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16 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated 16 April 2008
1853 : The Great Indian Peninsular Railway opens its Bombay line to public traffic, the first passenger service in India http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html
1919 : Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of prayer and fasting in response to the British slaughter of Indian protestors in the Amritsar massacre http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/post/india/history/colonial/massacre.html
1942 : Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1960 : Birth of Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician, killed on 13 November 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahab_Akbar
1968 : In Burma, Bo Zeya, commander-in-chief of the communist guerilla faction called « white flag » is killed during an military operation
1971 : Birth of Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=260
1972 : Yasunari Kawabata, born on 14 June 1899, Nobel Prize in Literature 1968, commits suicide http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-
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1972 : Prompted by the Nguyen Hue offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
1974 : Birth in Beijing of Xu Jinglei Chinese actress, film director, singer and writer http://women.stareastasia.com/xu-jinglei/
1976 : Birth of Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795517/
1992 : Afghanistan president Najibullah is forced to resign http://www.afghanland.com/history/najib.html
2001 : In the Philippines, former president Joseph Estrada is officially charged for corruption but released on bail
2005 : Death of Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor, born on 16 March 1943 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Mu-saeng
2006 : In the Philippines, President decides to commute 1,200 death sentences to life in jail. In fact no death sentence has been executed since 2000
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ON 17 APRIL MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated April 17, 2008
1734 : Birth of Taksin, king of Siam (Thailand) from December 1768 to April 1782, who was executed on 7 April 1782 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksin
1877 : Birth of Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat who died on 14 November 1949 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9051418/Matsudaira-Tsuneo
1895 : Signature of the Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan, marking the end of the First Sino-Japanese war http://www.taiwandocuments.org/shimonoseki01.htm http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/eng/news/no10/enews10-essay2.html
1916 : Birth of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, three times Prime Minister of Sri Lanka http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556320/
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1948 : Elpidio Quirino président des Philippines jusqu’en décembre 1954 http://www.angelfire.com/on/philpres/quirino.html
1948 : Death of Admiral Kantaro Suzuki, Shortly Prime Minister in 1945 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/113.html
1950 : The Chinese communist forces land on Hainan island
1955 : Opening of the African-Asian Bandung Conference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian-African_Conference
1958 : The occupation of Padang by the Indonesian government forces put an end to the Sumatra rebellion which started on 5 February
1966 : Birth of Vikram, Indian actor http://www.chiyaanvikramonline.com/
1975 : Death of Sarvepalli Radakrishnan, Indian philisopher, 2nd president of India from May 1962 to May 1967, born on 5 September 1888 http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/radhakri.htm
1975 : Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia http://www.country-studies.com/cambodia/the-fall-of-phnom-penh.html
1976 : Birth of Hong Kong actress Hsu Chi (Shu Qi) http://www.shuqi.org/profile/biography.shtml http://www.seelai.com/photos/asian_women/hsu_chi.html
1979 : Birth of Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor http://www.stars-portraits.com/en/star/siddharth-narayan.html
1982 : Birth of Lee Jun-ki, South Korean actor and model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jun_Ki
1987 : In Sri Lanka, Tamil separatists attack three buses and two lorries carrying women and children, killing 127 of them
1988 : Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan from exile
1992 : Afghan president Najibullah, forced to resign the day before, takes refuge in the United Nations building in Kabul
2001 : By 23 votes against 17, China gets the nonexamination by the United Nations Human right Committee of a motion introduced by United States
2007 : In Thailand, hundreds of monks demonstrate, demanding that Buddhism to be recognized as national religion in the coming new constitution
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APRIL 18 IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated April 18, 2008
1849 : Death of Japanese painter Hokusai Katsushika, born on 31st October 1760 http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ukiyoe/raf_hokusai_intro.html http://www.artelino.com/articles/hokusai.asp
1877 : Birth of Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot and author who died in 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto
1925 : Founding of the Korean Communist Party
1942 : For the first time during World War II, an air squadron from the USS Hornet raids the mainland of Japan on Tokyo and other Japanese cities
1943 : Japanese Navy commander Isoroku Yamamoto is killed as his plane is shot down during the Salomon Islands campaign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Isoroku_Yamamoto
1956 : Birth of Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223563/ http://www.poonamdhillon.com/
1958 : Government troops re-conquer Padang in central Sumatra, hold by around 800 rebel troops led by Lieutenant-Colonel Hussein
1960 : In South Korea President Syngman Rhee proclaims Martial Law http://www.asiasource.org/society/syngmanrhee.cfm
1964 : Birth of Rithy Panh, Cambodian film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rithy_Panh http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659454/
1974 : Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore Dry Port
1976 : Birth of Fayray, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayray http://www.fayray.net/
1979 : Breaking off of negotiations between China and Vietnam which where opened on April 14
