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ON 30 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1010 : Birth of Renzong, 4th emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty (1022-1063) who died on April 30, 1063 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Renzong_(Song_Dynasty)
1902 : In Taiwan, end of the armed resistance to Japan when anti-Japanese leader Lim Siau-Niau (Lin Shaomao) and his followers are killed near Kaohsiung http://www.takaoclub.com/linshaomao/index.htm
1925 : In China, protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty after the killing of a worker by a foreman in Shanghai. Eleven demonstrators are shot by the British http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30_Movement
1934 : Birth of Japanese Admiral Togo Heihachiro, born on January 27, 1848 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/141.html
1938 : Death of Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighters
1965 : Vietcong offensive against US base Da Nang begins
1966 : 300 US planes bomb North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1874
1969 : South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu vows never to agree to a coalition government http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1874
1970 : Birth of Flora Chang, Hong Kong actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Chan http://images.maxabout.com/images/celebrities/chinese/actresses/
flora_chan.aspx
1981 : Murder of General Zia Rahman, president Bangladesh since April 1977, in a military coup led by Major General Manzur http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/30/
newsid_4401000/4401129.stm
1989 : During the Tiananmen protests, the 33-foot high Goddess of Democracy statue is unveiled by art students http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_of_Democracy http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts/tiananmen_square_2555.jsp?1
2001 : In Indonesia, with a massive majority (365 for, 4 against, and 39 abstentions), The Chamber of the Representatives don’t accept the President Wahid explanations and, so engage the destitution process
2003 : In Myanmars’s city of Depayin, Aung San Suu Kyi escapes an murder attemtp by paramilitary groups under orders of the military junta. 70 of Suu Kyi supporters are killed. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs/GA2003-SRM-oral.htm http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs/HRDU2003-04/Photos%20of%20Depayin%
20Massacre.htm
2006 : Death of Shohei Imamura, famous Japanese film-maker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Imamura
2007 : In Thailand, the Constitutional Court decide the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra for ballot rigging during the last elections http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/30/asia/thai.php
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ON 31 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on May 31, 2008
1408 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, 3th shogun (1368-1394) of the Ashikaga shogunate. Born on September 25, 1358 http://www.shokoku-ji.or.jp/english/e_shokokuji/history/02.html
1835 : Birth of Hijikata Toshizo, deputy military leader of Shinsengumi, who resisted to the Meiji Restoration, and died in a Battle on June 20, 1969 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/316.html http://www.shinsengumi-no-makoto.net/
1900 :US troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/fists.html
1914 : Birth of Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, died on February 2, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Ifukube
1924 : The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an « Integral part of the Republic of China » whose « sovereignty » the Soviet Union promises to respect
1963 : Birth of Teresa Cheung, Hong Kong socialite http://www.teresa.cc/bio.htm
1966 : In South Vietnam, A 17-year old Buddhist girl commits suicide by setting herself alight http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/
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1973 : The US Senate votes the end of the bombing of Cambodia http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/
newsid_2481000/2481543.stm
1987 : Death of John Abraham, Indian film director, born on August 11, 1937 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abraham_(Director)
2001 : Décès de l’écrivain indien R.K. Narayan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.K._Narayan
2006 : Local elections in South Korea. The Grand National Party largely defeat the Uri party supporting the president.
