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ON 15 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 15, 2008
1073 : Death of Go-Sanjo, 71st emperor (1068-1073), born on September 3, 1034 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065524/Go-Sanjo
1896 : In Japan, a tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku. 27,000 are killed, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1926 : Birth of Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist, who died on 6 May 2006 http://www.frpac.or.jp/eng/e_rst/e_sho/e_15bunkasho01.html
1927 : Birth of Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet, who died on January 11, 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Insha
1944 : Beginning of the Battle of Saipan, till July 9 http://www.battleofsaipan.com/seabee.htm http://www.battleofsaipan.com/Saipan1944.htm
1947 : The All-Indian Congress accepts a British plan for the partition of India
1954 : The Conference of Geneva on Korea is closed with result
1954 : After Prince Prince Buu Loc resigned, Emperor Bao Dai asks Ngo Dinh Diem to form a new government
1965 : US planes bomb North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1909
1967 : Birth of Yuji Ueda, Japanese voice actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=384
1981 : USA announces a total aid of 3 billion USD in six years to Islamabad
1983 : Death of Srirangam Srinivasarao, Indian poet http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/bio-data/bio-srisri.html
1988 : Birth of Miku Ishida, teen idol http://wiki.theppn.org/Ishida_Miku http://www.nativecelebrities.com/1313/Miku-Ishida.html
1989 : In Shanghai, three Chinese workers are sentenced to death for setting fire to a train during a pro-democracy protest
1995 : Taiwan Premier Lien Chan makes a “private” trip in Austria and Czech Republic. It is the first time a top leader from Taiwan makes a trip to Europe
1999 : South naval forces sink a North Korean torpedo boat during an exchange in the disputed Yellow Sea
2004 : In Taiwan, a new political party is founded : the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union with Chang Po-ya as chairwoman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Partisan_Solidarity_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Po-ya
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ON 16 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 16, 2008
1139 : Birth of Konoe, 76th emperor of Japan (1142-1155), who died on August 22, 1155 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Konoe
1858 : Battle of Morar, during the Indian mutiny http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080053158
1908 : Naissance de Sarit Thanarat (Dhanarajata), Thai Prime Minister (1959-1963) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065782/Sarit-Thanarat
1924 : In China, Whampao military academy is founded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whampoa_Military_Academy http://web.gdut.edu.cn/~draw/ICGG2004/GUANGZHOU/attr_05.htm
1925 : Death of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter http://www.bookrags.com/biography/chitta-ranjan-das/ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Das-Chit.html
1941 : Birth of Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist http://www.times.com.pk/rao/
1948 : The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Macao
1948 : In Malaya, after three European planters were murdered by communist rebels, state of emergency is declared in Perak and Johor
1960 : Because violent anti-USA demonstrations, at the request of Japan’s governmemnt, US president Eisenhower cancels his visit to Tokyo
1960 : Soviet Union protests for the flight over its territory by two US U-2 planes that came from Japan
1961 : US President Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train South Vietnamese troops http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1910
1962 : Birth of Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/wong_yiu_ming.htm
1970 : In Cambodia, North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks almost completely isolate Phnom Penh http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1912
1972 : Birth of John Cho, Korean-American actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cho http://www.tv.com/john-cho/person/19200/summary.html
1978 : Beijing demands the closing of the Vietnamese consulates in South China
1978 : Birth of Jasmine Leong, Chine Malaysian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Leong http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/05/09/
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1980 : Birth of Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Yung http://www.compbuy.co.uk/JoeyYung.htm
2000 : Death of Japanese empress Kojun, widow of emperor Hirohito http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Djun http://royal-portraits.blogspot.com/2007/11/empress-kojun-of-
japan.html
2004 : Death of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, twice premier of Thailand, born on August 11, 1912 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9D00E4DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 http://encarta.msn.com/media_461531173_761561385_-1_1/
thanom_kittikachorn.html
2005 : In Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, gets the support of 710 of the great electors and can to become the second Chief of the Executive of the Special administrative Region after appointment by Beijing.