1993 : President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves the National Assembly and dismisses the Cabinet http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P022
2002 : Former King Zaher comes back to Afghanistan after 29 years in exile in Italy
2005 : During a two-day visit of the Pakistani president, Indian Premier Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf said that the peace between their two country is irreversible
2005 : In Malaysia, beginning of talks between Muslim separatists of MILF and Philippine government
2007 : In Japan, Iccho Itoh, mayor of Nagasaki is assassinated. Born 23 August 1945 http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2007/04/
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APRIL 19, ON THIS DAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 19, 2008
1578 : Death of Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samourai and warlord, born in February 1530 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074095/Uesugi-Kenshin
1927 : In China, Hankow communist declare war on Chiang Kai-shek
1928 : In China, Japan occupies Shandong
1937 : Birth of Joseph Estrada president of the Philippines from July 1998 to January 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1063976.stm
1947 : Congress Party accepts the partition of India
1948 : Chiang Kai-shek is reelected to a 6 year office as president of Nationalist China
1953 : Legislative elections in Japan. Yoshida loses absolute majority in the Diet
1960 : South Korea’s founding president Syngman Rhee is toppled in a nationwide pro-democracy student uprising protesting election fraud
1964 : In Laos, military coup. Souvanna phuma remains as Premier
1966 : Australian troops leave for Vietnam to help the United States, according to a mutual defense agreement signed in 1951
1971 : Vietnam Veterans Against the War, begin a five-day demonstration in Washington DC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Against_the_War
1972 : Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1974 : Death of Muhammad Ayub Khan, second president of Pakistan (October 1958-March 1969) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9011521/Mohammad-Ayub-Khan
1975 : India’s first satellite Aryabhata is launched with aid from the USSR http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/aryabhata.html
1977 : In South Korea, police carry out nationwide roundup od dissidents
1984 : Birth of Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lee_Da_Hae
1988 : Death of Kwon Ki-ok, the first Korean female aviator, as well as being the first female pilot in China, born in January 1901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwon_Ki-ok
1998 : Wang Dan, a leader of 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, is freed by the Chinese government http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/cnn25.wang.tan/index.html
1990 : Birth of Kim Chiu, Filipina actress http://www.kimchiu.org/biography.html
2001 : After a long time hesitation because Beijing pressures, the Japanese government gives a visa to former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui
2001 : Border Incident between India and Bangladesh. 16 Bangladeshi border guards and 2 soldiers are killed
2006 : Japan push ahead with a survey near disputed islands of Takeshima (Dokdo for South Korea) over South Korea’s strenuous objections, risking a showdown with Seoul and further damaging relations the tense neighbors
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20 APRIL IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 20, 2008
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1521 : Death of Chine emperor Zhengde (1505-1521), born on 26 October 1491 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9023817/Zhengde
1633 : Birth of Go-Komyo, 110th emperor of Japan, from 14 November 1643 to 30 October 1654, died on 30 October 1654 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-K%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D
1870 : Birth of Maulvi Abdul Haq, father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar, who died on 16 August 1961
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1895 : Birth of Ghulam Mohammad, Governor General of Pakistan, who died on 12 September 1956 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Muhammad
1948 : In China, People’s Liberation Army, retake Yan’an from Nationalist army
1949 : During an communist offensive in the Yanzijiang valley, British ships are hit
1950 : Birth of Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Babu_Naidu
1953 : UN and Korea begin prisoners exchange http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/
newsid_2850000/2850307.stm
1959 : Birth in Hong Kong of American producer James Wong http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939128/
1965 : People’s Republic of China offers military aid to North Vietnam
1967 : Us planes bomb North Vietnam port Haiphong for the first time during Vietnam War
1970 : US President Nixon announces that 150,000 soldiers will come back from Vietnam before the end of the year
1972 : In Burma, General San Yu is appointed commander in chief of Tatmadaw (Armed forces of Burma) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Yu
1986 : Death of Sifte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer, born on 31 July 1916
1991 : Death of Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mogolian politician
2002 : In Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian renounces to be a president over the parties and is reelected chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
2003 : In Thailand, by 323 votes vis 16, Banyat Bantadtan, 61 years, succeeds Chuan Leekpai as president of the Democratic Party, the only one opposition force in the parliament http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(Thailand)
2005 : Death of Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist, born on 22 November 1904
2007 : Death of Michael Fu Tieshan, head of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Church, born on 3 November 1931 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/04/20/
chinas_top_state_approved_catholic_bishop_dies/ http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9060
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21 APRIL, MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created 21 April 2008
1526 : Babur (Babar or Baber), the ruler of Kabul, leads Mughal forces against the sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, killing him in the Battle of Panipat http://sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13268446
1701 : Death of Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord, born on 28 September 1667 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Asano_Naganori
