty in 690, interrupting the Tang dynasty, and ruled under the name Emperor Shengshen http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/ content_22664.htm

755 : An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shi_Rebellion

1392 : Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Kameyama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Komatsu_of_Japan

1598 : Amiral Yi Sun-sin (Yi Soon-shin or Lee Sun-shin) is killed during the Batlle of Noryang won by the Korean against the Japanese http://www.koreanhero.net/en/AboutYiSunsin.htm http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/455711

1707 : Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji

1779 : Morohito is enthroned under the name Kokaku. Up to 7 May 1817 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kokaku_of_Japan

1917 : Birth of Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, a Pakistani scholar who has written many books on Sindh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Bux_Khan_Baloch

1920 : The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5606

1941 : Japanese occupy Miri, on Sarawak island (Indonesia)

1945 : Suicide of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, three times Japanese Prime Minister between 1937 and 1940 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWkondo.htm

1941, after General MacArthur announced that he was to be tried for war crimes http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Konoye-F.html http://www.trivia-library.com/a/famous-suicides-prince-fumimaro- konoye.htm

1948 : Independence of Cambodia from France in the frame of Union Française

1949 : Mao Zedong arrives to Moscow for the 70th birthday of Stalin and where he will stay two months

1949 : Proclamation of full independence of Indonesia. Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier

1950 - President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2516

1956 : Visit of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to United States and Canada

1957 : Malik Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A064


1961 : US president Kennedy decides to ugrate to 15,000 the number of US soldiers based in Vietnam

1962 : British restore order in Brunei, after a pro-Indonesian revolt

1962 : King Mahendra promulgates the constitution of 1962. It granted to the people of Nepal all freedoms essential to the development of individual personality and democratic living.

1965 : General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966 in Vietnam

1971 : Indian forces enter Dakha. Capitulation of the Pakistani army. Bangladesh is independent http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5607

1972 : A year after declaring its independence, Bangladesh promulgates its constitution which enshrines the four pillars of Mujibbad: nationalism, secularism, democracy and socialism

1972 : Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1555

1978 : USA and the PRC announce that they will have diplomatic relations starting 1st January 1979.

1982 : South Korea opposition leader, Kim Dae-Jung, is authorized to go the USA « for health reasons »

1987 : General Roh Tae-woo is elected President of South Korea
After having replaced President Chun as president of the ruling Democratic Justice Party in August, Roh wins the presidential election, defeating 4 other candidates. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Tae-woo

1993 : Death of Kakuei Tanaka who was Japanese from July 1972 to December 1974. He has been obliged to resign because of bribes http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5229/is_2003/ai_n19150573
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1996 : Hong Kong businessman Tung Chee-hwa is selected by Beijing to be the first Chief Executive of the future Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1708244.stm

2006 : In Nepal, the government and Maoist rebels agree on a provisional constitution

2007 : The great Pakistani painter Ismail Gulgee is assassinated. He was 81 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7151914.stm

2007 : Buddhist monks and riot police are involved in a violent confrontation in Cambodia's capital http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7147981.stm
 
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ON 17 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 17, 2008

1239 : Birth of Kujo Yoritsugu, 5th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate from 1244 to 1252. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_Yoritsugu

1267 : Birth of Go-Uda, 91th Emperor of Japan who reigned from 1274 to 1287 and died on July 16, 1324

1275 : Death of Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi, Afghan scholar and famed sufi mistic poet http://www.shiachat.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t69194.html

1398 : Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P052

1586 : Go-Yozei ascends to the throne, as 107th Emperor of Japan. Born in December 1572, he will stay on the throne up to May 1611 and will die on September 1617 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Yozei_of_Japan

1637 : In the Shimabara Rebellion, Japanese peasants, lead by Amakusa Shiro, rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu http://www.japan-101.com/history/shimabara_rebellion.htm

1891 : Birth of Hu Shi, Chine philosopher who died on February 24, 1962 http://www.cgu.edu/pages/3279.asp

