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ON 4 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 4, 2008
1305 : Death of the 90th Japanese emperor Kameyama (1259-1274) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kameyama
1363 : End of the Battle of Lake Poyang which started on August 30 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang
1884 : Birth of Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramaniya_Siva
1907 : Birth of Shaw Run Run, Hong Kong media mogul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Run_Shaw http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=131
1918 : Birth of Kenichi Fukui, chemistry Nobel Prize in 1981 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1981/fukui-
autobio.html
1950 : Mao Zedong decides to intervene in the Korean War
1955 : The sixth plenum of the Chinese communist Party’s 11th Central meets up to October 11, to study agricultural problems.
1957 : Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrives at Tokyo for a ten-day visit. The joint communiqué will insist on the necessity to suspend the nuclear tests
1961 : Birth of Kazuki Takahashi, Manga writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuki_Takahashi
1967 : Brunei sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III abdicates in favor of his son Hassanal Bolkiah http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Omar-Ali-Saifuddin-III http://www.answers.com/topic/hassanal-bolkiah
1967 : Birth of Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Hong Kong actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekin_Cheng http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_ekin.htm
1969 : China announces two nuclear tests including an open-air hydrogen one
1978 : Birth of Go Soo, Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Soo http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=454 http://kpopvideo.com/sarang/stars-Go_Soo
1980 : The representatives of 38 Muslim countries, at the United Nations General Assembly, demand the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from Afghanistan
1982 : Sino-Soviet talks resumes at Beijing
1996 : Death of Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director from cardiac arrest http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Jo-Ku/Kobayashi-Masaki.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/jfm/
2000 : Death of Yu Kuo-hwa, Taiwan Prime Minister since 1984 to 1989 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2000_Oct_9/ai_66304253
2002 : For the first time since democracy has been restored in Nepal, king Gyanendra dismisses prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and takes all the powers
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ON 5 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 5, 2008
1412 : Shoko becomes the 101st emperor of Japan upon the abdication of his father, Go-Komatsu. His actual coronation will be two years later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dk%C5%8D
1614 : First Japanese diplomatic mission, led by Tsunenaga Hasekura, arrives in Europe http://www.artsales.com/ARTistory/Xavier/Hasekura.html http://www.speedylook.com/Tsunenaga_Hasekura.html
1714 : Death of Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher, born on December 17, 1630 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/309736/Kaibara-Ekiken#
1864 : The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone. 60,000 died
1929 : Birth of Naoyuki Suzuki, Japanese film writer and producer
1939 : Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/justices/j.ynares-santiago.php
1945 : First landing of French forces in Indochina after World War II
1946 : Birth of Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist http://www.hallagulla.com/urdu/biography-urdu-writers-947/zahida-hina-
229976.html
1952 : Birth of Yutaka Nakajima, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620073/
1960 : The third congress of the Vietnam Workers’ Party decides two purposes : the construction of socialism in North, and the liberation of South through an united front
1961 : In Beijing, signature of a border treaty with Nepal
1963 : Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reports to President John F. Kennedy from Saigon that South Vietnamese generals are planning a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1400
1963 : China rejects an Indian offer of international arbitration for their border conflict
1964 : Birth of Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Fujiwara http://www.seiyuu.info/extendedlisting.php?seiyuu=keiji+fujiwara
1976 : Birth of Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Seung-hun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=440
1981 : Birth of Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Tan_Wei_Lian http://made-in-singapore.blogspot.com/2007/08/kelvin-tan-weilian-
jason-tan-guo-qiang.html
1988 : Birth of Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Salvador http://getitfromboy.net/maja-salvador-sexy-photos/ http://www.starmometer.com/2006/10/11/maja-salvador-82nd-most-
beautiful-filipina/
1989 : The 14th Dalai Lama, tenzin Gyatso is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/press.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7041 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/lama-bio.html
1993 : China set off an underground nuclear explosion
2003 : In Japan, the Liberal Party, founded in 1996, is dissolved and integrated in the Democratic Party led by Naoto Kan
2004 : General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is proclaimed the winner of Indonesia presidential election with 60,6 % of the votes vis 39,4 % to president Megawati Sukarnoputri, in the first direct election of the president. (see picture)
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ON 6 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 6, 2008
1552 : Birth of Matteo Ricci, an Italian missionary who lived in Goa (India) from 1578 to 1583, then in China up to his death in Beijing on May 11, 1610 (see picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ricci http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13034a.htm
1661 : Death of guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh guru, born on January 16, 1630 http://www.sikhs.org/guru7.htm
1916 : Birth of Chiang Wei-kuo (Wego Chiang), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and politician who died on September 22, 1997 http://www.indopedia.org/Chiang_Wei-kuo.html
1928 - War-torn China was reunited under the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek who takes the title of Generalissimo (Chairman of the National Military Council) of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China (ROC).