2006 : The Korean Energy Development Organization (KEDO) formed by South Korea, USA, Japan and EC announces that it put an end to the project of building two nuclear plants in North Korea as planed in the 1994 agreement between USA and North Korea
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On 1 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 1, 2008
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195 BC : Death of Gaozu (Liu Bang), first emperor (202-195 BC) of the Chinese Han dynasty http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/han/liubang.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bang
719 : Birth of Yang Guifei, concubine of Chine Emperor Xuanzong, famous for her beauty, who died on July 15, 756 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22669.htm
1215 : Beijing, under the Jurchen Emperor Xuanzong of Jin is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Kan, ending the Battle of Beijing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beijing
1616 : Death of Tokugawa Leyasu, first shogun (1603-1605) of the Tokugawa shogunate, born on January 31, 1543 http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0352-Tokugawa-Leyasu.php http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html
1864 : Death of Hong Xiuqun, leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Chinese Qing dynasty, born on January 1st, 1814 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Xiuquan http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHING/TAIPING.HTM
1892 : Birth of Amanullah Khan, king of Afghanistan (1919-1929) who died in exile on April 25, 1960 http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/amanullahkhan.htm
1946 : The first provisional government on Cochin China is formed
1970 : Birth of R. Madhavan, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Madhavan http://www.rmadhavan.com/actor-madhavan.html
1988 : Birth of Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nami_Tamaki http://images.google.fr/images?q=Nami+Tamaki&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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1996 : Death of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India from 1977 to 1982, born on May 18, 1913 http://pastpresidentsofindia.indiapress.org/reddy.html
2001 : In Nepal, Prince Dipendra kills his father, king Birendra,his mother, and nine members of the royal family http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1365767.stm http://www.geocities.com/tributetoking/
2003 : China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges dam
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ON 2 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 2, 2008
926 : Birth of Murakami, 62nd emperor of Japan (946-967), who died on May 25, 967 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Murakami
1901 : In Japan, Katsura Taro becomes Premier for the first time, till January 1906 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044860/Koshaku-Katsura-Taro
1955 : Opening in London of peace talks between Japan Soviet Union
1956 : Birth of Mani Ratman, Indian director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Ratnam
1964 : Lal Bahadur Shaskri succeeds Jawarharlal Nehru as Indian Prime Minister http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/Shastri.html
1965 : First Australian contingent arrive in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1882
1974 : Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan since two years is formally enthroned http://www.bootan.com/bhutan/articles/king.htm
1981 : In Afghanistan, three resistance movement favoring a western military aide, form a new alliance : The Islamic Unity of Aghanistan Mudjahidin
1999 : The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the kingdom for the first time
2007 : Death of Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentaro_Haneda
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ON 3 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 3, 2008
1615 : Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai, born in 1567 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Sanada_Yukimura
1865 : Death of Okada Izo, Japanese samurai, born in 1838 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okada_Iz%C5%8D
1928 : Birth of Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, twice president of the Republic of China, born in 1864 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/l/li.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yuanhong
1947 : At the « Round Table Conference »in New Delhi, Lord Mountbatten plan for the sharing of India is adopted
1955 : In London, opening of peace talks between Japan and Soviet Union
1959 : Singapore adopts its constitution, becoming a self governing state in the Commonwealth of nations
1961 : Singaporian prime minister Lee Kuan Yew accepts the proposition of a federation with Malaya if Singapor people approve it by referendum
1966 : During the Cultural Revolution, Beijing mayor Peng Zhen is dismissed. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9114847/Peng-Zhen http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/p/e.htm#peng-zhen
1969 : Birth of Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-46/artist_name-takako_minekawa/
1969 : Birth of Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Takami http://www.guanbarl.jp/LINKS/takami/
1970 : Nixon call Cambodian operation a success http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1884
1975 : Death of Eisaku Sato, Japanese Prime Minister from November 1964 to July 1972, Nobel Peace Prize (1974), born in March 1901 http://www.jakvydelat.com/eisaku-sato/
1989 : At 10:30 pm, in Beijing, beginning of the assault of the Chinese troops on Tian’anmen Square
2007 : North Korea break off inter-Korean dialogue after Seoul refused to deliver food so long Pyongyang don’t close its nuclear center as promised in February
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ON 4 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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780 BC : First total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese
907 : In China, Zhu Quanzhong usurps power, putting an end to the Tang dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Quanzhong