1907 : Independence of Bhutan. Ugyen Wangchuk is elected first king of the current dynasty. He will reign up to 1926. http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/bhutan-100-years-of-monarchy

1917 : Birth of Kriangsak Chomanan, Thai Prime Minister from 1977 to 1980 http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/24/local/me-passings24.1

1920 : Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands

1933 : Death of Thubten Gyatso, 13th dalai lama, born in 1876 http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Thubten_Gyatso,_13th_Dalai_Lama

1941 : Japanese forces land in northern Borneo (Indonesia)

1941 : On this day, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was relieved of his command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet as part of a shake-up of officers in the wake of the Pearl Harbor disaster. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6646

1944 : US army end of excluding Japanese-Americans from west coast. Japanese-Americans are released from detention camps http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5608

1949 : Burma Recognize the People’s Republic of China

1953 : Resignation of Nguyen Van Tam government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Van_Tam

1961 : Indian troops enter in the Portuguese enclaves Goa, Damao and Diu (operation Vijay). Portugal calls in United Nations Security Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vijay_(1961)

1963 : Tsjoi Doo-sun forms a new government in South Korea.

1972 : Birth of Indian actor John Abraham http://www.johnabraham.com/

1975 : Birth of Mayuko Aoki, Japanese voice actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayuko_Aoki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664bIZXNOe0

1978 : 5,000 people protest outside the U.S. embassy in Taipei in response to the decision to move the American embassy to Beijing

1978 : Birth of Riteish Deshmuker, Indian actor http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/12ritesh.htm

1979 : Khieu Sampan replaces Pol Pot as head of Khmers rouges government in the purpose to further a rapprochement between the resistance movements against the Vietnamese occupation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khieu_Samphan

1985 : Birth of Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Ogata http://www.freewebs.com/dedicatetoyou/ryuichi's%20room.html

1987 : Death of Linda Wang, the first Asian porn star of an accidental drug overdose http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile& friendid=167799396

1993 : Extremist Muslims in Bangladesh issue death threat against author Taslima Nasrin
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1996 : Peruvian rebels seize Japanese ambassador's home http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5611

2002 : The International Court for justice give to Malaysia the Sipadan and Ligitan islets off Sabah.

2005 : On the National day, the king of Bhutan announces that his country regime will be change in a constitutional monarchy in 2008. http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/05/tribute-to-his-majesty-jigme- singye.html

2005 : 200,000 peoples demonstrate in Hong Kong street, demanding the speeding up of democratization process.

2007 : Buddhist monks and riot police have been involved in a violent confrontation in Cambodia's capital http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7147981.stm


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ON 18 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 18, 2008

1271 : Kublai Khan renames his empire « Yuan » officially marking the start of the Chinese Yuan dynasty http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/China/KublaiKhan.html

1507 : Birth of Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord who was a daimo of Suo province in Japan http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/ouchi-yoshitaka/

1756 : Birth of Guru Ghasidas, freedom fighter an social Indian reformer http://chhattisgarh.nic.in/profile/guru.htm

1851 : Birth of Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino hero, orator and satirist who died of tuberculosis in January 1896 http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/history/jaena.htm

1886 : Birth of Zhu De (Chu Te) né le décembre 1886, décédé le 6 juillet 1976 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/zhude.shtml

1935 : The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka http://samasamaja.org/

1940 : Birth of Lei Feng, hero of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, who died in an accident on August 15, 1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng

1941 : In Singapore, the Communist Party of Malaya general secretary and the British sign an agreement for fighting the Japanese invader.

1941 - Japan invades Hong Kong after British governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young refuses to surrender to Japanese forces. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6647

1944 : 77 US B-29 superfortress and 200 other aircraft s bomb the Chinese city of hankow where is a Japanese supply base

1944 : The Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans.

1948 : Indonesia begins its second political elections

1949 : Birth of Joni Flynn, Assam India actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283510/

1952 : Abdul Haris Nasution, Army Chief of Staff in Indonesia since 1949, is dismissed

1956 : Japan is admitted to the United Nations.