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ON 17 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 17, 2008
1565 : Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Matsunaga:Hisahide.htm http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Yoshiteru_Ashikaga.html
1631 : Death of Arjumand Banu Begum, for who her husband Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal mosoleum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal http://www.exoticindiaart.com/tajmahal.htm
1858 : In the battle for Gwalior, Roni Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi (northern India) is killed. One of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857. Born in 1828
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/rani-laxmibai.html
1918 : Birth of Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master who died on January 16, 1992 http://www.forestsangha.org/aboutchah.htm
1928 : Birth of Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, Japanese cardinal http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=107
1961 : In Zurich, opening of a conference between representatives of the three Laos political movements, till 22
1967 : In China, first test od a H bomb
1971 : Agreement between Japan and USA for the return of Ryukyu under Japanese rule in 1972
1972 : In Japan, prime minister Eisaku Sato resigns http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Sato-Eis.html
1980 : Birth of Kimeru, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimeru http://www.kimeru.com/index.shtml
1983 : Birth of Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor http://www.hogacentral.com/People_KNino.html
1993 : Gulbuddin Hekmatyar becomes Afghan premier till June 1994 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2701547.stm http://images.google.fr/images?q=Gulbuddin+Hekmatyar&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&
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2002 : Beginning of the trial of Akbar Tanjung, chairman of Golkar party, accused to have used 4 million USD of state money to support his party in 1999
2002 : In Hong Kong, first trial against members of Falun Gong (for hindrance to traffic)
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ON 18 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 18, 2008
618 : Foundation of the Chinese Tang dynasty by Li Yuan with his coronation as Emperor Gaozu (618-626). Born in 566 and died on June 25, 635 http://chinese-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/gaozu
1234 : Death of Chukyo, 85th emperor of Japan, who reigned some month in 1221, born on October 30, 1218 http://indopedia.org/Emperor_Chukyo_of_Japan.html
1517 : Birth of Ogimachi, 106th emperor of Japan (1557-1586) who died on February 6, 1593 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ogimachi_of_Japan
1900 : Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Longyu
1908 : Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Longyu
1946 : Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/7.html
1947 : Japanese Admiral Shigematsu, garrison commander of Wake Island during WWII is hanged in Guam, born in 1898 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,797715,00.html
1948 : Because the Communist insurgency, state of emergency is proclaimed in all Malaya
1949 : Birth of Han Duck-soo, prime minister of South Korea from March 2007 to February 2008 ) http://www.korea.net/korea/html/C/01/cabinet_21.html
1951 : General Vo Nguyen Giap ends his Red River Campaign against the French in Vietnam
1952 : USA give and additional aid to Indochina
1952 : United Nation Security Council asks for a Red Cross mission to investigatate on possible use of bacteriotical weapons in Korea
1953 : In South Korea, on order of President Syngman Rhee, 27,000 North Korean prisonner are freed to live in South Korea
1965 : In Vietnam War, the USA uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerilla fighters in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1915
1980 : Birth of Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Wong http://www.truveo.com/Ivana-Wong-Colours-of-Love-part-1/id/3377808584
1981 : Birth of Ella (Jiahua) Chen, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E. http://www.worldidols.net/329/Ella%20Chen.html
1983 : In China Li Xiannian is elected president succeeding Ye Jianying http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/
m0018948.html http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Long-March/Long-March-Ye-Jianying.html
1989 : In Burma, The Slorc adopts the name of Union of Myanmar as a new name for the country
2001 : Macedonia cuts its relations with Taiwan and restores its dimplomatic links with Beijing
2002 : At the annual congress of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), Mahathir announce that he resigns from the chairmanship of the party and of the goverment, but comes back an hour later at the request of the leaders of the UMNO
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ON 19 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 19, 2008
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1301 : Birth of Prince Morikuni, 9th Japanese shogun of the Kamatura shogunate, who died on September 25, 1333 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Morikuni
1505 : Chine Emperor Zhengde is enthroned. He will reign up to April 1521 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9023817/Zhengde?refresh=Y
1747 : Nader Shah, Persian Emperor is assassinated http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm
1861 : Birth of José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero, executed on December 30, 1896 http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~fasawwu/resources/rizal/biography.htm
