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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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2004 : In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf won 658 of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan as President until October 2007

2007 : South Korean Ban Ki-moon, elected General Secretary of the United Nations, takes up his founction. Born on June 13, 1944

Holidays and observances

Taiwan Founding of Republic of China Day.
 
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ON 2 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on January 2, 2009

1757 : Robert Clive, who leads Madras for the East India Company retakes Calcutta http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/Clive.html

1900 : US stateman John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Door_Policy

1905 : In the Russo-Japanese war, Port Arthur Russian garrison surrenders http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0102.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4638 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=64

1910 : Birth of Srirangam Srinivasaprao, Indian poet who died on June 15, 1983

1925 : Birth of Erano C. Manalo, executive minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Erano-Manalo

1928 : Birth of Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer and president of the Soka Gakkai International, a Buddhist sect http://www.sgi.org/about/president/ikeda.html

1930 : Birth of Hossein Mohammed Ershad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad

1931 : Birth of Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kaifu-To.html

1933 : Birth of Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist http://www.answers.com/topic/seiichi-morimura

1938 : Birth of Goh Kun, twice South Korea’s prime minister http://www.speedylook.com/Goh_Kun.html
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1940 : Birth of S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician http://mutiny.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/prof-srs-varadhan-2007-abel- prize-winner/

1942 : Manila is captured by Japanese forces

1944 : Birth of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of king Sihanouk and Prime Minister from 1993 through 1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Ranariddh http://www.norodomsihanouk.info/royal_family/rnre.htm

1951 : Birth of Tsui Hark, Hong Kong filmmaker http://www.geocities.com/yuenkat/tsui.html

1960 : Birth of Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author http://myhome.naver.com/fischer/Urasawa/UrasawaE.htm

1965 : Indonesia quits United Nations, the first country to do so

1965 : Ayub Khan wins the Pakistani presidential election with 62% of the vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_presidential_election%2C_1963

1967 : Heavy US bombing on North Vietnam through on 15

1978 : Birth of Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyoguchi_Megumi http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=794

1980 : In a strong reaction to the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter asks the Senate to postpone action on the Salt II nuclear treaty and recalls the US ambassador to Moscow http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle& id=52299

1989 : Sri Lanka President Junius Richard Jayewardene is succeded by Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa

2006 : Rajnath Singh, 54 years old, former Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (2000 à 2002) is elected chairman of the Bharatija Janata Party (BJP), succeeding Advani as leader of the opposition http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=60401

2008 : Death of Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of king Rama IX, born on 6 May 1923 http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/ article_1384154.php/Princess_Galyani_Vadhana_kings_elder_sister_dies http://www.soravij.com/galyani.html
 
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ON 3 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on January 3, 2009

1196 : Birth of Tsuchimikado, 83rd Japanese Emperor (1198-1210) who died in November 1231. Not to be confused with Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442-1500) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tsuchimikado

1836 : Birth of Sakamoto Ryoma, a Japanese revolutionary against the shogunat system who was assassinated in November 1867 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/89.html http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/5770/ryomahis.htm

1852 : First Chinese arrives in Hawaii

1868 : Young Mutsuhito becomes Japanese Emperor. Meiji Restoration puts an end to the shogunate and gives back power to the Emperor http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4640 http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_restoration.shtml http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_mutsuhito_emperor.shtml

1871 : Birth of Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian Saint, born on February 10, 1805 http://www.blessedchavara.org/life.asp

1901 : Birth of Ngo Dinh Diem, first president of South Vietnam (1955-1963) who died in November 1963 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNngo.htm

1937 : Birth of Seri Wangnaitham, Thai choreographer, a National artist who died in February 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri_Wangnaitham http://www.watmiami.iirt.net/html/wat_en_06.html

1945 : Allies land on west coast of Burma and conquer Akyab

1945 : US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa as Gen. Douglas MacArthur is placed in command of all U.S. ground forces and Adm. Chester Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. naval forces. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6665

1966 : USA proposes a conference on South-East Asia aiming to solve Vietnamese problem

1958 : Birth of Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405374/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Shim_Hyung-rae.php

1960 : Birth of Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India http://www.sandeepmarwah.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandeep_Marwah

1972 : Birth of Yoon Chan, South Korean actor http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Yoon_Chan.php

1974 : Burma adopts its constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma lead by dictator Ne Win http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/win.html

1977 : Birth of Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiy&#363 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayumi_Iizuka http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=522

