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18 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 18 MARCH
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1910 : Birth of Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek and president of the ROC (Taiwan) from May 1978 to his death in January 1988 http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report08.html
1922 : In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disbedience. He would serve only 2 years
1928 : Birth of Fidel Ramos, president of the Philippines from June 1992 to June 1998 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/ramos.html
1966 : In Indonesia, General Suharto forms his first government as president
1969 : Beginning of heavy US bombing on Cambodia
1970 : In Cambodia, coup d'état by rightist factions led by prince Sirik Matak and general Lon Nol with US support. Beginning of Lon Nol’s military regime. Sihanouk flees to China. http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/history/coup.html
1974 : Former Cambodian capital Oudong is captured by the Khmer Rouge. The 20,000 inhabitants are killed or deported http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudong
1978 : Pakistan former Prime Minister Ali Bhutto is sentenced to death http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bhutto_Ali.html
2000 : In Taiwan, for the first time, an opposant to Kuomintang, Chen Shui-bian is elected president http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/president.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2172980.stm
2001 : India gets a one billion population
2001 : In Afghanistan, the Mollah Mohammad Omar, leader of the Talibans order the destruction of all the Buddha statues http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1161617
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19 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 19 MARCH
1279 : In China, a Mongol victory in the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty. In the battle, Chine Emperor Bing is drown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yamen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Bing_of_Song
1434 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, 7th shogun (1442-1443) of the Ashikaga Shogunate, who died in a riding accident in August 1443 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshikatsu http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshikatsu.htm
1623 : Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in January 1556 http://www.samurai-archives.com/kagekatsu.html
1853 : In China, Taiping rebels capture Nanjing
1947 : The Nationalists troops of Chiang Kai-shek capture Yan’an (Yenan), the communist capital of Mao Zedong http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/
mswv4_18.htm
1955 : Ichiro Hatoyama is elected Japan Prime Minister and forms a Liberal government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19550314,00.html
1960 : General elections in Sri Lanka after PM Bandaranaike was shot by a buddhist monk
1972 : India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty
1973 : Opening at La celle-Saint-Cloud (France) of long negociations between the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) of the Vietcong and a delegation of the Saigon government http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/PRG(1969-1975)TVT.html
1975 : Birth of Vivian Hsu (Hsu Shu-juan), Taiwanese actress, model and singer http://women.stareastasia.com/vivian-hsu/
1981 : Birth of Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Rae_Won
1998 : In Cambodia, Ousted Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh, is condemned in ansentia at thirty years in prison, accused of having fomented a coup d’état with the Khmer Rouge in July 1997
1998 : In India, the Hindu nationalist Atal Bihari Vajpayee forms a new government http://www.bjp.org/leader/atalji.htm
2002 : In Afghanistan, end of Operation Anaconda (Started March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020318/popup/
2004 : Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian vice-president Annette Lu are lightly wounded in an pistol attack, the day before new presidential elections http://www.tzengs.com/News/Assasin/photos_.htm
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20 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 20 MARCH
1602 : The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is established http://www.reference.com/search?q=Dutch%20East%20India%20Company
1737 : Birth of Chao Phraya Chakri who founded the current Chakri dynasty in Thailand in April 1782 (Rama I) and died in September 1809 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_I
1739 : Nader Shah occupies Delhi and sacks the city, stealing the jewel of the Peacock Throne. 30,000 civilians are killed http://www.iranchamber.com/history/afsharids/afsharids.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takht_e_Taus
1913 : Song Jiaoren (Sung Chiao-jen), a founder of the Kuomintang is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies two days later http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9070370/Sung-Chiao-jen
1923 : Birth of Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, Journalist and political activist who died in December 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaukat_Siddiqui
1945 : The British, with the 19th Indian Division retake Mandalay in Burma http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/1/burma/summary.htm
1973 : Birth of Jung Woo-sung, Korean actor http://men.stareastasia.com/jung-woo-sung/
1977 : The Indian Congress Party loses the general elections against the newly founded Janata Party. Morarji Desai is charged to form a new government.
