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ON 23 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 23, 2008
1575 : Akiyama Nobutomo, born in 1531, Japanese warrior is hanged http://vtap.com/wikitap/detail/Akiyama_Nobutomo/WIKI352572
1918 : Birth of Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana http://www.kumarpallana.com/Perform.html
1921 : Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/
1933 : Birth of 125th Japanese Emperor Akihito, since January 1989 http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e03/ed03-01.html
1941 : Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island
1948 : Japanese ex-Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six others war time leaders are executed. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5625
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1950 : Signature in Saigon of a military pact between France and United States on Indo-China
1950 : Birth of Lee Ilchi, Korean author and founder of a variety of mind-body training methods http://www.ilchilee.com/personal-history/
1962 : Birth of Kang Je-gyu, South Korean film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Je-gyu http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kang_Je-gyu.php
1968 : The crew of the US spy-ship Pueblo , captured by North Korean in January, is freed http://www.usspueblo.org/ http://web.mit.edu/ssp/seminars/wed_archives_02fall/lerner.htm
1971 : Birth of Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Yamazaki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRDBFNaBMGo
1979 : During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital
1982 : Kim Dae-Jung, freed by the military dictatorship on December 16, leave Korea to an exile to the USA. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/korea/story/leader/kim.dae.jung/
1988 : Birth of Eri Kamei, Japanese singer http://www.chickipedia.com/eri-kamei/ http://www.icelebz.com/celebs/eri_kamei/
2000 : Death of Noor Jehan, Indian singer and actress, born on September 21 1926 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Jehan
2003 : Death of ex-Prime Minister of Thailand, General Kriangsak Chomanan (1977-1980) http://www.economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2329646
2004 : Death of P. V.Narasimha Rao, 12th Indian Prime Minister (1991-1996) of an heart attack, born on June 28, 1921 http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/24/stories/2004122408870100.htm
2005 : Death of Kriangsak Chomanan http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000620.html
2005 : Chinese activist Xu Wanping, 44 years, is condemned to 12 years in jail because his leading part in the anti-japanese April demonstrations. http://en.epochtimes.com/news/5-12-28/36280.html
2005 : Death of Yao Wenyuan, 74, last living member of the Gang of Four led by Jiang Qing, the wife of Mao Zedong, who were the main actors of the Cultural Revolution. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/06/news/gang.php
2007 : The People Power Party, close to Thaksin Shinawatra wins the general elections in Thailand http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7158920.stm
Holidays and observances
Japan : The Emperor's Birthday
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ON 24 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 24, 2008
1813 : Death of Japanese Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1762-1771) http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Go-Sakuramachi
1867 : Birth of Kantaro Suzuki who was a Japanese Admiral and short time Prime Minister in 1945 http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=292
1889 : Yamagata Aritomo becomes third Prime Minister of Meiji era, up to May 1891 http://www.jref.com/glossary/yamagata_aritomo.shtml
1917 : Birth of Kim Jong-suk, wife of Kim Il-sung, mother of Kim Jung-Il, "The Heroine of the Anti-Japanese Revolution" (d. 1949) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-suk http://juchegirl.blogspot.com/2005/09/i-3-korean-war-hero-kim-jong-
suk.html
1932 : Birth of Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Kawara
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1937 : During the Japanese invasion of China, the Nippon troops enter Hangzhou
1941 : Kuching, capital of Sarawak (Northern Borneo), is conquered by the Japanese forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuching#History
1944 : Birth of Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal, archibishop of Bombay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Gracias http://www.archbom.org/abos.htm
1948 : United Nations Security Council orders a cease-fire to the Nertherlands and the liberation of the Indonesian goverment. Netherlands declares Security Council incompetent.
1954 : Laos becomes independent from France
1957 : Birth of Hamid Karzai, President of the Republic of Afghanistan
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1959 : Birth of Anil Kapoor, Indian actor http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/anil_kapoor/
1966 : Because the Cultural Revolution, arrest of Peng Dehuai, the ex-Defense Minister of China http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/pengdehuai.shtml
1968 : Birth of Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress and model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Jin-sil http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=400
1976 : Takeo Fukuda replaces Prime Minister Takeo Miki who resigned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Fukuda
1982 : Birth of Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor http://bestuff.com/stuff/aiba-masaki
1986 : After those in Shanghai, Beijing students in Beijing demands more democracy
1986 : Birth of Riyo Mori, Japanese 2007 Miss Universe http://www.riyomori.us/biography.htm
1987 : Death of M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu, born onJanuary 17, 1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Ramachandran
1997 : Death of Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor http://www.toshiromifune.org/ http://www.edogawa-u.ac.jp/~robert/Mifune.html
1999 - An Indian Airlines plane is seized during a flight from Katmandu, Nepal, to New Delhi. In Afghanistan, the 150 hostages will be freed on December 31 after India released three Kashmir militants from prison.
