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11 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 11 DECEMBER
1840 : Death of 119th Japanese emperor Kokaku (1779-1817)
1882 : Birth of Subramanya Barathi, Tamil poet who was a militant for India independence and died on September 1921 http://members.tripod.com/neyveliweb/bharathy.htm
1911 : Death of Nepal king Prithvi Bir Shah. His son Tribhuvan succceds him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan_of_Nepal
1927 : Communist militia, under Ye Ting command, take control of Guangzhou (Canton) and announce the formation of Guangzhou Soviet. The city will be retake by warlords three days later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou_Uprising
1931 : Birth of Osho, born Chandra Mohan Jain, an Indian spiritual and philosophical teacher who died in January 1990 http://www.oshoworld.com/biography/briefbio.asp
1933 : Birth of Aquinilo Pimentel Jr, a polical filipino figure several times arrested under Ferdinand Marcos rule and minister in Corazon Aquino government and currently a senator http://www.nenepimentel.org/
1935 : Birth of Pranad Mukherjee, a closed ally of Gandhi family and currently foreign Minister of India http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6079438.stm http://pranabmukherjee.blogspot.com/
1936: Birth of Taku Yamasaki, a Japanese politician and minister, several times involved in sex scandals http://www.taku.net/profile/english.html
1954 : Birth of Prachanda (Puspa Kamal Dahal), leader of the Maoist guerilla in Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5087004.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5094948.stm
1963 : General Thanon Kittikachorn becomes new Thailand prime minister http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0848351.html
1966 : Birth of Leon Lai (Li Ming) an Hong Kong singer and actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lai
1975 : Birth of Tomoka Kurutani, Japanese actress http://www.bobx.com/idol/tomoka-kurotani/
1980 : Birth of Jamshad, known as Arya, a Kerala-born Indian movie actor in Tamil films http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya_%28actor%29
1983 : General Hossein Mohammad Ershad, who has deposed president Sattar in March 1982, proclames himself president of the Republic of Bangladesh http://search.com.bd/banglapedia/HT/E_0071.htm
1985 : The opposition to president Ferdinand Marcos chooses Corazon Aquino as its candidate for the February 1986 presidential elections.
2000 : Death of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, a prominent female pakistani politician, diplomat and author, born in July 1915 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010329/ai_n14373653
2001 : China officially a member of World Trade Organization
2004 : Legislative elections in Taiwan. Defeat of the pan-green coalition supporting president Chen Shui-bian which got 101 seats while the KMT and its allies (pan-blue coalition) got 114 seats.
2006 : First election of an Aceh governor after the agreement between separatists and the Indonesian government. Irwandi Yusuf, from independentist movement Gam is elected with 39 % of vote. In 29 years, this conflict causes 15, 000 deads.
But in all Asia history, the main event is the birthday of Asia Observer member Okyi<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2007/12/11 22:50
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12 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN FACTS ON DECEMBER 12 IN ASIA HISTORY
1903 : Birth of Yasujiro Ozu, one of the most famous Japanese film director http://www.ozuyasujiro.com/life.htm
1911 : Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India
1912 : Birth of Prince Boun Oum, twice Laos’ prime minister : 1948-1950 and 1960-1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
1915 : Chinese president Yuan Shi-kai annouces his intention to reinstate the monarchy for himself http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1936 : In what is called “Xi’an incident” the generalissimo of Republic of China is arrested by general Zhang Xueliang who demands an alliance with the Red Army to fight the Japanese invaders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_incident
1937 : A Japanese aircraft shell and sink US gunboat Panay on the Yangzijiang
1940 : Birth of Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, president of National Congress Party which was founded by him in 1999 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6167853.stm
1948 : During the Malayan emergency, Scots Guards allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians in the village of Batang Kali http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/
3897147.stm
1950 : Birth of Rajinikanth, Indian actor http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm
1953 : In the United Nations, Breaking off of the talks on the political pre-conference on Korea.