1980 : Birth of Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ock_Ju-Hyun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2198
1990 : Ferdinand Marcos’s widows, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement and racketing http://www.who2.com/imeldamarcos.html
1991 : Khaleda Zia first women to become PM in Bangladesh up to March 1996 http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/khaleda.html
1995 : A sarin gaz attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0320.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6842
2004 : Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is reelected with less than 30,000 votes (50,11 %) more than Lien Chan (49,89 %)
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21 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 21 MARCH
1181 : Death of Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese feudal general, born in 1118, who established the first samourai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori
1900 : Birth of Sun Yu, Chinese director who died in July 1990 http://www.gildasattic.com/sunyu.html
1923 : Birth of Sri Mataji Nirmala Srivasta, founder of Sahaja Yogav http://www.adishakti.org/shri_mataji.htm
1947 : A pact of mutual defense is signed between the Philippines and USA
1955 : In Vietnam, the buddhists sects present President Ngo Dinh Diem an ultimatum demanding the formation of a National Union government http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/html/diem.html
1956 : In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma is named Prime Minister, putting an end to the political crisis and joins the neutralist faction http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846117.html
1959 : Birth of Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu
1968 : In Indonesia, Suharto is officially elected President of the Republic http://www.famousmuslims.com/Mohammed%20Suharto.htm
1978 : Birth of Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress http://www.rani-mukerji.com/
1985 : In Bangladesh, General Ershad gets 94,14 % of yes in the referendum he has organized to legitimate his military regime. The opposition said the vote was rigged http://www.muktadhara.net/page41.html
1990 : In China, Deng Xiaoping renounces his last official positions
2000 : Bill Clinton arrives to India. First visit of an US president since twelve years
2000 : In Taiwan, the Legislative Yuan (National Assembly) autorizes direct links with China from the small islands of Kinmen, Matsu et Penghu.
2001 : Taliban blast with dynamite two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan
2002 : In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1804710.stm
2004 : General elections in Malaysia. The ruling coalition Barisan Nasional Le Front National wins 198 of the 219 seats, of which 109 for Umno.
2006 : In Laos, Choummaly Sayasone, 70, a retired general, replaces Khamtay Siphandone as leader of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=86431
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22 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 22 MARCH
1212 : Birth of Go-Horikawa, 86th Emperor of Japan (1221-1232) who died in August 1234 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Horikawa
1784 : In Thailand, the Esmeralda Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7153/watpakao.htm
1869 : Birth of Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino independence leader and first president of the Philippines who died in February 1964 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/aguinaldo.html
1897 : In the Philippines, by the Tejeros Convention, the Katipunan (KKK) rebellion establishes a government with Emilio Aguinaldo as president http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/tejeros.html
1913 : Death of Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Kuomintang after being mortally wounded at the Shanghai railway station two days before. He was 31. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SungChia.html
1952 : Don Stephen Senanayake, First Prime Minister of Ceylan is replaced by his son Dudley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Stephen_Senanayake
1966 : Birth of Song Kwang Sik, Korean singer
1967 : In China, during the Cultural Revolution the People’s Liberation Army take the control of the plants and factories
1978 : In Indonesia, General Suharto is reelected for a third term as President. He is the only one candidate
2006 : In the Philippines, beginning of the trial of former president Joseph Estrada charged to have illegally pocketed 77 million dollars during his tenure http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1063976.stm
2007 : In Pakistan, the dismissal of the Supreme Judge Iftikar Muhammad Chaudry by General Musharraf causes important demonstrations by judges and members of the opposition http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/15/news/pakistan.php
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23 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 23 MARCH
1548 : Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takedan Shingen http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Itagaki_Nobukata
1865 : Death by ritual suicide of Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samourai, born in 1833 http://www.shinsengumi-no-makoto.net/yamanami_keisuke.htm http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Yamanami_Keisuke
1889 : The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India http://www.alislam.org/ http://www.muslim.org/hmga.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qadian
1901 : Emilio Aguinaldo is captured http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565303/Aguinaldo_Emilio.html
1910 : Birth of Arika Kurosawa, Japanese film director who died in September 1998 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/
1931 : Bhagat Singh and Rajguru Sukhdev, Indian freedom fighters, embrasse the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused http://www.netfundu.com/amulkids/personalities/BhagatSingh%20.htm http://members.tripod.com/anantmithal/Itihaas/1998/
it980815BravoBhagatSingh.html
1935 : Signing of the constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines http://corpusjuris.santosestrella.com/laws/constitutions/8-
philippineconstitutions/66-1935-constitution.html
1940 : The Lahore Resolution (qarardad-e-Pakistan) or the the then Qarandad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the annual general convention of the India Muslim League http://pakistantimes.net/2005/03/23/specialreport.htm
1956 : Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. General governor Iskander Mirza bicomes president of the Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Constitution_of_1956
1957 : Carlos P. Garcia president of the Philippines up to December 1961 http://philippines-archipelago.com/people/presidents/
carlos_p_garcia.html
1958 : Elections for the Cambodian National Assembly. The Sangkom Reash Niyum of prince Norodom Sihanouk wins all 61 seats
1973 : le dernier soldat US quitte le Sud Vietnam http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/23/
newsid_2506000/2506549.stm
1979 : Signature of an Amity treaty between Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam control all Indochina
1984 : Japanese Premier Nakasone in China up to March 31
1996 : In Taiwan, despite Beijing military pressures, President Lee Teng-hui easily wins (54 %) the first ever presidential election with universal suffrage. Peng Ming-min of PPD 21 %, Ling Yang-gang 14 %, http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-18120199.html
1997 : First visit oft he Dalai Lama to Taiwan. He stress the only religious meaning of this trip but is greeted by President Lee Teng-hui.