1931 ; Birth of Lee Man-hui, Korean film writer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497802/ http://www.flixster.com/actor/manhui-lee
1937 : The League of Nations condemns the Japanese aggression against China
1949 : Iva Toguri D'Aquino is sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 for war crimes. The conviction was for being Japanese wartime broadcaster "Tokyo Rose." http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_toguri_iva.htm
1950 : In China a campaign against the counterrevolutionaries is launched
1950 : Battle of Markham Gartok, during the invasion of the Tibet by China.
http://www.speedylook.com/Battle_of_Markham_Gartok.html
1951 : Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gurney
1955 : Ghulam Mohammad, the governor-general of Pakistan is replaced by Iskander Mirza http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P012 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P015
1966 : Soviet Union orders all Russian students in China to leave the country
1967 : US jets strike targets in Northern Vietnam close to China border http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1402
1970 : South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Cambodia after a three-month operation http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1403
1976 : New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China (BBC link, but the date is wrong) http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/11/
newsid_4712000/4712306.stm
1976 : Birth of Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_Hsu http://celebritypicturehouse.com/tw/?page=Barbie%20Hsu
1976 : Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government. The 1974 constitution is abolished http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/tango/thailand1976a.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_October_1976_Massacre
1983 : In India, after serious attack by Sikh nationalists against police and Hindu people, the state of Punjab is put under direct control of the central government
1988 : Birth of Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maki_Horikita http://www.newsasia-ddl.com/album-1025750.html
1993 : In Pakistan's elections, Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), captures the most seats in the nation's Parliament, thus she will be Prime Minister for the second time (her first tenure was from 1988-1990)
1999 : Former Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok is arrested. He will die on July 21, 2006
http://212.150.54.123/spotlight/det.cfm?id=236
2000 : In Taiwan, Chang Chun-hsiung is appointed prime minister for the first time (up to February 1, 2002) http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/premier.htm
Picture : Matteo Ricci
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ON 7 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 7, 2008
1242 : Death of Japanese emperor Juntoku (1210-1221) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Juntoku
1661 : Guru Har Krishan, born on July 7, 1656, becomes the 8th guru of Sikhism, died on March 30, 1664 http://www.singhsabha.com/guru_har_krishan.htm
1708 : Death of Guru Gobing Singh the 10th Sikh guru http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Gobind_Singh
1901 : Birth of Prince Souvanna Phouma, four times Laos’s Prime Minister http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Souvanna.html
1943 : Japanese execute nearly 100 American POW on Wake island
The Second World War: 96 American Prisoners of War are executed by the Japanese on Wake Island for allegedly trying to make radio contact with U.S. forces. http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6610
1944 : Birth of Donald Tsang, Chief Excutive of Hong Kong Special Administrave Region since June 21, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4335331.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tsang http://www.ceo.gov.hk/eng/biography.htm
1946 : Birth of Yukiko Kobayashi, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462085/
1950 : Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order “The Missionaries for Charity”
1950 : In Vietnam, French evacuate Cao Bang destroyed by Viet Minh, led by Vo Nguyen Giap
1950 : Invasion of Tibet by China starts in the provinces of Kham and Amdo
1950 : Korean war: The United States forces cross the 38th parallel after getting the green light from,the United Nations
1958 : President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza with the support of Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P015
1958 : Birth of Yoshihiro Kato, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174634/ http://jdorama.com/artiste.601.htm
1961 : Conference of Ban Hin Heup (Laos) aiming to form a government including all the factions
1966 : The Soviet Union expells all the Chinese students
1969 : Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Chan_Ho_Man http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1653
1970 : In a televised speech, President Richard Nixon announces a five-point proposal to end the war, based on a "standstill" cease-fire in place in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1405
1973 : Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka begins a visit to Moscow, until October 10,
1976 : Succeeding Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng is elected chaiman of the Central Commitee of the Chinese communist party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng
1979 : Birth of Tang Wei, Chinese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Wei http://tang-wei.org/