2000 : A lot of churches are blasted in Indonesia by Islamic fundamentalists, killing more than twenty peoples
2002 : Chinese dissident Wu Wenli, condemned to 13 years in jail in 1998 for his participation in the setting up of China Democratic Party is exiled to the USA. He had already spend 12 years in jail for his participation to the 1989 events.
Holidays and observances
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ON 25 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 25, 2008
1784 : Death of Yosa Buson, Japanese painter, born in 1716 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosa_Buson http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/busonbio.html
1861 : Birth of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University, who died in 1946 http://www.bhu.ac.in/mahamana.htm http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/malviya.html
1868 : Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaido http://www.lonympics.co.uk/ezo.htm
1876 : Birth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan independence http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P009
1921 : Birth of Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah Pakistani journalist and writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaib-un-Nissa_Hamidullah
1926 : Birth of Atal Behari Vajpayee, BJP leader and Indian Prime Minister (1998-2004) http://www.bjp.org/leader/atalji.htm
1926 : Emperor Taisho of Japan dies. His son Hirohito succeeds him as Emperor Showa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taish%C5%8D http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/hirohito_emperor.shtml
1932 : A magnitude 7,6 earthquarter in Gansu, China kills 70,000 people
1933 : Birth of Phan Van Khai : Vietnam Prime Minister 1997-2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_V%C4%83n_Kh%E1%BA%A3i
1937 : Birth of of Maung Aye, number 2 in the Burma military junta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Aye
1937 : The Chinese communist forces in South China who did not embark on the Long March establish the New Fourth Army to fight the Japanese with the Kuomintang forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Fourth_Army
1941 : Hong Kong falls under Japanese forces http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6654 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong
1946 : The National Constituent Assembly adopts the Constitution of the Republic of China (promulgated by the National government on 1st January 1947 and into effect on 25 December 1947) http://www.taiwandocuments.org/japan02.htm
1947 : The constitution of the Republic of China (KMT) enters into effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China
1949 : Birth of Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Muslim League and twice Prime Minister of Pakistan http://www.pmln.org.pk/profile.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6959782.stm
1968 : Death of Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist, born in 1909 http://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/bunka/bunjinroku/ooka_e.htm
1972 : Death of Rajaji (Rajagopalachari), India’s freedom fighter and first Indian Governor General after independence http://www.ceeby.com/people/Rajaji.cfm
1977 : Birth of Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhm_Ji-won http://popseoul.com/category/uhm-ji-won/
1978 : Democratic Kampuchea (Khmers Rouges) is invaded by Vietnamese troop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU6VC99gEgc http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-cR884ADWf3g/
cambodia_vietnam_invasion_of_kampuchea_1of5_en/
1979 : Soviet forces land in Kakul, the Afghan capital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan
1980 : Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reika_Hashimoto http://wallpapers.foshanit.com/hotwallpapers/Japanese-Korean/Reika%
20Hashimoto/en/Thum1.html
1988 : Death of Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooka_Shohei http://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/bunka/bunjinroku/ooka_e.htm
1994 : Death of Giani Zail Singh, President of India (1982-1987) http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/zail.html
1998 : Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea surrender to the Phnom Penh regime http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/242577.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/242670.stm
1998 : Ma Ying-jeou, now president of Taiwan, becomes mayor of Taipei, up to December 25, 2006 http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/03.23/13-ma.html http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/taipei_mayor.html
2003 : Second attempt to assassinate Pakistani President Musharraf causing a dozen of dead http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2003/12/25/musharraf031225.html
2005 : Death of Robert Barbers, Philippine senator, born on January 19, 1944 http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Robert_Barbers
Holidays and observances
Quaid-e-Azam's Day - Pakistan
Constitution Day - Republic of China now based in Taiwan
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ON DECEMBER 26 IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 26, 2008
1530 : Death of Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire, born on February 14, 1483 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A011 http://www.iloveindia.com/history/medieval-india/mughal-empire/
babar.html
1536 : Birth of Yi-I, Korean Confucius scholar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_I
1666 : Birth of Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Guru of Sikhism who died in 1708 http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Gobind_Singh
1754 : French representative Charles Godeheu signs a treaty by which France will withdraw from the territory it took in the Indian sub-continent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Godeheu
1893 : Birth of Mao Zedong, President of CCP and founder the People Republic of China in October 1945, died in September 1976 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1226.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDmao.htm
1911 : Birth of Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter who died on April 15, 1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio_Lacson
1925 : The Communist Party of India is founded.