2000 : In Taiwan, President Lee Teng-hui resigns as president of the Kuomintang and provisionnally replaced by Lien Chan (up to September)
2003 : Abdul Majid Dar, former commander of Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen, the main separatist in Indian Kashmir,who had proposed to dialogue with New Delhi is assassinated http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/insights/insight20030324a.html
2006 : Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, bishop of Hong Kong is elevated cardinal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4838634.stm
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24 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 24 MARCH
1401 : Mongol Timur (Tamerlan the Great) sacks Damascus http://www.silk-road.com/artl/timur.shtml
1563 : Death of Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader, born in 1514 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/hosokawa-harumoto/
1657 : Birth of Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician who died in June 1725 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009178/Arai-Hakuseki
1875 : Birth of Syngman Rhee, first president of the Republic of Korea from 1948 to 1960 http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/rhee.htm
1910 : Execution of An Jung-Guen, Korean separatist who assassinated prince Hirobumi Ito
1935 : First day of self governance for the Philippines
1944 : Birth of Han Myung-sook, South Korean Prime Minister since April 2006 to March 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Myeong_Sook
1947 : Birth of Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress http://www.meiko-kaji.info/
1952 : Dudley Senanayake succeeds his father as Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Prime Minister up to octobre 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake
1955 : Prince Sihanouk forms his own political movement Sangkum Reastr Niyum (Popular Socialist Coordination)
1977 : After she losed the general elections, Indira Gandhi resigns. Morarji Desai is sworn in as Indian Prime Minister, up to July 1977 http://www.boloji.com/people/04006.htm
1982 : In Bangladesh, General Ershad takes the power, deposes President Abdus Sattar and proclaims the Martial Law http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+bd0112)
2004 : ex Indonesia president Suharto top of the most corrupted leaders by Transparency International http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3567745.stm
2004 : In South Korea, Park Geun Hye, daughter of former general-president Pak Chung Hee (1962-1979), is elected president of the Grand National Party http://www.parkgeunhye.or.kr/english/01pgh/pgh02.asp
2006 : Han Myung-sok, minister of Environment since 2003, is the first woman to become South Korean Prime Minister. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/24/international/asia/24cnd-korea.html?