1959 : Zhou Enlai suggests a meeting with Nehru on December 26 to solve their border quarrel. Nehru answer that he is ready for that at an appropriate time.

1961 : India annexes Portugueses enclaves of Goa, Damao and Diu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vijay_%281961%29

1961 : Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea

1961 : United Nations Security Council rejects a « neutralist » resolution approving the invasion of the Portuguese enclaves by the Indian army. Soviet Union veto an Occidental resolution asking for a cease-fire

1962 : Birth of Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-born American singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_Lapuz http://www.renaldolapuz.com/

1965 : United Nations pass a resolution (2079-XX) condemning the « permanent violation of the basic rights » of Tibetan.

1966 : Birth of Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Esumi_Makiko

1971 : Birth of Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Matsueda http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/135/noriko-matsueda/

1972 : US president Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2518 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II

1975 : Birth Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Gay

1976 : Bith of Koyuki, Japanese actress http://www.hogacentral.com/People_Koyuki.html

1978 : Opening of the 3d plenum of the CCP Central comittee. Deng Xiaoping launches the “Four Modernizations” program

1982 : Death of Wu Yonggang, Chinese director born in November 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yonggang

1983 : After the refusal of ex-PM Kakuci Tanaka to resign his member of parliament seat after being condemned in the Lockheed scandal, general elections in Japan. LDP wins 258 seats on 511 (- 20)

1985 : Death of Xuan Dieu, Vietnamese poet (born in 1916) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu%C3%A2n_Di%E1%BB%87u

1987 : 1600 are arrested while protesting against the election of Roh Tae-woo as president of South Korea

1987 : Birth of Ayaka, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaka http://www.ayaka.tv/index.php

1987 : Benazir Buttho, future Prime Minister of Pakistan, marries Asif Ali Zardani

1997 : Kim Dae-jung is elected South Korea president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_Presidential_Election% 2C_1997

2006 : Death ofShaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/19/top3.htm
 
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ON 19 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 19, 2008

1180 : The Kofuku is completely burned during the Nara siege http://www.kohfukuji.com/

1788 : Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5069/

1932 : Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist, born in 1908 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Bong-Gil http://www.yunbonggil.or.kr/

1934 : Birth of Pratibha Devinsingh Patil, President of India from July 2007 http://presidentofindia.nic.in/profile.html

1940 : Death of Shen Xiling, Chinese screenwriter and director, born in 1904 http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/shenxiling/


1941 : Birth of Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea since February 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak

1946 : Vietminh (North Vietnam guerilla) revolts against the French in Tonkin and Cochin china. French are massacred in Hanoi.

1948 : After the Indonesian Republican government refused the constitution proposed by Netherlands, this one break the truce, takes the Indonesia capital and arrest the members of the government.

1954 : In North Vietnam, promulgation of the law on agrarian reform.

1961 : Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization

1964 : Another bloodless coup topples the government in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1560

1966 : In a letter to United Nations General Secretary U Thant, the United States ask to him to do his best for the beginning of discussions on an enduring cease-fire in Vietnam.

1967 : Birth of Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lam http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=37

1972 : North Vietnam condemns Linebacker raids http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1559

1973 : Birth of Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi http://men.stareastasia.com/takashi-sorimachi/

1978 : Indira Gandhi is arrested and expelled from the parliament . Her detention caused major riots with more than 20 dead

1984 : General Zia Ul Haq gets 97,7 % of « yes » in his referendum about his politics of islamization of the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia-ul-Haq's_Islamization

1984 : Signature of the agreement between United Kingdom and China for the return of Hong Kong to China on 1st July 1997 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/19/ newsid_2538000/2538857.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7116 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration

1984 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China

1986 : In Shanghai, students demonstrate, demanding democracy

2001 : Death of Son Sann, a Republican Cambodia politician, Prime Minister in 1967-1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Sann