1938 : Chiang Kai-shek rejects a Japanese peace offer
1938 : Birth of Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director who died in January 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamgir_Kabir_(filmmaker) http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/K_0004.htm
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1941 : Under the Japanese attack, Manila, Philippines capital, is declared opened city by American authorities
1949 : Birth of José Ramos Horta, President of East-Timor and Peace Prize Nobel laureate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ramos-Horta http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/horta.html
1957 : Opening, in Cairo, of an unofficial Solidarity Africa-Asia conference
1959 : Birth of Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Morimoto
1960 : Death of Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsuji_Tetsuro http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/watsuji-tetsuro/
1962 : Birth of Marina Khan, Pakistani actress http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/ichikawa.html
1962 : China signs a border agreement with Outer Mongolia
1968 : José Maria Sison, expelled from the pro-Moscow PKP in April, founded a new maoist communist party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison
1976 : The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded http://www.cpnuml.org/history/index.htm
1978 : In India, Indira Gandhi, arrested on December 19, is freed. http://www.indiragandhi.com/
1979 : Soviet Special forces troops take over presidential place in Kabul, Afghanistan
1981 : Death of Savithri, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savithri http://www.abhinethri.com/vinsavitri01.html
1982 : Birth of Oguri Shun, Japanese Actor/Model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oguri_Shun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2140 http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.1471.htm
1983 : After December 18 general elections, Yasuhiro Nakasone is reelected Japanese Prime Minister http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/024/Yasuhiro-
Nakasone.html
1985 : Birth of Yuu Shirota, Japanese actor and singer http://asianheartthrob.blogspot.com/2007/03/yuu-shirota-japan.html
1988 : The Nanjing Anti-African protests in Nanjing, the People's Republic of China begin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Anti-African_protests
1990: Iranian leader upholds Indian writer Rushdie fatwa http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/26/
newsid_2542000/2542873.stm
1999 : Death of Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (1992-1997) http://www.indianpoliticians.com/profile/17/
2004 : A tsunami in Sumatra island make 225,000 people died, mainly in Aceh http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/26/
newsid_4631000/4631713.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7123
2006 : In Taiwan, new mayors of Taipei Hau Lung-bin (KMT) and of Kaohsiung, Chen Chu (DPP), elected on December 9, are sworn in
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ON 27 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 27, 2008
1723 : Emperor Yongzheng accedes to the throne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongzheng_Emperor
1796 : Birth of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet who died in February 1869 http://www.indiaparenting.com/stories/greatindians/gi013.shtml
1875 : Birth of Cambodian king Sisowath Monivong, who died on April 24, 1941 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sisowath-Monivong
1922 : Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Japanese-aircraft-carrier-
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1923 : Namba Dausuke, a Japanese communist student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namba_Daisuke
1931 : Birth of Le Kha Phieu, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_Kh%E1%BA%A3_Phi%C3%AAu
1941 : Japanese bombers attack Manila, despite its claim as an open city.
1945 : The Moscow Conference founds an Soviet-US commission in charge to establish a national government in Korea
1949 : The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesia independence. United States of Indonesia is proclaimed
1967 : North Vietnam rejects President Johnson offer to cease North Vietnam in exchange with negotiations. It demands the end of the bombing first.
1969 : In Japan the Liberal Democratic Party wins the legislative elections.
