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ON 6 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 6, 2008
1781 : Birth of Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, who died on 5 July 1826 http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/history/raffles.htm
1837 : Birth of Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian Scholar, who died on August 1925 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/72430.cms
1935 : Birth of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th dalai lama since 1940 http://www.tibet.com/DL/biography.html http://www.dalailama.com/
1782 : Battle of Nepapatam between French and British navies off Tamil Nadu (India) http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/suffren.htm
1842 : Dadabhai Naoroji is the first Indian to become a member of the British parliament http://www.vohuman.org/Article/Dr.%20Dadabhai%20Naoroji.htm
1944 : Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo shots himself at Saipan to avoid to be captured by the US soldiers, born on March 25, 1887
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=11
1946 : Opening of the Conference of Fontainebleau between France the government of Ho Chih Min
1955 : President Ngo Dinh Diem says South Vietnam not bound by Geneva Agreements http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1948
1961 : Signature of a treaty of Amity, cooperation and mutual assistance Sovieto-North Korean
1987 : Sikhs extremists make their first of three attacks. Over the two-day period a total of 72 are killed by the extremists
1998 : Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becommes operational
2002 : In Kabul, vice-president Hadji Abdou Kadir is assassinated
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ON 7 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 7, 2008
To see the today events in Asian history, go down at the bottom of this page
1053 : Birth of Shirakawa, 72nd emperor of Japan (1073-1087) who died on July 24, 1129 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shirakawa
1119 : Birth of Sutoku, 75th emperor of Japan (1123-1142), who died on September 14, 1164 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sutoku
1656 : Birth of Guru Har Krishan, 8th guru of Sikhism on October 7, 1661, who died on March 30, 1664 http://www.sikhs.org/guru8.htm
1799 : Ranjit Singh and his 25,000 fighters capture Lahore to get the creation of an independent Sikh kingdom http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/ranjit3.html
1892 : In the Philippines, the secret organization Katipunan is founded by Andrès Bonifacio, aiming independence from Spain http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/katipunan.html
1901 : Birth of Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer, who died on January 25, 1970 http://www.eiji-tsuburaya.gr.jp/top_e.html
1929 : Birth of Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet, who died on September 6, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Abidi
1937 : In China, Marco Polo bridge (Lugouqiao) incident. Beginning of the Japanese invasion http://www.japan-101.com/history/marco_polo_bridge_incident.htm http://www.chinapage.com/friend/goh/beijing/lugouqiao/lugouqiao.html
1937 : Birth of Tung Chee-Hwa, first Chief Executive of the Special administrative Region of Hong Kong http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/122729.htm
1947 : Birth of Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, king of Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4225171.stm
1950 : United Nations gives the command of UN forces in Korea to the USA
1951 : Amity treaty between India and Burma
1954 : Vietnam emperor Bao Dai chooses Ngo Dinh Diem as premier, succeeding Prince Buu Loc
1963 : In South Vietnam, famous writer Nhat Lin Nguyen Tuong Tam commits suicide before to be tried on complot against the regime. Thousands will attend his funeral
1969 : First US troops withdrawn from South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1952
1972 : Kakuei Tanaka becomes Japanese Prime Minister till December 1979, succeding Eisaku Sato
1976 : Death of Zhu De, Communist China marshal http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/zhude.shtml
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ON 8 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 8, 2008
1497 : Departure of the of Vasco de Gama expedition which arrive in India in May 1498 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm
1853 : The US commodore Matthew Perry arrives at Uraga Harbor near Edo (Tokyo) and refuses to go to Nagasaki, only port opened to foreigners http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5161
1858 : After the “mopping up” campaigns of Sir Hugh Rose, the Sepoy Mutiny, that started on May 10, 1857, is officially declared finished http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042288/Indian-Mutiny?