1984 : Birth of Ikuta Toma, Japanese Singer/Actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikuta_Toma http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.869.htm
1988 : Bith of Mai Saito, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204069/
2001 : United States launches Operation Enduring Freedom, its attack on the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan, in response to the 11th September attack on America. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7/
newsid_2519000/2519353.stm
2004 : Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk abdicates because of poor health. (see picture)
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ON 8 0CTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 8, 2008
1184 :In Japan, during the Genpei War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpei_War, Minamoto no Noriyori http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Noriyori
launches a new campaign in the Chugoku region with 30,000 warriors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region
1317 : Death of the 92th Japanese emperor Fushimi (1293-1298), born on 10 May 1265 http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Emperor:Fushimi:of:Japan.htm
1735 : Death of Yongzheng, Chinese emperor since 1723 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22919.htm
1856 : Qing officials boarded the Arrow a Hong Kong registered ship and imprisoned twelve Chinese sailors. The Arrow incident was the start of the Second Opium War (1857-1860) http://militaryhistory.about.com/b/2007/10/08/second-opium-war-arrow-
incident-begins-conflict.htm
1879 : Birth of Chen Duxiu, first chairman of the Chinese communist party (1921-1927), who died on May 27, 1942, of heart attack (see picture below) http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ChenDuxi.html
1895 : The Korea last empress of Korea, Myeongseong (Min-bi), wife of king Gojong, is raped and burned alive by a group of Korean bandits paid by the Japanese ambassador in Korea http://www.kimsoft.com/2002/jp-rape.htm
1904 : Birth of Akiko Tamura, Japanese actress who died in 1983 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848768/ http://www.reelzchannel.com/person/143508/akiko-tamura
1919 : Birth of Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese Prime minister from 1991 to 1993 and died on June 28, 2007 http://www.trilateral.org/membship/bios/km.htm
1921 : Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph/index3.php?justicetype=Associate%
20Justice&justiceid=a45475a11ec72b843d74959b60fd7bd64564dff87d31a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sarmiento
1930 : Birth of Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer who died in February 1996 http://www.soundintermedia.co.uk/treeline-online/biog.html
1937 : Birth of Ho Fan, Chinese actor and director http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2244
1947 : Birth of Toshiya Ito and Ken Teraizumi, Japanese actors http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411763/ http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Teraizumi_Ken
1952 : Talks on armistice between United Nations and North Korea are suspended so long the problem of the prisoners of war is not solved
1954 : After the French defeat in Vietnam, Vietminh (communist guerilla) occupy Hanoi
1960 : Lin Biao introduces his political education program for the People’s Army of Liberation
1968 : In the Vietnam War, United States and South Vietnamese forces launch Operation Sealords in the Mekong Delta. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1406
1970 : In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal for an end of the Vietnam War as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion." http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1407
1970 : Birth of Gauri Khan, wife of Indian actor and producer Shahrukh Khan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauri_Khan http://www.highheelconfidential.com/tag/gauri-khan/
1970 : Birth of Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor, born on January 28, 1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitr_Chaibancha http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mitr_Chaibancha
1970 : Birth of Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696661/ http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/soon_yi_previn/index.shtml
1972 : In Paris, first round of secret talks between U.S. Kissinger and Vietnam Le Duc Tho. Their agreement is rejected by Hanoi http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1408
1976 : Birth of Kim Young-shin, Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1350823/ http://wondergirls.wordpress.com/category/others/kim-shin-young/
1976 : Tanin Kraivixien becomes Thai Prime Minister, up to October 20, 1977 coup d’état by Admiral Sangad Chalawyoo (Kriangsak Chomanan) http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/eng/pm_14.htm
1982 : Birth of Park Hyo-ju, South Korea actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1955957/
1983 : While visiting Burma, South Korea president, General Chun Doo-hwan, shortly escapes a terrorist attack by North Korea agents. Several members of the South Korean cabinet are killed
1987 : Birth of Aya Hirano, Japanese actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/aya_hirano/
1997 : In North Korea, Kim Jong-il officially takes the titles of general secretary of the Worker’s Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission
1998 - Taliban forces attacked Iranian border posts. Iran said that three border posts were destroyed before the Taliban forces were forced to retreat. The Taliban of Afghanistan denied the event occurred.