1978 : Birth of Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Sol-mi.php

1980 : General elections in India (up to January 6). The Congress Party will win two third of the seats. Indira Ganghi will come back after 33 months in opposition

1980 : Installed by Soviet forces, new Afghan president Babrak Karmal mades his first appearance defending Soviet Invasion http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/3/ newsid_2492000/2492329.stm

2003 : The renting of small islets to private individuals in the Senkaku archipelago causes protests from Beijing and Taipei who claim sovereignty on this place named Diaoyudai by the Chinese

2005 : Death of Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat and politician born in January 1936 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit
 
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ON JANUARY 4 IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on January 4, 2009

1077 : Birth of Zhezong, 7th Emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty (1085-1100) who died in November 1100 http://www.answers.com/topic/emperor-zhezong-of-song

1564 : Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander, born in 1514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_Ujitsuna

1823 : Birth of Otto van Rees, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1884-88) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor- General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies

1848 : Birth of Katsura Taro, Japanese prime minister who died in October 1913 http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml

1924 : Birth of Sebastian Kappen, Indian Jesuit theologian who died on November 30, 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kappen

1929 : Birth of Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist and sculptor http://www.fantasyarts.net/kusama_bio.html http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/e/biography/index.html

1932 : The Indian Congress Party is declared illegal by the British. Mahatmat Gandhi and Nehru are arrested

1940 : Birth of Chinese-born French writer Gao Xingjian, Literature Nobel prize 2000 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gao.htm

1948 : Full Independence of Burma from Great Britain. U Nu is named Prime Minister up to June 1956 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Nu

1948 : The territories occupied by the Dutch demand the foundation of the United States of Indonesia

1951 : Chinese and Korean Communist forces retake Seoul http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4/ newsid_2494000/2494837.stm

1953 : Death of Prince Chichibu, younger brother of emperor Showa (Hirohito), born on June 25, 1902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Chichibu

1959 : Birth of Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist http://sweatyfrog.com/nara.html http://www.assemblylanguage.com/reviews/Nara.html

1962 : Agreement between USA and the government of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem : pacification, democratization, liberalization

1964 : French Prime Minister Pierre Messmer offers a military aid to Cambodia

1966 : Conference Indo-Pakistani in Tachkent (Soviet Union), up to 10. The two countries reestablish their diplomatic relations

1971 : Birth of Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese sculptor http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Junichi-Kakizaki http://the-artists.org/artist/Junichi_Kakizaki.html http://www.kuruizaki.com/

1974 : South Vietnamese president Thieu announces that war has resumed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1592

1974 : The Union of Burma is renamed the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

1975 : The first Communist China delegation arrives to Malaya

1980 : President Jimmy Carter announces economic sanctions against Soviet Union which invaded Afghanan on 27 December 1979

1988 : Birth of Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabila_Jamshed http://www.wishuponatime-thelegendaryscimitar.blogspot.com/

1994 : Death of Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor, born on June 27, 1939 http://www.panchamonline.com/

2004 : Four policemen are killed, a military depot is looted and eighteen schools burned in the Muslim deep south of Thailand, starting a long bloody unrest

2004 : Beginning of a diplomatic warming between India and Pakistan a meeting of the two leaders in Islamabad
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2004 : Afghans approves a new constitution

2005 : Death of Taiwan’s main negotiator with China, Koo Chen-fu http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943

2008 : North Korea pledges to strength its “war deterrent” , days after it missed a year-end deadline for declaring its nuclear activities http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7171096.stm

2008 : Death of Jimmy Nah, Singapore comedian and actor, born on April 13, 1968 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/320685/1/ .html


Holidays and observances

Burma Independence day
 
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ON 5 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on January 5, 2009

1587 : Birth of Xu Xiake, China traveler and geographer who died in March 1641 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-09/02/ content_72439.htm

1588 : Death of Chinese General Qi Jiguang, famous for his success against Japanese pirates, born on November 12, 1528 http://www.cctv.com/english/TouchChina/GloryofChineseCivilization/ HistoricalCelebrities/MilitaryLeaders/20020326/100037.html

1592 : Birth of Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire (1628-1658) who died in January 1666 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan

1655 : Go-Sai, becomes 111th Japanese Emperor (up to1663). He will die in March 1685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai

1893 : Birth of Paramahansan Yogananda, Indian guru who died in March 1952 http://www.yogananda-srf.org/py-life/index.html

1899 : Separatist Filipino general Aguilnado demands the independence of the Philippines from USA