1135 : Death, in captivity, of Huizong, the eighth Song dynasty emperor, born on November 2, 1082 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/EBREMP.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huizong_of_Song_China
1615 : In Japan, forces under the shogun Tokugawa leyasu takes Osaka Castle after a six-month siege http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0312/feature5/zoomify/main.html
1928 : Zhang Zuolin, warlord of Manchuria, is assassinated by Japanese agent and is succeded by his son Zhang Xueliang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Zuolin
1937 : Prince Fumimaro Konoe becomes 3th Japanese premier minister, for the first of three times, succeeding general Senjuro Hayashi http://www.answers.com/topic/prince-fumimaro-konoe-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Hayashi
1942 : The Battle of Midway begins (till June 7). Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway island with much of the Imperial Japanese navy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Landing&
displayDate=06/04&categoryId=leadstory
1947 : Indian leader Gandhi approves the partition of India in two separate states
1954 : French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc sign treaties in Paris giving complete independence to Vietnam
1955 : Jawaharlal Nehru goes to Soviet Union
1960 : The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China
1961 : US and Soviet Union presidents, Kennedy and Khrushchev, agree on neutrality for Laos http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1886
1971 : Birth of Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoji_Meguro
1974 : In Cambodia, violent students demonstrations in Phnom Penh. The Education minister is killed
1979 : In Afghanistan, beginning of heavy fights around Kabul between Soviet-Afghan forces and 20,000 Muslim resistance activists, till June 12
1984 : Birth of Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress http://www.rainie-yang.net/
1989 : In Beijing, the Chinese troops clear the Tian’anmen Square from pro-democracy demonstrators in a massacre http://www.cnd.org/June4th/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/
newsid_2496000/2496277.stm http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1tfel_june-4-1989-tiananmen-square-
massac_events http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2688
2001 : Death of King Dipendra of Nepal, who in fact was fatality wound after killing his father , his mother and several other member of the royal family four days before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipendra_of_Nepal
2002 : Japon ratifies Kyoto Protocole on climate change
2005 : Chang Chun-hsiung, former premier of Taiwan (2000-2002), succeeds Koo Chen-fu (dead) as chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, in charge of the relations with China http://www.gio.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=33772&ctNode=2584 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943
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ON 5 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1017 : Death of Sanjo, 67th emperor of Japan (1011-1016), born on February 5, 976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sanj%C5%8D
1640 : Birth of Pu Songling, Chinese writer who died on February 25, 1715 http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/pusl.html
1862 : Treaty of Saigon. Annam Tu Duc cedes Saigon to France http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064771/Treaty-of-Saigon
1941 : Four thousands Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the bombing of Chongqing by the Japanese
1944 : Gandhi is freed from prison
1948 : Signature of a common declaration between France and Vietnam in the Bay of Along, in the presence of Emperor. France recognizes the independence of Vietnam which will have to realize its unity
1950 : Birth of Ken Nakamoto, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1066120/
1950 : General MacArthur asks the Japanese government to forbid any political activities of 24 Communist leaders
1950 : Birth of Abraham Sarmiento Jr, Filipino journalist and activist who died in prison on November 11, 1977 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sarmiento,_Jr.
1959 : The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in
1974 : In Phnom Penh, violence erupt after the Khmer Rouge kidnapping of the minister of Education who will be killed
1980 : Birth of Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani lawyer and writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Latif_Hamdani
1984 : The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple, the most sacred shrine of Sikhism in Operation Bluestar http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/attack841.html http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1970s/
Bluestar.html
1995 : Bose-Einstein Condensate is first created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/2242
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ON 6 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1236 : Birth of Wen Tianxiang, Chinese premier who died on January 9, 1283 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/wen-tianxiang/
1393 : Death of Emperor Go-En’yu (1371-1382), born January 11, 1359 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-En'yu
1563 : Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, samurai commander, born in 1519 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikeda_Nagamasa
1583 : Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord, born in 1556 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Nakagawa_Kiyohide
1644 : The Qing dynasty Manchu forces capture Beijing
1901 : Birth of Sukarno, first president of Indonesia (1945-1967) who died on June 21, 1970 http://www.asiasource.org/society/sukarno.cfm
1916 : Death of Yuan Shikai, Chinese General and politician, born on September 16, 1859 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1924 : Birth of Jinyong, Chinese novelist http://www.hkfilms.150m.com/Chinese/jinyong.htm
1929 (1930) : Birth of Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician, who died on May 25, 2005 of heart attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Dutt http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004570/