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25 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 25 MARCH
1603 : Death of Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord, born in 1526 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikoma_Chikamasa
1947 : Signature of the 1946, November 11, Hollando-indonesian agreement by which Nertherlands recognize the authority of the Republic of Indonesia on a part of the Netherland Indies
1953 : Burma call on United Nations to get the withdrawal of the remaining Kuomintang soldiers on its soil
1958 : Birth of Sisy Chen, Taiwanese politician and television commentator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisy_Chen
1960 Birth of Idy Chan Yuk-lin, Hong Kong actress http://chanyuklinonline.googlepages.com/index.html
1969 : South Vietnam government saids that it is ready to have talks with the communist National Liberation Front
1969 : Pakistan President Ayub Khan resigns and hands over the power to the commander-in-chief, General Muhammad Yahya Khan who declares Martial Law http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P017&Pg=3
1971 : Beginning of Operation Searchlight by Pakistan forces against East Pakistani civilians in West part of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_Tae-hyun http://www.chowk.com/articles/6803
1976 : Birth of Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Cha_Tae-hyeon.php
1976 : Birth of Gigi Leung, Hong Kong singer and actress http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/91/gigi-leung.htm
1977 : In India, Morarji Desai, 81, forms the first non Congress Party government including all the parties of the victorious coalition (up to 1979) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9030036/Morarji-Desai
1978 : Birth of Baek Ji-Young, South Korean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baek_Ji_Young http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200605/200605190009.html
1980 : Birth of Carrie Lam, Hong Kong actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Lam http://www.pbase.com/pcwing/carrie_lam
1981 : In South Korea, General Chun Doo-hwan wins the legislatives elections
1997 : anti-Chinese Incidents inPekalongan (Java). 60 shops are set on fire
2000 : After five days in India, US president Bill Clinton make a few hours stop over in Islamabad where is criticizes the Pakistan policy
2005 : The USA announces that it will resume the delivery of F-16 warplanes to Pakistan as a reward for the contribution of Islamabad in the fight against terrorism. Washington had stop the delivering since 1990 in retaliation against the Pakistani nuclear program
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26 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 26 MARCH
1552 : Guru Amar Das becomes the third Sikh Guru, born in May 1479 who died in May 1574 http://www.sikhs.org/guru3.htm
1887 : By the Lisbon Protocol on the relations between the two countries, China confirms the perpetual occupation and administration of Macao by the Portuguese
1914 : Birth of Toru Kumon, Japanese educator who died in November 1995 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/toru-kumon/introduction.html
1945 : End of the fighting between US and Japanese forces on Iwo-Jima http://www.iwojima.com/
1945 : Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Karama Retto http://www.rfischer.us/ww2/out_to_sea/index.htm
1963 : Birth of Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsuhiko_Kyogoku
1971 : Major Ziaur Rahman proclaims independence of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Liberation War begins http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/zia.html
1987 : End of the negociations between China and Portugal on the restitution of Macao to China in December 1999
2003 : North Korea announces that it ceases the regulary military meetings with US officers in the village of Panmunjom, in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas
2005 : The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People’s Republic of China voted on 14 March (see at this date) http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/03/09/
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2006 : The military junta ruling Myanmar officially named Naypyidaw as the new capital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naypyidaw
2006 : Death of Anil Biswas, Indian communist politician, born in March 1944 http://www.anilbiswas.info/
2007 : In Sri Lanka, for the first time, the Tamil separatist rebels (LTTE) use a plane in an attack against the military airbase of Colombo
2007 : Faced with the international criticisms, particulary in the United States, Face aux critiques internationales, et en particularité américaine, Shinzo Abe apologies, as Japanese Prime Minister for the fate of the Asian women forced to prostitution during WW2
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27 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 27 MARCH
1898 : Death of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual, born in October 1817 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P001
1901 : Birth of Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan from November 1964 to July 1972, Nobel Peace laureate (1974), who died in June 1975 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1974/sato-bio.html
1923 : Birth of Endo Shusaku, Japanese Catholic author, who died in September 1996 http://www.horagai.com/www/xwho/endoShusaku.htm
1945 : The Burma National Army, under the command of General Aung San, rises up against the occupying Japanese
1948 : The Second congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_Party_of_North_Korea
1951 : During the Korea War, South Korean again cross the 38th parallel separating North and South
1956 : Birth of Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist http://www.indopedia.org/Leung_Kwok-hung.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkdigit/2149202200/
1967 : A new peace plan for Vietnam, proposed by United Nations General Secretary U Thant, is approved by Washington but rejected by Hanoi
1979 : In Vietnam, for the first time, a Soviet warship drops anchor in Cam Ranh Bay
1981 : Birth of Lin Junjie, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Jun_Jie
1981 : Death of Mao Dun, Chinese writer, born in July 1896 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Dun
1982 : Birth of Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006 http://www.jijasali.com/contestant.php?contestant=43 http://www.kurara-chibana.com/
1993 : Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People’s Republic of China, replacing Yang Shangkun http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9124133/Yang-Shangkun
2005 : Nepal King Jigme Singye Wangchuk suggest to change absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy with two political parties http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1186840,00.html
2007 : The Myanmar military junta difies west by a imposing military parade in the new capital, Naypydaw, which is opened for the first time to foreign medias http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6498029.stm
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