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1864 : The Shinsengumi sabotage the choshu-han shishi’s planned attack on Kyoto at Ikedaya, this event is known as Ikedaya Jiken http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/5770/shinhis.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikedaya_Jiken
1950 : General Douglas Mac-Arthur, the hero of the war against Japan, is appointed head of the United Nations Command in Korea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5162
1958 : Birth of Neetu Singh, Indian actress http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/09dinesh.htm
1963 : Signature of the agreement for integration of Singapore in the Federation of Malaysia
1967 : Death of Fatima Jinnah, sister of Ali Jinnah and an active figure in movement for independence of Pakistan http://www.jazbah.org/fatima.php
1967 : Birth of Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/chan_jordan.htm
1968 : Birth of Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu (vocal actor) http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4601
1969 : Birth of Sugizo, Japanese guitarist and singer http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/sugizo
1972 : Death of Shosuke Tanihara, Japanese actor http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.1420.htm
1972 : US actress Jane Fonda arrives in Hanoi for a two-week trip aiminf to denounce the American policy in Vietnam
1977 : The ashes of Ahn Eak-tai, a Korean composer and conductor are transferred from the island of Majarca to the Korean National Cemetery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahn_Eak-tai
1979 : Death of Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Nobel Prize in Physics (1965), born in March 1906 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/tomonaga-
bio.html
1994 : Death of Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s communist leader, of heart attack, born on April 15, 1912 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5163 http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570932/kim_il_sung.html
1998 : In Afghanistan, the Taliban announce a ban on television sets, videocassettes-recorders, videotapes and satellites dishes
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ON 9 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 9, 2008
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1249 : Birth of Kameyama, 90th Japanese emperor (1259-1274) who died on October 4, 1305 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kameyama
1654 : Birth of Reigen, 112 emperor of Japan (1663-1687) who died on September 24, 1732 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Reigen_of_Japan
1883 : Death of Tu Duc, fourth emperor (1847-1883) of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam, born on September 22, 1829 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_Duc
1908 : Birth of Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher, who died on December 8, 1973 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allama_Rasheed_Turabi
1922 : Death of Mori Ogai, Japanese novelist and poet, born in February 1862 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392347/Mori-Ogai
1925 : Birth of Guru Dutt, Indian film director, producer and actor, who died on October 10, 1964 http://www.upperstall.com/people/gurudutt.html
1944 : US victory in the Battle of Saipan which started on June 15 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1770.html
1947 : Birth of Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,445688,00.html
1948 : Pakistan issues first set of postage stamps, having image of the constituent assembly, the Jinnah International Airport and the Shaki fort
1948 : Birth of Hassan Wirajuda, current Foreign minister of Indonesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Wirajuda
1963 : In London, signature of the agreement for the formation of the Federation of Malaysia (Malaya, Singapore, Sarrawak, Shabah)
1967 : In Hong Kong, Gurkha Nepalese troops of the British Army relieve policemen who had been attacked by Chinese communist forces at the border town of Shataukok
1969 : Soviets protest US bombing of Haiphong http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1956
1970 : Birth of Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
1971 : In South Vietnam, United States turns over responsability for the Demilitaried Zone (DMZ) to South Vietnames http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1955
1971 : Beginning of a secret visit of Secretary of State Henry kissinger to Beijing (till July 11)
1978 : Birth of Linda Park, Korean-born actress http://www.lindapark.tv/ http://images.google.fr/images?q=Linda+Park&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images&
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1979 : Birth of Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Koon http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/koon_ella.htm
1987 : One million South Koreans demonstrate against Chen Doo Hwan regime
2002 : Exiled former Pakistan’s prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is condemned in abstentia at 3 years of hard labour for graft in 1994
2005 : Death of Rafiq Zakaria, Indian author, born on 5 April 1920 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4666793.stm
2007 : For the first time since Indo-Pakistani war, a train with an Indian delegation links India to Bangladesh’s capital Dakha. Before this event, only bus liason were available
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ON 10 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 10, 2008
649 : Death of Li Shimin, second Chinese Tang dynasty emperor (626-649), born on January 23, 599 http://tqnyc.org/NYC030285/tangtaizong.html
1419 : Birth of Go-Hanazo, 102th Japanese Emperor, who reigned from 1428 throught 1464 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Hanazono_of_Japan
1800 : The British Indian Government establishes Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub contineent
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/F_0170.htm
1806 : The Vellore mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East Indian Company http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9074981/Vellore-Mutiny http://www.1857mutiny.com/Analysis/vellore-mutiny/
1923 : Birth of Gurunath Abaji Kulkarni, Indian writer who died on December 11, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._A._Kulkarni
1940 : Birth of Meghnad Desai, British economist, born in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai
1947 : Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first governor general of Pakistan by the British premier Clement Attlee
1951 : At Kaesong, Korea, armistice negotiations begin between United Nations forces and North Korea