2001 : In a short visit to China, Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi apologies for the suffers endured in China during Japanese invasion
2002 : Masatoshi Koshiba, from Japan, is awarded Nobel Prize in Physics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Koshiba http://www.icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/Nobel_prize_en.html
2003 : Vietnam and US reached a tentative agreement that would allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam war
2005 : A powerful quake hits Kasmir with more than 75,000 victims http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/8/
newsid_4968000/4968918.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5414
2006 : New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pays his first trip abroad to China, aiming to normalize very strained relations since five years
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ON 9 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 9, 2008
1446 : The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea. Before the Korean were writing in Chinese http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/1876/hangul.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul_Day
1597 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate http://samurai-archives.com/yoshiaki.html
1793 : Death of Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary in China from 1750 to his death, born on February 8, 1718 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Joseph_arie_Amiot
1799 : Death of Mgr Pigneau de Behaine (Qui Nhon), French Catholic priest best known for his role in assisting Nguyen Anh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam after the Tay Son rebellion, born on November 2, 1741. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigneau_de_Behaine http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/13.htm
1835 : A Royal College is established in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the name Hillstreet Academy http://www.royalcollege.lk/
1911 : An acccidental bomb explosion in Hankou (today Wuhan),in China, leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
1942 - The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau
1945 : Kijuro Shidehara becomes the 44th Japanese Prime Minister up to May 1946 (see picture below) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Kijuro-Shidehara
1947 : Japanese communists collaborate with the American to make more democratic the empire political system
1956 : Birth of Lu Hsiao-fen, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523716/ http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-19/67780.html
1963 : La Chine rejette les propositions indiennes d’arbitrage international du conflit frontalier sino-indien
1966 : Hanoi and the National Liberation Front (South Vietnam communists) turn down a British peace plan proposed by George Brown to the Labor party and the United Nations
1970 : The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia by General Lon Nol http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1410
1970 : Birth of Park Sang-min, South Korean actor http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=889 http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Sang-min.php
1972 : Adoption of the fourth Japanese defense plan by the Tanaka cabinet
1979 : Foundation of the Cambodian people Liberation National Front, including royalists and Khmer Rouge against the pro-Vietnam government
1983 : Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and 17 others were injured. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing
1987 : Death of Guru Gopinath, Indian classic dancer http://narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil13.html
1991 : For the first time in history, a sumo wrestling tournament is organized outside Japan http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9/
newsid_2536000/2536783.stm
1999 : Death of Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (b. 1914) http://www.yespakistan.com/heroofthepoor.asp
2004 : First free Presidential elections in Afghanistan after the Taliban, won by Hamid Karzai with 55,5 % of the votes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_presidential_election,_2004
2006 : North Korea announced that it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test, drawing condemnation from around the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6032525.stm http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/nuke-test.htm
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ON 10 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 10, 2008
1895 : Birth of Sridhara Maharaja, a revered Indian guru http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/srila_sridhara_mj/affection/
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1895 : Birth of Lin Yutang, Chinese, writer (My Country & My People) and inventor http://www.umass.edu/wsp/sinology/persons/lin.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang
1906 : Birth of R. K. Narayan, one of the most famous Indian modern writer http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/india/narayan.html http://www.rigzin.freeservers.com/rknarayan.htm#rk%20narayan
1911 : The Wuchang Uprising, first armed revolt, will lead to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China at the end of the year, and the founding of the Republic of China on January 1st 1912. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Wuchang-Uprising
1913 : Death of Katsura Taro, three times Japan prime minister between 1901 and 1913 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/52.html
1928 : In China, the KMT nationalist government is established in Nanjing
1930 : Birth of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet http://pakistaniat.com/2006/12/09/mustafa-zaidi-poet/
1938 : Birth of Daido Moriyama, Japanese photographer http://the-artists.org/artist/Daido_Moriyama.html
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as the president of China
1945 : In North Korea, foundation of the Workers’ Party (Communist party) by Kim-il-sung http://countrystudies.us/north-korea/57.htm http://www.koreascope.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=E100_0020&sca=Political+System&wr_id=74
1946 : Birth of Naoto Kan, co-founder and ex-president of the Japanese Democratic Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Kan
1954 : Birth of Rekha, Bollywood actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/rekha/10951 http://www.bollygals.com/rekha/
1957 :Birth of Rumiko Takahashi http://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/bio.html
1963 : Birth of Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer who died in December 2003 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611315/
1964 - The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1964_Summer_Olympics
1965 : Birth of Toshi, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshi_(musician)
1965 : In the first major operation since arriving the previous month, the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) joins with South Vietnamese Marines to strike at 2,000 North Vietnamese troops 25 miles from An Khe in the Central Highlands. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1411
1969 : U.S. Navy transfers vessels to South Vietnamese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1412
1970 : Birth of Bai Ling, Chinese American actress (see picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Ling http://www.officialbailing.com/ http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_250/279_bai_ling.html
1972 : Birth of Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Lana_Jr http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484073/
1977 : In Beijing, opening of negotiations with Vietnam on the border question
1979 : Birth of Wu Chun, Brunei born Taiwanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Chun http://bestuff.com/stuff/wu-chun
1979 : Birth of Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangta http://chilhyun.kangta.org/
1980 : Death of Zhao Dan, Chinese actor and director born on June 27, 1915 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Dan http://www.dianying.com/en/person/ZhaoDan http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/zhou-xuan/
1984 : Birth of Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaki_Kuriyama http://chiakiusa.tripod.com/ http://www.chiakikuriyamashrine.com/
1984 : Birth of Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Cheng http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=74182
1995 : The National League for Democracy defies the junta and reappoints Aun San Suu Kyi as its General Secretary http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?