2002 : Roh Moo-Hyun, 56 years old, candidate of the Millennium Democratic Party is elected President of South Korea with 48,2 % of votes against 46,9 % to Lee Hoi-chang, candidate of Grand National Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun

2005 : Afghanistan's first democratically elected parliament in more than three decades convened

2007 : In South Korea Lee Myung-bak is elected president with 48,7 % of the votes http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AD955491-23D7-41DE-A96C- 24B861B39F45.htm
 
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ON 20 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 20, 2008

1722 : Death of China Qing dynasty third Emperor Kangxi who was born in December 1654. http://www.patriarchywebsite.com/bib-patriarchy/kangxi.htm

1873 : Birth of Kwan-ichi Asakawa, historian, who died on August 10, 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwan-Ichi_Asakawa

1915 : Death of Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter and composer, born on May 10, 1863 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upendrakishore_Ray

1925 : Birth of Mahathir Mohamad, fourth and long time Malaysia Prime minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2059518.stm

1927 : Birth of Kim Yong-sam, President of the Republic Of Korea (1993-1998) http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KimYoungS.html

1928 : Great-Britain recognizes the Kuomintang government in Nanjing

1941 : First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the « Flying Tigers » in Kunming (China) http://www.flyingtigersavg.com/

1942 : First Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese

1943 : End of the Battle of Changde, which started on 2nd November, with a Chinese victory against the Japanese Invasion army. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Changde

1946 : Full-scale guerilla warfare between Vietnam partisans and French troops begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7117

1960 : Foundation of the National Front for the Liberation of South-Vietnam is formed in Tay Ninh. The purpose is officially to overthrow the dictatorship of Ngo Dinh Diem, then to construct an independent, democratic and neutral South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1561

1967 : General Thieu turns away the day before suggestion to establish non official links between Saigon and the National Liberation Front

1971 : In Pakistan, resignation of Yahya Khan. Ali Bhutto head od state http://countrystudies.us/pakistan/19.htm http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P019

1974 : Birth of Die, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_(musician)

1985 : New failure after the fourth round of Geneva indirect negotiations on Afghanistan that started on December 16

1988 : Premier Ramasinghe Premadasa is elected President of Sri Lanka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa

1997 : Suicide of Juzo Itami, Japanese actor and director, born in May 1933 http://webhome.idirect.com/~jinsaku/Itami.htm

1999 : Macau, a Portuguese colony since 1557, is reverted to Chinese rule and becomes a Special Administrative Region http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/564984.stm
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2000 : Death of Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladesh statesman, politician, and philanthropist, born in 1920 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Hafiz

2007 : The military-installed parliament approves an internal security law which allows the military to maintain a grip on power after the general elections http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/21/asia/thai.php

2007 : Macau holds pro-democracy and anti-corruption protest on the eighth anniversary of the former Portuguese colony's return to Chinese rule http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1619C7B0-BECE-4991-8599- 49407DB84B4E.htm
 
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ON 21 DECEMBER IN ASIA HISTORY

Updated on December 21, 2008

1905 : Birth of Prince Hirobumi Ito who will be the first Japanese governor of Korea http://www.jref.com/glossary/ito_hirobumi.shtml

1912 : Third Japanese government Katsura Taro, a retired General (up to February 1913) http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Katsura.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Taro_Katsura

1921 : Inauguration in Calcutta (India) of the Victoria Memorial, in memory of the queen Victoria http://tourism.webindia123.com/tourism/monuments/museums_memorials/ victoriamemorial/index.htm http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/

1923 : Birth of Intizar Hussain, Pakistani Urdu writer and columnist http://www.answers.com/topic/intizar-hussain
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1941 : Signature of the Nippon-Thai military alliance

1942 : Birth of Hu Jintao, General secretary of the CCP (2002) and President of the PRC (2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2404129.stm

1944 : Birth of Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat, who will become head of China's State Food and Drug Administration an will be executed for corruption on July 10, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Xiaoyu