1909 : Birth of Osamu Dazai, Japanese author, who died on June 13, 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dazai
1944 : Beginning of the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea against the Japanese http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_the_philippine_sea.htm
1945 : Birth of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician and Nobel laureate http://uscampaignforburma.org/assk/biography.html
1947 : Birth of Salman Rushdie, Indian author of the controversial “Satanic Verses” http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth87
1949 : Death of Syed Zafarul Hasan, prominent Muslim Indian-Pakistani philosopher, born in February 1885 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Zafarul_Hasan
1949 : Signature of a convention between France and Laos which becomes a state associated to French Union française
1957 : In India, the Congress Party wins the elections for the second time
1961 : Park Chun-hee creates the Korean Central Intelligence Agency http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/kcia.htm
1965 : Air General Nguyen Cao Ky is appointed Vietnamese prime minister
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9055658/Nguyen-Cao-Ky
1970 : Birth of Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/Rahul-Gandhi.asp http://www.rahulgandhi.net/
1971 : New visit of US Henry Kissinger in China, till 26
1972 : Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir and known as the Lion of Kashmir returns after 16 months in exile for advocating a plebiscite on the future of Kashmir
1978 : Soviet Union says that the Amity and Peace Treaty project between China and Japan is a threat for the in Far East
1982 : Birth of Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor http://yeinjee.com/asianpop/joe-cheng-profile-and-biography/ http://images.google.fr/images?q=Joe+Cheng&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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1988 : Death of Teru Shimada, Japanese actor, born on November 1905 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6080144
1998 : In Malaysia, at the opening of the annual meeting of UMNO, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, leader of the Young Wing condemns nepotism, corruption and chumminess
2003 : Speaking for the last time in front his party congress before his retirement, Malaysian PM Mahathir violently speaks against American and British accused of willing dominate the world
2007 : Vietnam president Nguyen Minh Triet starts a six-day visit to USA, first visit of a Vietnamese head of state to USA since the Communist victory in 1975
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ON 20 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 20, 2008
1756 : In Calcutta (India), after their fort have been taken by Siraj, the nawab of Bengal, 150 British soldiers are imprisoned in a cell. That became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/Blackh.html http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015484/Black-Hole-of-Calcutta
1869 : Death of Hijikata Toshizo, Japanese military leader, who resisted the Meiji Restoration, born on May 31, 1835. http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/316.html
1870 : In Tientsin (Tianjin), twenty French, ten Charity sister and a missionary are slaughtered
1900 : In China, the Boxers start to besiege the legation compound and killings of foreigners in Beijing (till August 14). Clements von Ketteler, the German envoy is killed http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1900s/p/boxerreb.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_von_Ketteler
1944 : The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive US naval victory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
1948 : Foundation of the Malayan People’s anti-British Army, (renamed Malayan Peoples Liberation Army in February 1949), led by communist leader Chin Peng http://www.myfareast.org/Malaysia/emergency.html http://anystreetcorner.blogspot.com/2005/03/chin-peng-my-dad-and-
me.html
1952 : Birth of Vikram Seth, Indian poet http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth89
1959 : In India, the 14th Dalai Lama repudiates the Seventeen-point agreement for the peaceful liberation of Tibet, signed in Beijing on May 23, 1951, because “thrust upon Tibetan government and people by the threat of arms” http://www.cfr.org/publication/16006/
1959 : Soviet Union lets China to know that it will not provide nuclear bomb technology, as promised in the 1957 Nuclear cooperation agreement
1962 : Vietnamese Buddhist sect Hoa Hao organizes huge demonstrations against Catholic president Ngo Dimh Diem http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,861595,00.html
1964 : In Tokyo, the conference on Malaysia between Malacagal, Sukarno et Abdul Rahman, ends with no result
1964 : US General William Westmorland takes command in South Vietnam http://www.vietnampix.com/popww.htm
1976 : The Americans give up their last two military bases in Thailand
1983 : Birth of Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/ying_cherrie.htm
1984 : Beginning of the third withdrawal of Vietnameses troops from Cambodia (10,000 troopers
1997 : Indonesia and Portugal announce that they resume talks on East-Timor future
2001 : In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf names himself president, replacing Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, as president, and after that dissolves the parliament http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P028 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/472997.stm
2001 : With the defection of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (11 MP) to the opposition side, Sri Lanka President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga loses the majory in the parliament.