refid=761579478
2000 : Death of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, three times Sri Lankan Prime Minister between 1960 and 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/
newsid_2784000/2784527.stm
2001 : In Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia becomes PM for the 3d time up to 29 October 2006 http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/khaleda.html
2002 : First free election in Pakistan since the military October 19, 1999 coup :
Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid-e-Azam : 77 seats (pro-Musharraf)
Pakistan People’s Party : 63 (Pro-Bhutto)
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal : 45 (Fundamentalits)
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz : 14 (pro-Sharif)
Others : 68
Celebrations :
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ON 11 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 11, 2008
1335 ; Birth of Yi Seong-Gye, founder of the Korean Joseon (Yi) dynasty, who died on May 24, 1408 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Joseon
1926 : Birth of Thich Nath Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk http://www.seaox.com/thich.html
1939 : Birth of General Khin Nyunt, Myanmar’s PM 2003-2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khin_Nyunt
1942 : Birth of Amithab Bachchan, Indian actor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/amitabh-bachchan/biography/10584
1946 : During the Chinese civil war, the Nationalist troops are blocked in Manchuria by communist forces
1954 : One day after the return of Ho Chi Minh, the Vietminh takes control of North Vietnam
1955 : The sixth plenum of the Chinese communist Party’s 11th Central ends its meeting opened on October 4 to study agricultural problems. It adopts a resolution for the acceleration of the collectivization
1960 : Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
1962 : Jawaharlal Nehru orders to free the North-East territories invaded by China
1967 : Afghan Prime minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigns for health reasion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hashim_Maiwandwal
1970 : South Korean warships sink North Korean speedboat
1971 : Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
1972 : The building of the French legation in Hanoi is destroyed by a U.S. bombing. General delegate Susini is fatally wounded http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=nlp&search=general%20delegate%20susini&img=\\na0028\
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1972 : End of negotiations which started on October 8 between US Kissinger and Vietnamese Le Duc Tho. Their agreement will be rejected by Hanoi
1973 : Birth of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Japanese actor, born in Taiwan. http://men.stareastasia.com/takeshi-kaneshiro/
1979 : Birth of Bae Doona, Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_Doona http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2463
1989 : Birth of Henry Lau, member of Korean Boy Band Super Junior M http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lau http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t445644.html
1996 : Mgr Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, bishop of Dili, and José Ramos-Horta win Peace Nobel prize for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor (see picture below) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1996/press.html
2002 : Nepal king Gyanendra names Lokendra Bahadur Chand, leader of the royalist party, 63 ans, as Prime Minister of a nine-member cabinet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2002/october/arc500.htm
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ON 12 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on October 12, 2008
1008 : Birth of the 68th Japanese Emperor Go-Ichijo (1016-1036), died on 15 May 1036 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Ichijo
1590 : Death of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter http://www.japan-101.com/art/kano_eitoku_japanese_painter.htm http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_accession=&
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1632 : Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samourai commander http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Kutsuki-Mototsuna http://www.experiencefestival.com/kutsuki_mototsuna
1891 : Birth of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, 34th Japanese prime minister (1937-1935) who died on December 16, 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe
1902 : Birth of Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing and chairman of the National People Congress, who died on April 26, 1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Zhen http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/peng-zhen/index.htm
1904 : Birth of Ding Ling, famous modern Chinese writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Ling http://www.powells.com/review/2005_07_10.html
1930 : Birth of Subrata Mitra, Indian cinematographer, a master of black-and-white film photography, who died on December 8, 2001 http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/mitra.htm
1942 : During World War II, Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance (see October 11) with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack. http://www.powerset.com/explore/go/Aritomo-Got%C5%8D
1946 : Death of General Joseph W. Stilwell, the man who commanded the U.S. and Chinese Nationalist resistance to Japanese incursions into China and Burma http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6615
1948 : Soviet Union recognizes North Korea
1950 : Birth of Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kaga http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.477.htm
1953 : Signature of Sino-Soviet agreement in Beijing. Soviet Union withdraws from Port-Arthur (Lüshun)
1953 : John Lionel Kotalawela becomes Sri Lanka Prime Minister after the resignation of Dudley Senayake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lionel_Kotalawela
1960 : Riots in Tokyo after the assassination of the socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19840 http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/assassination-of-japan-socialist-
inejiro-asanuma-1960.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KROpdUkrM
1962 : India decides to expell the Chinese troops from North East Frontier Area (NEFA)
1962 : In Beijing, biginning of border talks with Pakistan
1967 : US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the US Congress for peace initiatives were falled because of North Vietnam’s opposition http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?