1952 : Birth of Lee Hae-chan, South Korean prime minister from June 29, 2004 through March 14, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hae_Chan
1959 : Death of Marcel Van, Vietnamese redemption missionary http://www.clairval.com/lettres/en/2004/01/17/2210104.htm
1961 : Birth of Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Cheung
1965 : Birth of Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544568/
1970 : Negotiations between China and Soviet Union on border rivers resume
1983 : Birth of Kim Heechul, Korean singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/kim-hee-chul
1988 : Prince Sihanouk announces his resignation as president of the chairmanship of coalition government of Democratic Kampuchea
1995 : In Myanmar, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, under house of arrest since July 1989, is released
1997 : Because the internal situation in Cambodia, Asean postpones Cambodia adherence
2000 : Death of Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, born on December 20, 1909 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakkom_Majeed
2003 : Death of Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnu_Maden
2007 : Former head of China’s State Food and Drug Administration is executed for corruption http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6286698.stm
2007 : Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric who led the Red Moque resistence in Islamabad is killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6281228.stm
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ON 11 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 11, 2008
1156 : In Japan, the siege of Shirakawa-den begins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Shirakawa-den
1405 : Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sails for his first campaign http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html
1628 : Birth of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, famous Japanese warlord http://original.britannica.com/eb/article-9072772/Tokugawa-Mitsukuni#290932.hook
1688 : Death of King Narai of Siam (1656-1688), born in 1629 http://www.simply-thai.com/Thailand_History_King_Narai_the_Great.htm
1893 : The first cultural pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto http://www.pearl-guide.com/mikimoto.shtml
1921 : After a revolt against the Chinese led by Sukhbaatar, a provistional government is formed in Outer Mongolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damdin_S%C3%BCkhbaatar
1937 : Birth of Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/16266
1947 : USA announces it sends a mission led by General Wedemeyer to China during the civil war
1950 : Birth of Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistany nuclear physicist http://www.chowk.com/writers/495
1952 : Treaty of Amity between India and the Philippines
1969 : Birth of David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tao
1975 : Birth of Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/riona_hazuki.htm
1975 : Chinese archealogists announce they have found thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb of first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi http://www.chinavista.com/travel/terracotta/warrior01.html
1976 : Invaded six month ago, East-Timor becomes the 27th province of Indonesia
1983 : Birth of Kelly Poon, Singaporian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Poon
1984 : Birth of Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&
friendid=1000016246 http://www.cinemorgue.com/hitomihyuga.html
1985 : Birth of Aki Maeda, Japanese actress http://wiki.theppn.org/Maeda_Aki http://akimaeda.free.fr/
1987 : Birth of Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol http://shige-kun.livejournal.com/683.html
1992 : Death of Deng Yingchao, widow of Zhou Enlai, born on February 4, 1904 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9E0CEED61E39F931A25754C0A964958260 http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dyc.html
1995 : United States establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5171
2001 : In Cambodia, the National assembly pass a bill that authorize the trial of the former Khmer Rouge leaders
2001 : Visit of Kim Yong-nam, number 2 of North Korea to Hanoi. He is the highest leader to go to Vietnam since Kim Il-sung in 1964
2001 : With no more majority, Sri Lankan president suspends Chandrika Kumaratunga the parliament for two months and announces a referendum on a new constitution
2003 : The Lahore-Delhi bus service resume after suspension of 18 months
2004 : In Japan, renewal of half of the members of the Senate. Failure for the Liberal democratic party of PM Koizumi, but he keeps the majority thanks to his Komeito party ally
2006 : 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attack in Mumbai (India) http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/ http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/india.bombs/
index.html?section=cnn_world
2007 : For the first time since 1971, a train cross the India-Bangladesh border with an Indian delegation to Dakha. Before, only buses where authorized
2007 : After height days of siège. The Pakistani army storm the Red Mosque in Islamibad where islamists where entrenched http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19704888/ http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.mosque/
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ON 13 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 13, 2008
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1402 : Death of Chinese emperor Jianwen, born on December 5, 1377 and enthroned on June 30, 1398 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianwen_Emperor
1950 : Birth of Ma Ying-jeou, current president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou
1954 : In Geneva, the US, Great-Britain and France reach an accord on Indochina which divides Vietnam into two countries North and South along the 17th parallel, leading to the 21 July general accord
1978 : Albania drops its diplomatic relations with the People Republic of China
1981 : In New York, international conference on Cambodia, boycotted by Vietnam and Soviet Union. China opposes an Asean suggestion for a disarmament of the Khmer Rouge before elections in Cambodia
1989 : Birth of Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Michishige_Sayumi
2001 : At a huge majority, the International Olympic Comittee attributes to Beijing the organization of the 2008 Olympic Games
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ON 14 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 14, 2008
1853 : US commodore Matthew Perry lands at Kurihama (Yokosuka) and gives the shogun one letter from USA’s president asking for trade relations http://members.tripod.com/~MickMc/perry.html