1972 : Marshal Kim Il Sung, head of the North-Korean government, becomes head of state as a New constitution comes into effect. http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/kim-il-sung.html
1975 : Birth of Masi Oka, actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masi_Oka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHvIJTtZQ2g
1975 : China frees three Soviet air force pilots prisoners since 1974
1979 : The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan overthroning president Hafizullah Amin who is executed and replaced by Babrak Karmal http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2527 http://www.afghanland.com/history/amin.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafizullah_Amin
1981 : Foundation in Beijing of the “Taiwan National Compatriots Association” for Taiwanese living on Continental China
1996 : Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidify their buffer zone around Kabul
1999 : Death of Shankar Dayal Sharma, president of India (1992-1997) http://pastpresidentsofindia.indiapress.org/sharma.html
2001 : The People’s Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the USA
2002 : North Korea orders United Nations nuclear inspectors to leave the country to leave the country and said it would restart a laboratory capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons
2005 : Indonesia's Aceh rebels formally abolished their 30-year armed struggle for independence under a peace deal born out of the 2004 tsunami.
2007 : Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in an suicide attack http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm
2007 : Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrives to Beijing for a visit that will greatly improve the relations between the two countries
2007 : In China, freedom fighter Hu Jia is arrested http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2007/12/30/chinese-blogger-hu-
jia-arrested/
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ON 28 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 28, 2008
1164 : Birth of Emperor Rokujo, 79th Japanese Emperor from 1165 to 1168, who died on August 23, 1176 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Rokuj%C5%8D
1308 : Hanazono, 95th Emperor of Japan is enthroned and reigns up to March 1318). Not to be confused with Go-Hanazono (1419-1471) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Hanazono
1367 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun, born on July 2, 1330 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiakira
1768 : Taksin is enthroned king of Siam (up to April 1882) http://www.wangdermpalace.com/kingtaksin/eng_thegreat.html
1857 : Franco-British navies bomb Guangzhou (Canton)
1898 : Birth of Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese Admiral, garrison commander on Wake Island during WWII. Tried then hanged in 1947 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigematsu_Sakaibara
1902 : Birth of Chinese writer Shen Congwen who died in 1988 http://www.chinesecultureonline.org/literature.jsp?
catName=contemporary¢erName=shencongwen
1931 : Lin Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Sen
1934 : Birth of Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor who died on July 17, 1987 http://shishido0.tripod.com/ishihara.html
1936 : Birth of Han Seung-sook, incumbent South Korean Prime Minister since February 29, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Seung-soo
1942 : Japanes planes bomb Calcutta in British India
1945 : Birth of Nepal king Birendra, killed by his son in 2001 http://www.nepalhomepage.com/news/century_poll/english/birendra.html
1950 : In Korea, the Chinese forces cross the 38th parallel to South Korea
1952 : Birth of Arun Jaitley, Indian politician who has been several times a minister in JVP governments
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1955 : Birth of Liu Xiaobo, Chinese human rights activist, currently in prison http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/
article_1447540.php/PROFILE_Liu_Xiaobo_-
_one_of_Chinas_most_outspoken_rights_activists_ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/tag/Liu-Xiaobo/
1962 : Agreement between China and Pakistan on their Kashmir border
1962 : Birth of Choi Soo Jong, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Soo_Jong http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Soo-jong.php
1964 : South Vietnamese win costly battle at Binh Gia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1578
1972 : North Korean leader Kim Il-sung) becomes executive president by proclaiming a new state constitution
1972 : In Thailand, a Palestinian commando from Black September movement, attacks the Israeli embassy http://www.shabak.gov.il/ShowListItem.aspx?listid=english3&itemid=6&
webid=9742302e-1c53-4154-befb-b113d8d9b333
1972 : Hanoi announces return to the Paris peace talks http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1577
1978 : Five principles cited by Taiwan President Chiang Ching-kuo for the future relations between Taiwan and the US in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. The principles are: continuity, reality, security, legality and governmentality
1979 : President Jimmy Carter denounces the Soviet Union invasion of Aghanistan as « a grave threat to the peace »
1983 : Birth of Mike Ho (Ho Jun-Xiang), Taiwanese actor and model http://men.stareastasia.com/mike-ho/
1984 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India
2007 : Nepal declares it will become a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy http://www.feedsyndicate.com/articles/7009564071
2007 : Funeral of Benazir Bhutto http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7162236.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/dec/28/
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Holidays and observances
Nepal National day
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ON 29 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 29, 2008
721 : Death of Japanese Empress Gemmei, born in 661 http://tripatlas.com/Empress_Gemmei
1141 : Chinese general Yue Fei who saved the Song dynasty is executed under false accusations http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa041301a.htm
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1857 : Guangzhou is occupied by French and British troops
1899 : Birth of Marshal Nie Rongren, People’s Liberation Army chief of the general staff (1950-1954) http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/War/Marshal-Nie-Rongzhen.html
1911 : A meeting of representatives from provinces in Nanjing elect Sun Yat-sun as the provisional President of the Republic of China and set 1st January 1912 as the first day of the first year of the Republic