1963 : Despite December 6 call from Soviet Union to appease the contraversy, People’s Daily accuses the Soviet of betraying Marxism.
1963 : Décès de Yusujiro Ozu http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/ozu.html
1978 : General elections in South Korea, the party in power is weakened.
1978 : In China, opening of the 3th plenum of XIth Central committee (up to December18), in which Deng Xiaoping partisans take control on the CCP
1989 : Britain begins the forced repatriation of Vietnamese refugees from camps in Hong Kong
2002 : Pyongyang announces that because the deliverisies of oil by Kedo have been suspended, North Korea reactivates its nuclear plants.
2005 : Sam Rainsy, Cambodia opposition leader, in exile, is condemned to 18 months in jail for slandering the government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2005 : Chinese activist Wu Wanping, 44 years, is condemned to 12 years in jail because his leading part in the anti-japanese April demonstrations.
But the main fact in Asia history on a December 12 is the birthday of Asia Observer AI1PENG and JEFECHISPA from China. Happy birthday from all of us<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2007/12/13 01:30
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14 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN FACTS THAT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 14 IN ASIA HISTORY
1009 : Birth of 69th Japanese emperor Go-Sugaku from 1036 to 1045 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku
1924 : Chiang Kai-sheik 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
1937 : Japanese install a puppet government in Beijing
1941 : Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand
1955 : United Nations Security Council welcomes 16 new members, including Laos, but said no to Outer Mongolia and Japan.
1963 : Visit of Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to United Arab Republic. He stats the support of Chinese people to Palestine, Yemen and Oman people.
1966 : The US authorities suggest to North Vietnam to extend Chrismas truce.
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/
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 an assassination attempt. http://www.nndb.com/people/877/000024805/
2006 : Death of Anton Balasingham, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Balasingham
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15 DECEMBER 2007
THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 15 IN ASIA HISTORY
1660 : In the Philippines, Adres Malongs rebels plunder Bagnotan
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
1933 : Birth of Bapu (Sattirayu Lakshmi Narayana), Indian cartoonist, designer and film director http://www.bapubomma.com/
1945 : General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the occupation forces, orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan
1950 : Death of Sardal Vallabhbhai Patel, vice-premier ministre indien 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 Khrouchtchev, accused to be a defeatist and suggests a world communist conference.
1965 : A typhoon causes around 10,000 deads in Karachi (Pakistan)
1971 : Offensive of Communist rebellion Pathet Lao in Laos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathet_Lao
1973 : Birth of Ryu Seun-wan, Sputh Korean actor and film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753423/
1986 : 150 killed during race riots in Karachi
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 immedialtly abdhicates for his son Jigme Khesar Namgyel. Bhutan is to become a parliamentarian monarchy by 2008.
2006 : The Japanese government votes a law imposing the teaching of patriotism in schools, a taboo topic since 1945, and creates a Defense Ministry.
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16 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 16 DECEMBER
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.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine6.html
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
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
1779 : Morohito is enthroned under the name Kokaku. Up to 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
1945 : Suicide of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, three times Japanese Prime Minister between 1937 and 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, Ahmed Sukarno is elected president of United States of Indonesia.
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 extend to 15,000 the number of US soldiers based in Vietnam
1971 : Indian forces enter Dhaka. Surrender of the Pakistani army. Bangladesh is independent http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=5607
1972 : The first constitution of Bangladesh is voted.
1978 : USA and the PRC announce that they will have diplomatic relations starting 1st January 1979.