1949 : Dutch First Chamber accepts sovereignty of Indonesia

1955 : Birth of Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuyuki_Sekiguchi

1957 : Indonesia proclaims end to state of war

1959 : Death of Kitaoji Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/rosanjin-kitaoji-jt.html

1961 : Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/ng_francis.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smeb8mIQDhs

1961 : Birth of Ryuji Sasai, Japanese composer http://squarehaven.com/people/Ryuji-Sasai/

1969 : Thailand announces plans to withdraw its 12,000-man contingent from South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1563

1984 : Visit to China of Ivan Arkhipov, the highest Soviet leader in Beijing since 1969.

1985 : Russian newspaper Pravda calls for a « positive dialogue » between the different political forces in Afghanistan «including the ones which have positions hostile to the revolution »

1997 : President-elect Kim Dea-jung agree to pardon his two predecessors Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Taewoo http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9F0DEFD6163EF932A15751C1A961958260

1987 : Birth of Valerie Concepcion, Filipina Actress http://www.celebritiesph.com/actresses/filipino-actresses/valerie- concepcion.html http://www.valerie-concepcion.com/

1998 : The Chinese dissident Qin Yongmin is condemned to 12 years in jail for having try to form an opposition party : Chinese Democratic Party http://www.penchinese.net/en/wipc/qinyongmin.htm

2004 : Infuriating Beijing, Tokyo delivers a Tourist visa to the ex-Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/17/ content_400846.htm
 
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ON 22 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on December 22, 2008

1178 : Birth of Emperor Antoku, the 81st emperor of Japan from 1180 to 1185 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Antoku

1337 : Death of Daito Kokushi, leader of Japanese O-To-Ka, Rinzai school http://www.answers.com/topic/daito-kokushi-1

1546 : Birth of Kuroda Yoshitaka, a Japanese daimyo of the Edo periods who died in 1604 http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshitaka.html

1666 : Birth of Gobind Singh, the tenth guru of the Sikhs (1675-1708) http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Gobind_Singh

1690 : Birth of Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur, who died in 1751

1851 : The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.

1863 : Birth of Ch’i Pai-shih (Qi Baishi), traditional Chinese painter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Baishi http://www.brushpainting.com/gallery/qibaishi_landscape.php http://www.insects.org/ced1/chi.html

1885 : Prince Ito Hirobumi, born in 1841, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan http://www.jref.com/glossary/ito_hirobumi.shtml

1887 : Birth of Srinavasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician, who died on 26 April 1920 http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034076655/

1935 : Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura

1941 Japan's invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines

1944 : Vietnam People’s Army is formed to resist Japanese and French occupation of Indo-China by Vo Nguyen Giap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_People's_Army

1960 : Birth of Wakin Chau (Zhou Huajian), Hong Kong singer http://www.wakin-web.com/

1963 : Birth of Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_H._Mitani http://www.lunamitani.com/

1971 : Soviet Union attacks Chinese policy toward Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1566

1971 : Sheik Mujibur Rhaman is liberated and becomes Bangladesh’s Prime Minister http://banglapedia.net/HT/R_0022.HTM

1972 : China announces the establishment of diplomatic relations with Australia and New-Zeland

1978 : End of the 3rd plenum of the XI Central Committee of the CCP (opened on 18th). Rehabilitation of the Tian’anmen April 1976 events and of leaders victims of the Cultural Revolution

1978 Thailand adopts a new constitution

1980 : Split in the Afghan Islamic Alliance between moderates and fundamentalits

2001 : Burhanuddin Rabbani, political of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power to the interim government headed by Hamid Kaezai http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kar0bio-1

2006 : The Indonesian Supreme Court squashes the condemnation of Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorism in the October 12, 2002 Bali bomb attack in which 202 have been killed
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2007 : Death of Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer, born on February 20, 1932 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20071222-108399/ Adrian_E_Cristobal_public_man_of_letters_75 http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht007966.htm
 
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