1911 : Taking advantage of the fall of the Qing dynasty, Mongol princes and lamas declare the establishment of an independent Mongol empire with the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as their Khan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogd_Khan
1929 : Dutch police arrest Sukarno and 100s Partai Nasional Indonesia leaders
1930 : Sir Muhammad Iqbal in his Presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Muhammad_Iqbal
1931 : Birth of Prince Yi Gu who was a claimant to the throne of Korea up to his death in 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%2C_Prince_Imperial_Hoeun
1934 : Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty
1939 : Birth Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President of Maldives (1978-2008 ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom
1942 : Birth of Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Khanna http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-actors/rajesh-khanna.html
1954 : Birth of Prince Takamoto (Norihito) who died on November 21, 2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Takamado
1959 : Birth of Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer and songwriter, who died on May 5, 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ritsuko+Okazaki
1973 : While his mandate is finished, Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos keeps the power and governs by decrees
1984 : End of the general elections after the killing of Indira Gandhi. Historic victory of Congress Party led by Rajiv Gandhi which wins 400 on the 508 seats http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/29/
newsid_3314000/3314987.stm
1986 : Birth of Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ok-bin http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Ok-bin.php
1989 : Following Hong Kong's decision to forcibly repatriate some Vietnamese refugees, thousands of Vietnamese 'boat people' battled with riot police.
1994 : Birth of Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Akishino
1997 : Hong Kong begins killing 1.25 million chickens, the entire population, for fear of the spread of 'bird flu'.
1998 : Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million.
2007 : Beijing said that the direct election of the Chief Executive may be directly elected in 2017 while Hong Kong democrats demanded 2012. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/612B9715-BB72-4AB5-A822-
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ON 30 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 30, 2008
1788 : French troops march on Madras (India)
1865 : Birth of author Rudyard Kipling in Bombay (India) http://www.kipling.org.uk/kip_fra.htm
1879 : Birth of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher who died on 14 April 1950 http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/ramana.html
1884 : Birth of Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister (1941-1944), sentenced to death for war crimes and hanged in December 1948 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWtojo.htm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6660
1896 : Filipino writer José Rizal is executed by the Spanish http://www.joserizal.ph/bg01.html
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1949 : India recognizes the People’s Republic of China
1953 : Ramon Magsaysay becomes President of the Philippines up to March 1957 http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Ramon-Magsaysay/ramon-magsaysay.htm
1961 : Diosdado Macapagal President of Philippines up to December 1965 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/macapagal.html
1962 : Birth of Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cho http://delafont.com/comedians/Henry-Cho.htm
1965 : Ferdinand Marcos President of Philippines up to February 1986 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7127
1970 : U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1582
1972 : Richard Nixon announces the resumption of the Paris Conference between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, and also the end of the heavy bombing of North Vietnam http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1230.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1581
1980 : Birth of Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Kwan http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=3161
1981 : Misterious death of Alfie Anido, Filipino actor, born on December 31, 1959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Anido http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKRazS97wtk
1985 : President Zia of Pakistan lifts martial law imposed by General Zia ul-Haq in 1977 and Muhammad Khan Junejo is appointed prime minister. Zia ul-Hhaq stays on as president, and retains the powerful position of Chief of Army Staff. The 1973 constitution that had been suspended is restored. http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A077
1997 : Death of Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist, born in 1926 http://hoshishinichi.com/english/index.html
2003 : Death of Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress, born in October 1963 http://www.mui-mui.org/ http://glutter.typepad.com/photos/goodbye_anita/
2007 : After the murderer of his mother, Bilawal Zardani, 19 years old, son of Benazir Bhutto is elected chairman of the Pakistan People’s Pary http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7164968.stm
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ON 31 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on December 31, 2008
695 : Birth of Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian General who conquered the Sindh and Punjab regions (now in Pakistan), beginning the Islamic era in South Asia, who died on July 18, 715 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P041
765 : The coffin of the Ch’an monk Ho-Tse Shen-hui, who is historically credited with investigating the Northern-Southern School, is interred in a stupa build in China http://www.answers.com/topic/ho-tse-shen-hui
1568 : Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord, born in October 1493 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/shimazu-tadayoshi/
1572 : Birth of Go-Yozei , 107th Emperor of Japan from December 1586 to May 1611 and died in September 1617 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Yozei_of_Japan
1600 : British East India Company is chartered by Elisabeth I http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5645 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company