1982 : South Korea opposition leader, Kim Dae-Jung, « for health reasons »
1987 : General Roh Tae-woo is elected President of South Korea 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
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
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17 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN EVENTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 17 DECEMBER
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 1324
1275 : Death of Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi, Afghan scholar and famed sufi mistic poet http://www.shiachat.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t69194.html
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, décédé 24 février 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
1920 : Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands
1941 : Japanese forces land in northern Borneo
1944 : US army end of excluding Japanese-Americans from west coast. Japanese-Americans are released from detention camps
1949 : Burma Recognize the People’s Republique of China
1953 : Resignation of Nguyen Van Tam government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Van_Tam
1961 : Indian troops enter in the Portugese enclaves Goa, Damao and Diu (operation Vijay). Portugal calls in United Nations Security Council
1963 : Tsjoi Doo-sun forms a new government in South Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Van_Tam
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
1987 : death of Linda Wang, the first Asian porn star of an accidental drug overdose
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.[/color]
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18 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 18 DECEMBER
1271 : Kublai Khan renames his empire « Yuan » officially marking the start of the Chinese Yuan dynasty http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/China/KublaiKhan.html
1398 : Amir Timur (Tamerlan) captures Delhi http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P052
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
1886 : Zhu De (Chu Te) né le 1er 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/
1941 : In Singapore, the Communist Party of Malaya general secretary and the British sign an agreement for fighting the Japanese invader.
1941 : Japanese troops lands on Hong Kong
1944 : 77 US B-29 superfortress and 200 other aircraft s bomb the Chinese city of hankow where is a Japanese supply base
1948 : Indonesia begins its second political elections
1949 : Birth of Joni Flynn, Assam India actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283510/
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 Portuguese 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 vetoes an Occidental resolution asking for a cease-fire
1965 : United Nations pass a resolution (2079-XX) condemning the « permanent violation of the basic rights » of the Tibetan.
1966 : Birth of Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Esumi_Makiko
1972 : Raids massifs des B-52 sur Hanoi (jusqu’au 30)
1976 : Birth of Koyuki, Japanese actress http://www.hogacentral.com/People_Koyuki.html
1978 : En of the 3d plenum of the CCP Central committee. Deng Xiaoping launches the “Four Modernizations” program
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)
1987 : 1600 are arrested while protesting against the election of Roh Tae-woo as president of South Korea
1987 : Benazir Bhutto, 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%
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19 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 19 DECEMBER
1180 : The Kofuku is completely burned during the Nara siege http://www.kohfukuji.com/
1934 : Birth of Pratibha Devinsingh Patil, President of India from Juily 2007 http://presidentofindia.nic.in/profile.html
1946 : Vietminh (North Vietnam guerilla) uprise against the French in Tonkin and Cochinchina. French are massacred in Hanoi.
1948 : After rhe Indonesain Republican government refused the constitution proposed by Nertherlands, this one break the truce, take the Indonesia capital and arrest the members of the government.
1954 : In North Vietnam, promulgation of the law on agrarian reform.
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.
1973 : Birth of Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi http://men.stareastasia.com/takashi-sorimachi/
1978 : Indira Gandhi is arrested and expeled from the parliament . Her detention caused major riots with more than 20 deads
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
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
But in all Asia history, the main fact is Asia Observer member Caroline birthday. From all of us, have an happy birthday Caroline !!:!
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20 DECEMBER 2007
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 20 DECEMBER
1722 : Death of Chinese Emperor Kangxi who was born in December 1654. http://www.patriarchywebsite.com/bib-patriarchy/kangxi.htm
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
1941 : First battle of the American Volonteer Group, better known as the « Flying Tigers » in Kunming (China) http://www.flyingtigersavg.com/
1942 : 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
1960 : Foundation of the National Front for the Liberation of South-Vietnam is formed in Tay Ninh. The purpose is officially to overthrow the dictature of Ngo Dinh Diem, then to construct an independent, democratic and neutral South Vietnam.
1967 : General Thieu turns away the day before suggestion to establish non official links between Saigon and the National Liberation Front.
1971 : Resignation of Yahya Khan. Ali Bhutto devient chef de l’Etat http://countrystudies.us/pakistan/19.htm http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P019
1985 : New failure after the fourth round of Geneva indirect negociations 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 is reverted to Chinese rule and becomes a Special Administrative Region http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/564984.stm
2000 : Death of Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladesh statesman, politician, and pjilanthropist, born in 1920 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Hafiz
But today, the main fact is the birthday of Asia Observer member DAWN SIM from France. From all of us Happy birthday
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