1889 : Birth of Laos king Sisavang Vong (1904-1959) who died on October 29, 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vong
1897 : Birth of Plaek Pibulsonggram, twice prime minister of Thailand (1938-1944 and 1948-1957), who died on June 11, 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaek_Pibulsonggram
1908 : In Japan, second government Katsura Taro (jusqu’en août 1911) http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml
1920 : Birth of Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician who died in February 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankarrao_Chavan
1937 : Birth of Yoshiro Mori, Japanese Prime Minister from April 5, 2000 to April 26, 2001 http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/moriprofile/index_e.html
1943 : Birth of Rohana Wijeweera, founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front, in Sri Lanka, killed on 13 November 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohana_Wijeweera
1946 : Americano-Philippine agreement on US military bases in the Philippines
1964 : US military intelligence publicly charges that North Vietnamese regular army are fighting in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1966
1978 : Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Vice Premier Ieng Sary, pays a visit to Bangkok
1981 : Birth of Yomi, Japanese vocalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomi_%28vocalist%29
1984 : In a telegram to Khieu Samphan, Prince Sihanouk threatens to resign as chairman of the coalition government of Democratic Kampuchea if Khmer Rouges forces don’t stop its attacks against his National Army
1985 : Khmer Rouge announce that a future Cambodia government should be « liberal on economy and parliamentary in politics »
1987 : In Taiwan, the martial law in in force since 1949 is lift and the family links with Communist China are now authorized
1998 : Zhu Lilan, Minister of Technologies, is the first member of Beijing government to go to Taiwan for an international seminar
http://211.147.20.15/chinagov/main/whois/zhulilan.htm
2001 : First day of a three-day summit in Agra between Indian premier Vajpayee and Pakistani president Musharraf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1430367.stm
2001 : In Nepal, after the kidnapping of 71 policemen, the Nepali army is send for the first against the communist rebellion. 160 guerrillas are killed
2003 : Indonesian Fathur Rahman al-Ghozi, member of Jemaah Islamiyah, who planned deadly attacks in the Philippines, escapes from jail with the complicity of Philippine officers http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=fathur_rohman_al-
ghozi_1
2004 : Giving in the blackmail of the kidnappers of a Filipino in Iraq, Manila starts to withdraw its 51 soldiers in that country
2004 : In Cambodia, following an agreement between Funcipec and PPC parties signed on June 30, king Sihanouk reappoints Hun Sen as Premier, putting an end to an 11 months crisis. Hun gets 60 % of the members of the cabinet
2007 : North Korea closes its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, but the total end of its nuclear program has to be discussed
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ON 15 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on July 15, 2008
756 : Yang Guifei, concubine of emperor Xuanzong and one of the most famous women in China history, is forced to commit suicide http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/China/tales/yangguifei_b.htm
1571 : Death of Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimazu_Takahisa
1871 : Birth of Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer who died on June 1908 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/262.html
1893 : Birth of Nurul Amin, a prominent Bengali leader of Pakistan’s Muslim League, Chief Minister of East-Pakistan, Prime Minister and vice-president of Pakistan http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/A_0221.htm
1903 : Birth of Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician, who died on October 20, 1975 http://www.answers.com/topic/kumaraswami-kamaraj
1904 : The first Buddhist temple in the US is established in Los Angeles
1905 : Birth of Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 1955 to September 1956 http://pakistanweb.com/html/muhammad.htm
1913 : Birth of Noor Muhammad Taraki, Afghanistan Prime Minister (1978-1979) http://www.afghanland.com/history/taraki.html
1942 : The first supply flight from India to China over the « hump » was carried to help China’s war effort
1942 : Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader, is bayoneted to death, born on September 28, 1910 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Vinzons
1968 : Death of Cai Chusheng, Chinese film director, born on January 12, 1906 http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/directors_ccwlc.html#cai
1971 : A Sino-American communiqué announces the visit of President Nixon to China http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
id=52647
1974 : Birth of Chot Ulep, Filipino musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chot_Ulep
1975 : The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Provisional Revolutionaly Government (South Vietnam communists) ask their admission to the United Nations
1977 : Birth of Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist http://www.farazanwarfan.tk/ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Faraz_Anwar-l-en.html
1979 : Morarji Desai resigns as Indian Prime Minister http://www.boloji.com/people/04006.htm
1982 : Nguyen Co Tach announces the begining of the first Vietnamese troops withdrawal from Cambodia
1992 : Birth of Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Kusumi_Koharu http://www.chickipedia.com/koharu-kusumi/
1993 : First meeting between Nepalese Home minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Bhutanese and his Bhutanese counterpart Dago Tshring on the refugees question
2001 : In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigns as prime minister
2002 : Anti-terrorist court of Pakistan gives the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Seikh and live terms to three other suspects in murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ahmed+Omar+Saeed+Sheikh http://members.fortunecity.com/terrorgate/profile-sheikh.htm
2002 : US citizen John Walker Lindh pleads guilty supplying services to Afghanistan’s former Taliban government and for carrying explosives http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1779455.stm http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/walker/profile.html
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