1650 : Death of Dorgon (prince Rui), one of most influential Mandchu princes in the early Qing Dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorgon
1894 : Birth of Hong Sheng, a pioneering Chinese dramatist and filmmaker who died in August 1955 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041541/Hong-Shen
1903 : Birth of Fumiko Hayashi, a female Japanese writer who died in June 1951 http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HayashiF.html
1905 : Birth of Chikako Hosokawa, Japanese actress who died in March 1976 http://us.vdc.imdb.com/name/nm0395940/
1959 : General Phoumi Nosavan takes power in Laos and establiss a pro-Occident regime http://www.facetroughgemstones.com/wikipedia/ph/Phoumi_Nosavan.html
1959 : Birth of Alfie Anido, Filipino actor, maybe murdered on December 30, 1981 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Anido http://www.chanrobles.com/celebritiesAlfie_Anido.html
1960 : Birth of Japanese actress Mio Takari http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847070/
1960 : A bill is passed making Sinhalese the only official language of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Representatives of the Tamil-speaking minority will led mass demonstrations against the measure in early 1961
1961 : Birth of Chinese actress Nina Li Chi http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508327/bio http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=217
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1964 : Indonesian President Sukarno threatens to leave the United Nation if the Federation of Malaysia is admitted
1965 : Birth of Gong Li, the most famous Chinese actress http://www.admiringgongli.com/Life.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Li http://www.allmoviephoto.com/c/GongLi.html
1966 : Washington announces that the bombing on North Vietnam will stop only if Hanoi will be decided to have serious peace talks
1971 : Death of Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist, born on August 12, 1919 http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/vikram.html
1977 : Kampuchea (Cambodia) cuts its diplomatic relations with Vietnam after the Vietnamese invasion
1978 : Taiwanese diplomats struck their colors for the final time from the embassy flagpole in Washington, D.C., marking the end of diplomatic relations with the United States. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2531
1984 : Succeeding his mother, Rajiv Gandhi, becomes the 6th Indian Prime Minister http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/Rajiv.html
2007 : The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is holding its first parliamentary elections after a century of direct rule by the monarchy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7165709.stm
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ON JANUARY 1 IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on January 1, 2009
711 BC : Birth of Jimmu, legendary first Japanese Emperor who died on BC March 5, 585 http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/JIMMU.HTM
1546 : Saint Francis Xavier leaves Malacca for Amboyna http://www.cin.org/franxav.html
1638 : Birth of Go-Sai, 111th Japanese Emperor (1655-1663) who died in March 1685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai
1800: The Dutch East India Company is dissolved http://www.answers.com/topic/dutch-east-india-company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company
1803 : Vietnam Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the 15Tay Son dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Hue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Long
1814 : Birth of Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Rebellion, who died on June 1, 1864 http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hong_Xiuquan http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-367302.html
1860 : Slavery ends in Netherlands Indies
1864 : Birth of Chinese painter Qi Baishi who died in September 1957 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Baishi http://chineseculture.about.com/library/gallery/blqibaishi.htm
1877 : Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India
1881 : Birth of Vajiravudh, king of Siam as Rama VI (1910-1925) who died in November 1925 http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/7905/rama6.html
1883 : Birth of Ichiro Hatoyama, Japan’s Prime minister from December 1954 to December 1956 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama
1886 : Burma is annexed by the British
1892 : Birth of Manuel Roxas, first president of the; Philippines (1946-1948) who died on April 15, 1948 http://philippines-archipelago.com/people/presidents/
manuel_roxas.html
1894 : Birth of Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian scientist who with Einstein discovered the Bose-Einstein condensate, who died on February 4, 1974 http://www.calcuttaweb.com/people/snbose.shtml
1900 : Birth of Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as Japanese consul to Lithuania http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/sugihara.html
1904 : Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
1905 : Birth of Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor who died in January 1985 http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=287564
1912 : Republic of China is set up in Nanjing by Sun Yat-sen http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/republican.html
1914 : Birth of Noor Inayat Khan, Indian Princess and member of the British Special Operation Executive agent, who died in Dachau concentration camp in September 1944 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/inayat_khan_noor.shtml
1940 : Death of Panuganti Lakshiminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist, born on November 2, 1865, populary know as « Andhra Sakespeare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panuganti_Lakshminarasimha_Rao
1943 : Birth of Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar
1944 : Birth of Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P085
1946 : Restitution to the British of the territories retaken by Siam after January 1942
1946 : MacArthur disolves the Japanese nationalist organizations
1947 : Birth of Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer http://www.paulatsuifans.com/ENG/wblpaula2.htm
1947 : The constitution de Republic of China (KMT) comes into force
1948 : Orissa province accedes to India
1949 : United Nations imposes a cease-fire between India and Pakistan to stop their war for Kashmir http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/kilo/kashmir1947.htm
1949 : USA recognizes the South Korean government and announces its withdrawal from this country.