1926 : Birth of Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, the veteran opposition leader in Singapore who died on September 30, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam http://www.jbjeya.org/

1928 : Birth of Ali Bhutto, President (1971-1973), then Prime Minister (1973-1977) of Pakistan, hanged in April 1979 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P019

1941 : Birth of Hayao Miyazaki, cartoons filmmaker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki

1941 : The communist New Fourth Army is surrounded by KMT forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Fourth_Army_Incident

1945 : Kamikaze pilots get first order http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=50402

1946 : China recognizes the independence of Outer Mongolia

1948 : Communist offensive aiming to cut Manchuria from the rest of China

1950 : Pakistan recognizes the People’s Republic of China

1952 : China launches the « anti-five movement » (Wufan) mainly against national bourgeoisie and traders

1955 : Opening of talks between United Nations General Secretary Hammarskjoeld and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai on the question of US pilots detained in China

1963 : Birth of Jiang Wen, Chinese film actor and director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422638/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Wen

1966 : The United States ask the United Nations members to use their influence for solving the Vietnamese conflict.

1968 : A soviet cargo is hit during an US air raid on North Vietnam

1971 : Birth of Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847030/ http://www.ken-on.co.jp/takata/index.html

1976 : Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot renames Cambodia to Democratic Kampuchea as a new constitution is promulgated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52302 http://www.dccam.org/Archives/Documents/DK_Policy/ DK_Policy_DK_Constitution.htm

1979 : Vietnamese troops occupy Phom Penh and the Cambodian ruler Pol Pot is ousted

1985 : Birth of Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yoon_So_Yi

1986 : Birth of Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepika_Padukone http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2138653/

1986 : Birth of Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teppei_Koike http://www.fanpop.com/spots/teppei-koike

2000 : The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorge who escaped from his Tsurphu monastery in Tibet in December 1999, arrives in India at Dharamsala where is living the XIV Dalai-Lama http://www.kagyuoffice.org/karmapa.india.escape.html

2004 : During SAARC summit, in Islamabad, general Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee have long talks and decide to have discussions on Kashmir

2007 : Death of Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet, born on May 6, 1923 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chih_Ree_Sun
 
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ON 6 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on January 6, 2009

1393 : Death of Japanese Emperor Go En’yu (1371-1382), born in January 1359 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-En'y%C5%AB

1725 : Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist, born in 1653 http://www.answers.com/topic/chikamatsu-monzaemon http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc62.html

1842 : British troops (4500 British and 12,000 Indians) under the command of William Elphinstone leave Kabul where they were based since 1939 and are butchered during their retreat. Just one man survived http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_army
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1847 : Death of Tyagaraja, composer of Indian classical Carnatic music, born on 4 May 1767 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/tyagaraja.html

1917 : Birth of Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan’s main negotiator with China, who died in January 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Chen-fu

1920 : Birth of Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sun_Myung_Moon

1929 : Birth of Babrak Karmal, president of Afghanistan (1979-1986) http://www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/Personalities.BabrakKarmal.shtm http://www.afghanland.com/history/karmal.html

1929 : Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work amongs India’s poorest and diseased people http://www.motherteresa.org/

1941 : In the Southern Anhui incident, Chinese Nationalist troops attack the headquarters of the Communist New Fourth Army. The Nationalist assault results in thousands of casualties, obliterating the Communist force http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/10802

1946 : Ho Chi Minh wins the first universal suffrage elections in Vietnam http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/ho.html

1950 : Great-Britain and Norway recognize Communist China

1953 : Gathering in Rangoon of an Asian socialist conference

1966 : Colonel Bokassa who has taken power in Republic of Central Africa break diplomatic relations with People’s Republic of China

1967 : United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a major offensive in Mekong Delta

1971 : US Army drops charges of My Lai cover-up http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1596

1972 : Death of Chinese Marshal Chen Yi http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ChenYi.html

1975 : Phuoc Binh falls to the North Vietnamese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1597

1975 : Birth of Hong Kong actress Bernice Liu http://women.stareastasia.com/bernice-liu/

1976 : People’s Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor nuclear testing center

1980 : Birth of Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model http://www.hiromioshima.com/ http://glam0ur.com/gals/hiromi_oshima/hiromi_oshima.htm http://www.hiromioshima.org/pictures/album/hiromi-oshima-playboy- playmate/

1981 : Musa bin Ahmad, president of Communist Party of Malaya, who came from China in November 1980, express his regret in a TV show.