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ON 21 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 21, 2008
1582 : Daimo Oda Nobugana, who almost unified Japan, his forced to suicide in hands of his General Akechi Mitsuhide, In what is known as the Incident at Honno-ji http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Honn%C5%8D-ji
1730 : Birth of Motoori Norinaga, the most famous scholar of the Edo period, who died on November 5, 1801 http://www.norinagakinenkan.com/norinaga/shiryo/about.html
1811 : Birth of Pagan Min, 9th king (1846-1853) of the Burmese Konboung dynasty, who died in March 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_Min
1859 : Birth of Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and the founder of the modern Thai education system as well as the modern provincial administration http://www.asiasource.org/society/damrongrajanubhab.cfm
1913 : Birth of Luis Taruk who led the communist People Anti-Japanese Army (Huk) during the WW2 and died in May 2005 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071341/Luis-Taruc
1942 : A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearly Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attack by the Japanese against the US mainland
1945 : US troops take Okinawa http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/
newsid_3564000/3564489.stm
1952 : Birth of Koichi Kashimo, Japanese anime director http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=372
1953 : Birth of Benazir Bhutto, twice Pakistani prime minister, assassinated on December 27, 2007 http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/bhu0bio-1
1957 : USA announces the withdrawal of its occupation forces from Japan
1965 : Birth of Yang Liwei, first Chinese send in space http://www.astronautix.com/astros/yanliwei.htm
1970 : Death of Sukarno, first president of Indonesia http://www.asiasource.org/society/sukarno.cfm
1989 : Jiang Zemin is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, succeeding Zhao Ziyang who is put under house of arrest
1996 : Suryadi, closed to Suharto, is elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Indonesia, one of the only three authorized parties, succeeding Megawati Sukarnoputri who says that the congress is illegal.
1997 : Death of Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, born in November 1931 http://www.netbros.com/ShintaroKatsu
1997 : Death of Toshio Okumura, actor, singer, producer and director, born on November 1931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Katsu
2003 : Beginning of a six-day visit of Indian Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee in China. The first at this level since ten years
2005 : Death of Filipino cardinal Sin, who, as leader of the Philippine Catholic church, played an important role in the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, and of Joseph Estrada in 2001. Born on August 31, 1928 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4113474.stm
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ON 22 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 22, 2008
1636 : By an edit, shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu forbids the Japanese to leave the country and to build ships, closing the country to foreign influence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_Country_Edict_of_1635
1793 : Birth of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12st shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1837-1853) who died In July 1853 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyoshi
1932 : Birth of Amrish Puri, Indian actor, who died on January 12, 2005 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700869/
1948 : British king George VI renounces the title of Imperor of India
1955 : Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam starts a visit to Beijing and Moscow
1956 : Birth of Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician and current Foreign minister http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2008/pakistan-
080331-irna02.htm
1962 : Birth of Stephen Chow Sing Chi, Hong Kong actor, director and film producer http://men.stareastasia.com/stephen-chow/
1962 : Using for the 100th time its power of veto, Soviet Union blocks a resolution of the United Nations Security Council asking India and Pakistan to open talks on Kashmir
1962 : The Philippines officially claims its sovereignty on North Borneo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo
1974 : Birth of Joseph Vijay, Indian actor http://annashvin.blogspot.com/2008/06/biography-of-vijay-joseph.html
1978 : Ratification by Japan, of the January 30, 1974 treaty with South Korea on the delimitation of the continental shelf between the two countries
1979 : At their Vienne summit, the countries of the G7 ask for the total withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan
1982 : At Kuala Lumpur, the political forces opposed to the regime intalled in Phom Penh by the Vietnamese agree to form a Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, led by Sihanouk http://countrystudies.us/cambodia/72.htm
1985 : Birth of Rosa Kato, Italian Japanese model and actress http://www.rosa-kato.org/ http://www.ken-on.co.jp/rosa/top.html