1993 : Mongolia holds its first direct presidential election
1952 : In Vietnam, after Tran Van Huu resigned, Nguyen Van Tam forms a new cabinet till December 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tran_Van_Huu http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9C0CE3D9173FF93BA15752C1A966958260
1952 : Birth of Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihiro_Takahashi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6e7sLeeeM
1967 : Soviet Union recognizes the borders and the neutrality of Cambodia
1975 : Birth of Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_Chen http://www.flickr.com/groups/cheerchen/
1976 : Philippines and Soviet Union normalize their diplomatic relations
1984 : The last Sikh separatist militants at the shrine of Golden Temple of Amritsar surrender. Jamail Singh Bhindranwale, leader of Damdami Taksal, is killed http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1984/jun/07/fromthearchive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6920
2003 : Cambodia government and United Nations agree on the formation of an tribunal in charge to try the former Khmer Rouge leaders for crime against humanity
2003 : Following huge demonstrations against his appointment, Nepal’s premier Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand
2004 : Tamil is established as a classical language by the president of India, in a join sitting pf the two houses of the parliament
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ON 7 JUNE I ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 7, 2008
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1358 : Death of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Ashigaga shogunate (1338-1958), born in 1305 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Takauji
1893 : Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience in South Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Gandhi#Civil_rights_movement_in_South_Africa_.281893.E2.80.931914.29
1900 : In China, Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Beijing and Tianjin
1916 : General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the first time, till July 17, 1917 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048087/Li-Yuan-hung
1920 : Birth of Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar’s Premier (1977-1988) who died on 30 April 1995 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha
1942 : Japanese are defeated in the Battle of Midway http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/7/
newsid_3499000/3499378.stm
1942 : Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian islands off Alaska
1956 : Singapor government of Marshall resigns after the collapse of independence talks with great Britain
1971 : India seals its border with Bangladesh due to millions of refugees pouring over the border because the civil war in Pakistan
1973 : Birth of Song Yun-ah, South Korean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yun-ah http://www.songyunah.com/
1977 : Vietnam proposes to resume border talks with Kampuchea
1995 : Death of Hsuan Hua, influential Chan Buddhist monk, born on April 16, 1918 http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/VenHua/MasterHuaBio.htm http://www.drba.org/dharma/hsuanhuabio.asp
1999 : First free parliamentary election in Indonesia since 1955. Victory of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle of Megawati Sukarnoputri
2002 : In Sulu (Philippines), military operation against Abu Sayaf movement aiming to free two Americans hostages. One of them is killed and the other wounded
2005 : Lal Krishna Advani, criticized for having for having pay homage to during a trip to Pakistan, resigns as chairman of Indian Buddhist party BJP
2007 : Costa Rica, one of the most Taiwan’s allies, establishes diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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ON 8 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1384 : Death of Kanami, Noh actor, born in 1333 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanami
1505 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Hongzhi 1487-1505), born on July 30, 1470 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Emperor
1921 : Birth of Suharto, second president of Indonesia, who died on January 27, 2008 http://www.famousmuslims.com/Mohammed%20Suharto.htm
1928 : Chinese Nationalist forces, under the command of Chiang Kai-shek capture Beijing defeating the northern warlords
1938 : Birth of Martin Lee http://www.martinlee.org.hk/eng/about/about.html
1942 : Japanese imperial submarines shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Neawcastle
1946 : Sukarno calls for the people of Indonesia to mobilize against the Dutch in an anti-colonial campaign
1955 : Birth of Shusuke Kaneko, Japanese director http://www.shusuke-kaneko.com/eng/bio.html
1956 : In Singapore, Lim Yew Kock forms a new cabinet http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/independence/ref/lyh1.html
1966 : Birth of Yumi Morino, Japanese actress
1965 : The US forces in Vietnam get the green light to fight in ground operations http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1894
1967 : The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) recognizes the border and neutrality of Laos
1969 : President Nixon and Thieu meet at Midway. USA decides the immediat withdraw of 25,000 soldiers from Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1895
1972 : After the war for Bangladesh independence, Indira Gandhi and Ali Buttho meet at Simla (India) http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/15spec.htm http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071228/jsp/nation/story_8718400.jsp
1973 : Birth of Kim Min-jeong, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/person.php?person=Kim_Min-jeong
1983 : Birth of Mamoru Miyano, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10397
2003 : Eleven Pakistani police trainees are killed, and nine other injured by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in Quetta
2006 : Choummaly Sayasone is elected president of Laos
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