1950 : Birth of Deepa Mehta, Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-708-e.html
1950 : The state of Ajaigarb ceded to the governement of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajaigarh
1951 : Birth of Ashfaq Hussein, Urdu poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfaq_Hussain
1951 : Birth of Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Patekar http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Nana+Patekar?t=anon
1953 : Birth of Chinese poet Han Shaogong http://www.wooster.edu/chinese/Chinese/courses/chinese_youth/
writers_directors/han_shaogong.gb.html
1953 : China first five-year plan comes into force
1956 : Birth of Koji Yakusho, Japanese actor http://www.hogacentral.com/People_KY.html
1957 : George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1958 : Thanom Kittikachorn becomes prime minister of Thailand for the first time, up to October 22
1960 : A new constitution is adopted for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (the first one was adopted on November 9, 1946)
1965 : Foundation of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (communist) in Kabul http://www.answers.com/topic/people-s-democratic-party-of-afghanistan
1965 : Because that United Nations recognized the Federation on Malaysia (including north Borneo territories of Sarawak and Sabha), Indonesia quits the Organization
1967 : Birth of Bang Eun-hee, South Korean actress http://www.koreanmovie.com/Bang_Eun_hee_kafilmo_149/
1967 : In Shanghai fights between pro and anti-Mao up to the end of the month.The All-China Labor Union is disolved
1968 : Birth of Miki Higashino, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Higashino http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/higashino/index.shtml
1969 : Foundation of the People’s Liberation army of Thailand http://www.indopedia.org/Communist_Party_of_Thailand.html
1973 : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdul Razak sets up the National Front to replace the ruling Alliance Party
1975 : Birth of Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Eiichiro_Oda
1976 : Birth of Vidya Balan, Indian actress http://www.vidyabalan.net/
1976 : Thailand reopens its border with Laos
1977 : Birth of Jerry Yan (Liao Yang Zhen), Taiwanese actor , model and singer http://men.stareastasia.com/jerry-yan/
1978 : Birth of Paramahamsa Sri Nithyanandan, Indian spiritualist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramahamsa_Sri_Nithyananda
1979 : General military Vietnamese offensive in Cambodia
1979 : Birth of Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Domoto_Koichi
1979 : Establishment of diplomatic relations between USA and the PRC http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique02.htm
1980 : Since Islam does not allow interest, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq introduced a "Profit and Loss Sharing System" according to which an account holder was to share the loss and profit of the bank.
1983 : Birth of Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model http://www.babebio.com/babe/emi_kobayashi/ http://sexywomanlist.blogspot.com/2007/12/emi-kobayashi.html
1984 : Independence of the Sultanate of Brunei from the British http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Sultanate+of+Brunei
1986 : Birth of Vidya Balan, Indian actress http://www.vidyabalan.net/
1998 : Muhammad Rafiq Tarar is sworn in as Pakistan’s president http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/43645.stm
2001 : The Indian great city Calcutta is renamed Kolkata
2001 : First direct naval link between Main China and Taiwan
2002 : Taiwan officially become the 144th member of the World Trade Organization under the name “Chinese Taipei” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1736528.stm
2004 : In Hong Kong, more than 100,000 people demonstrate for more democracy, particularly the direct election of the Chief executive and Legislative Council members.
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