1981 : Birth of Rinco Kikuchi, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinko_Kikuchi http://www.anore.co.jp/rinko/english.html

1989 : Vietnam announces the complete withdrawal of its troops in Cambodia before September

1999 : In Bangladesh, aiming to return to power, the BNP forms a four-party opposition alliance with the Jatiya Party, the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Oikya Jote and launched several agitation programs against the ruling Awami League.

2002 : In Singapore, thirteen Muslim Singaporean are arrested because they were ready to launch attacks against US citizens and interests in Singapore. Eight of them had been trained in Al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

2005 : China announces that on this day it has 1,3 billion inhabitants

2008 : Lt Gen Orakzai, governor of Pakistan restive North West Frontier Province, resigns http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7173324.stm
 
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Re:On this day in Asian history by Jacques de Goldfiem 9 Hours, 9 Minutes ago Karma: 26  
ON 7 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on January 7, 2008

1761 - Afghans defeat Mahrattas at Paniput in India. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/LUP_MAL/MAHRATTAS.html

1906 : End of the first Katsura Taro’s Japanese government http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml

1937 : Birth of Tang Chia, Chinese martial art choreographer and movie director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849271/ http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1079

1938 : Birth of Shohei Yamamoto, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945490/

1942 : Japan begins successful siege of Bataan Peninsula during World War II, routing American and Philippine troops.

1944 : Birth of Hideko Yoshida, Japanese actress http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Hideko_Yoshida http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=Hideko%20Yoshida

1946 : France recognizes Cambodia autonomy in the frame of the French Union.

1947 : Birth of Shobha De, Indian writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobha_De http://www.imagesfashion.com/shobha_de.html

1950 : Ceylon (Sri Lanka) recognizes the People’s Republic of China

1950 : Birth of Johnny Lever, Indian actor http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-actors/johnny-lever.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h26BiPZNDds

1952 : Birth of Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor http://www.sammohung.com/

1957 : Birth of Reena Roy, Indian actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/reena-roy/biography/10880 http://reena-roy.tripod.com/

1961 : Birth of Supriya Pathak, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supriya_Pathak http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/supriya-pathak/11927

1962 : Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails

1965 : Civilian government is restored in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1598

1967 : Fighting is reported between Chinese Red Guards and workers in Nanjing.

1972 - India resists U.S. pressure and grants full diplomatic recognition to China.

1973 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos suspends scheduled plebiscite on new constitution, saying his country is slipping back into subversion and corruption.

1975 : For the first time, the Vietnamese communist forces take the administrative center of a province (Phuoc-Binh, 125 km North of Saigon)

1979 : Fall of Phnom-Penh, attacked by invading Vietnamese force. Fall of Pol Pot Khmer Rouge regime http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6769 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0107.html#article

1979 : Birth of Bipasha Basu, Indian model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipasha_Basu http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/bipasha_basu/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7N7mLbMxWc

1980 : The Congress (Indira) Party of Indira Gandhi wins 351 of the 525 contested seats. Indira Gandhi comes back after losing the power in 1977 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/7/ newsid_2506000/2506387.stm

1984 : After getting its independence from Britain, Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

1986 : The National Assembly of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea ratifies the border treaty signes with Vietnam on December 27, 1985

1989 : Death of Japanese Emperor Hirohito (Showa). He is succeeded by his son Akihito http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4655 http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/dof/japan/captioned/funerals.htm http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0429.html

1996 : Death of Taro Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist, born in February 1911 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Okamoto-Taro http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=416&pID=1435 http://www.taromuseum.jp/english/index_english.html

2000 : News agencies unveil that the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, 15 years old, leader of one of the most important buddhist school in Tibet has fled to India and arrived on January 5 http://www.speedylook.com/Karmapa.html http://www.karmapa.org/

2001 : US Foreign Affairs magazine publishes extracts of “The Tiananmen Paper” on who, in the tops China leaders wanted, and the ones who din’t want troop to crush the students movement on Tiananmen square http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9E02E7DB173AF935A35752C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/ People/L/Li%20Peng http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/22/ tiananmen.document/index.html

2002 : Akbar Tanjung, president of Golkar and of the Representatives House is officially accused of misappropriation of public property for embezzlement used for Golgar electoral campaign in 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1759481.stm

2002 : Extradition, from Malaysia where he fled, of Nur Misuari, ex-governor of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), who tried an armed riot. http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Modules/Modules/Separatist_Groups/ nur_misuari.htm
 
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