1995 : Sam Rainsy, leader of opposition in Cambodia is expelled from parliament http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2005 : Vietnamese Prime minister Phan Van Khai meets US president George W Bush. He is the first Vietnamese leader to go to USA since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975
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ON 23 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 23, 2008
1180 : In Japan, first Battle of Uji, starting the Gempei War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uji_%281180%29
1534 : Birth of Nobunaga Oda, Japanese daimyo, forced to suicide on June 21, 1582 http://www.samurai-archives.com/nobunaga.html
1615 : Death of Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord, born in 1545 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/mashita-nagamori/
1757 : In India, the British, under the command of Robert Clive, win the Battle of Plassey, defeating the Nawab of Bengal http://murshidabad.nic.in/plassey.htm
1884 : An Chinese army defeats the French at Bacle, Indochina
1898 : Emilio Aguinaldo is proclaimed president of the first Philippine Republic (not recognized by the international community)
1924 : Birth of Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lanka president (1989-1993) assassinated on May 1, 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa
1951 : Soviet United Nations delegate Jacob Malik proposes cease-fire in Korean War
1954 : Outside the official negotiating sessions, in the Conference of Geneva, French premier Pierre Mendès France meets Chine Foreign minister Zhou Enlai
1960 : Birth of Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and porgrammer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuya_Uemura
1962 : In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma is Prime Minister for the fourth time, up to December 1975
1966 : Birth of Richie Ren, Taiwanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ren http://www.geocities.com/richie_renxianqi/
1969 : In Vietnam War, North Vietnamese encircle Ben Het http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1926
1970 : Extention of the nippo-American 1960 security treaty
1973 : South Korean president Park Chung-hee proclaims a new foreign policy of peace and reunification with North Korea
1980 : Death of Varahagiri Ventaka Giri, fourth president of India (1969-1974), born on August 10, 1894 http://pastpresidentsofindia.indiapress.org/giri.html
1980 : Large Vietnamese raid in Thai territory, causing the tougher stance of Asean on Vietnam
1985 : Air India jet crashes killing 329 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/23/
newsid_2518000/2518857.stm
1996 : Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh prime minister, till July 2001 http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/hasina.html
2002 : In Malaysia, death of Fadzil Noor, chairman of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Pas) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9D07E7D91F3FF936A15755C0A9649C8B63
2002 : In Indian Kashmir, Omar Abdullah succeeds his father Farooq Abdullah as chairman of the National coalition ruling the region
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Re:On this day In Asian history by Jacques de Goldfiem 6 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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ON 24 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 24, 2008
1398 : Death of Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang), first emperor (1368-1398) of the Chinese Ming dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor
1662 : Dutch attempt to capture Macau is repulsed
1908 : Birth of Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer, who died on October 9, 1987 http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil13.html
1910 : In Korea, Japanese gendarmerie replace Korean police
1932 : A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_1932 http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ugsoc/his/Journal/En%20En%20Thailand%
20Essay.pdf
1945 : End of the last Japanese resistance in Okinawa
1949 : In Indonesia, Dutch troops leave Jogjakarta
1955 : Birth of Swami Chidvilasananda, current guru of Siddha Yoga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidvilasananda
1965 : Saigon breaks its diplomatic relations with France after it has recognized North Vietnam
1973 : Birth of Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Jin_Hee http://www.sidushq.com/star/jjhee
1974 : In India, after the Hight Court of Allahabad declared her election invalid, the Supreme Court authorizes Indira Gandhi, to keep her premiership but withdraws her vote right in the parliament
1983 : Birth of John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Cruz http://www.celebrityheaven.info/182/John%20Lloyd%20Cruz.html
1985 : Birth of Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukina_Shirakawa http://www.karuku.com/photo/yukina-shirakawa/
1998 : In Malaysia, Daim Zainuddin, closed to Mahathir, is appointed « special » minister, in charge of some economic topics, so encroaching his the domain of Anwar Ibrahim who is at odd with Mahathir.
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