action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=10/12&categoryId=vietnamwar
1970 : Canada establishes diplomatic relations with China
1970 : US president Richard Nixon announces that the US will withdraw 40,000 more troops from Vietnam before Chrismas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1417
1970 : China tests a H nuclear bomb
1972 - During the Vietnam War, a racial brawl broke out aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. Nearly 50 sailors were injured. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1415
1976 : The PRC announce that Hua Guofeng is the successor of the Late Mao Zedong as Chairman of the CPC.
1981 : Birth of Sneha, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneha http://www.sneha-online.com/
1983 : Japan’s former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bride from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail http://www.rcrinc.com/tanaka/ch4-3.html
1986 : Queen Elisabeth II is the first British monarch to visit China
1988 : Israel and China sign trade deal and plan diplomatic relations
1999 - In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup that toppled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Supreme Court ruled that the coup was legal but insisted that a civilian government be restored within three years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6960670.stm http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/post_12oct99/
musharraf_address_13oct1999.html
2000 : Sino-French Gao Xinjian is awarded Litterature Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2000/gao-
bio.html http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/documents/2000Nobel.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/968739.stm
2000 : Ex-Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao is sentenced to three years in prison for corruption http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/968505.stm
2002 : In Taiwan, end of the fiction of a central government supposed to govern all china and a provincial government of Taiwan
2002 : A bomb destroys a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. Islamic militants linked to al-Qaida were blamed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/12/
newsid_2543000/2543731.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5430
2005 : The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 is launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_6
2007 : Death of Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, born in 1934 http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Kisho_Kurokawa.html
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Updated on October 13, 2008
1282 : Death of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon (see the picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren
1929 : During the tribal warfare of 1929, after the collapse of central authority under Amanullah, Nadir Khan united a variety of tribal factions to reclaim Kabul and subsequently name himself king, or Nadir Shah. http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/nadir.html
1941 : Birth of Tadao Ando, Japanese architect http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/ando.html http://www.pritzkerprize.com/andorel.htm
1946 : In the British Indian the Muslim League agree to take part to the cabinet
1950 : Japan cancels the an early plan to purge 10,000 persons in the frame of the post-war purges
1952 : Beginning of Operation Showdown of Korean War by U.S. and Republic of Korea forces hoping to force an agreement on the POW repatriation issue http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LIY/is_1_90/ai_91914493
1964 : In South Vietnam, attempted Coup d’état against Prime Minister, General Nguyen Khan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1356 http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/khanhbuddhists.htm
1964 : Birth of Nie Haisheng, Chinese astronaut http://english.cri.cn/811/2005/10/11/
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1966 : 173 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1968 : In China, president Liu Shaoqi is dismissed of all his positions http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAliu.htm
1970 : People’s Republic of China establishes diplomatic relations with Canada
1973 : Birth of Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/11/25/matsushima-nanako-profile-and-
biography/ http://www.geocities.com/nmonline3/index3.htm
1974 : Birth of Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawick_Lau http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1934
1984 : Birth of Misono, Japanese singer (formerly Day After Tomorrow) http://wiki.theppn.org/misono
1987 : Death of Kishore Kuma, Indian singer, born on August 4, 1929 http://www.yoodleeyoo.com/
1990 : Death of Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, born on11 October 1911 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNtho.htm
2000 : South Korea president Kim Dae-jung is rewarded by the Nobel Peace Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2000/press.html
2006 : Muhammad Yunus is awarded Peace Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/press.html
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