1879 : Birth of Raden Ajeng Kartini, Indonesian figure who died in September 1904 http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=kartini_indonesia_05_ul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartini
1938 : Death of Sir Muhammad Iqbal, a Muslim poet, philosopher and politician who introduced the theory of the Two-Nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Muhammad_Iqbal http://www.allamaiqbal.com/
1954 : Birth of Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebiet_G._Ade
1958 : Birth of Yoshito Usui http://lambiek.net/artists/u/usui_yoshito.htm
1959 : The 14th Dalai Lama arrives in Mussoorie, India, receiving political sanctuary there
1960 : The disagreements between Beijing and Moscow publicly disclosed by some texts published in the Red Flag under the title « Long life Leninism »
1972 : Lifting of the Martial Law in Pakistan
1975 : President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu resigns and flees to Taiwan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/
newsid_2935000/2935347.stm
1977 : Ziaur Rahman is sworn in as Bangladesh president
1987 : The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lanka capital of Colombo, killing 106 people http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/
newsid_2525000/2525415.stm
1989 : The day before the Hu Yaobang’s funeral, 100,000 students march on Tiananmen Square, gathering there before the square could be closed off for the funeral http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4942
1989 : Death od Princess Dukhye (Deokhye) of Korea, born on 25 May 1912 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deokhye%2C_Princess_of_Korea
1997 : Death of Diosdado Pangan Macapagal, 9th president of the Philippines (1961-1965) born on 28 September 1910 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/macapagal3.html
1999 : Agreement between the factions for an end of the violence in East Timor
2003 : In Indonesia, seven soldiers, including four officers, are condemned to jail for the murder , in november 2001, of Theys Eluay, chairman of the West Papua’s Papua Presidium Council http://www.insideindonesia.org/edit70/Theys2.htm
2006 : Death of T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian communist politician, born in 1922 http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/22/stories/2006042215910400.htm
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22 APRIL, MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created April 22, 2008
1930 : The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty, regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty
1944 : US forces invade Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious landings near Hollandia
1948 : In Kobe, Japon, Korean mobs riot in protest against Japanese treatment of Koreans during World War II, and the ambiguous status of Korean residents in Japan
1949 : In China, Nanjing is taken by the communist forces
1951 : Sino-Korean counter-offensive. United Nations forces withdraw south of the 38th parallel
1955 : Birth of Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864775/ http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/to_johnnie.htm
1970 : Birth of Regine Velasquez, Filipina singer and actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regine_Velasquez http://www.reginemultimedia.com/
1972 : Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts antiwar protest in several US larges cities
1987 : Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil causing 100s killed
2001 : In Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party replacing Le Kha Phieu http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/story.php?d=20010422215101
2006 : 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal, after Nepali security forces opened fire on protestors against king Gyanendra
2007 : South Korea accepts to send 400,000 tons of rice to North Korea, dispite the fact that the later din’t respected the deadline for the closing of its largest nuclear installations
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ON 23 APRIL MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 23, 2008
1794 : Birth of Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar, who died on 26 August 1854 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9076433/Wei-Yuan
1857 : The participants in the Sepoy Rebellion are convicted of mutiny, sentenced to prison terms, publicly fettered and stripped of their military insignia http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Mutiny.html
1953 : In South Vietnam, the United Front of Hoa-Hao and Binh-Xuyen refuse to submit to Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem causing fightings in Saigon Cholon
1957 : Birth of Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer http://www.kenjikawai.com/index_e.html
1968 : Students protestors at Columbia University in New York take over administration buildings and shut down the university http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_protests_of_1968
1970 : Birth of Sadao Abe, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008369/
1979 : Birth of Yana Gupta, Indian actress and model http://www.apunkachoice.com/people/act535/ http://www.santabanta.com/Wallpapers/gallery.asp?catname=Yana%20Gupta
1982 : Important offensive of the Afghan resistence in Khost (Paktia province) up to April 28
1985 : Birth of Angel Locsin, Filipina TV and movie actress http://www.angellocsin.org/info.html
1992 : Than Shwe president of the State Peace and Development Council, replacing Saw Maung http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=1051
1992 : Death of Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker, born on 2 May 1921 http://satyajitray.ucsc.edu/biography.html
1993 : Lalith Athulathmudoli, Sri Lankan minister, and leader of the Democratic United Liberation Front, is murdured . http://www.sangam.org/FB_PROPAGANDA/Lalith.htm
2001 : President Bush’s administration announces the greatest sail of weapons to Taiwan, including 8 submarines, 4 Kidd destroyers and 12 antisubmarine Orion class planes.
2003 : In Beijing, first talks between USA and North Korea since the second nuclear crisis
In Indonesia, opening of Abu Bakar Baashir trial for treason. He is accudef to be the leader of Al Qaida-linked Jamaah Islamiyah responsible for Bali attack which caused 202 victims.
Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus
2004 : By 110 votes against 109, the coalition of president Kumaratunga loses the fonction of speaker of the National Assembly for W.J.M. Lokubandara of principal opposition party, UNP
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24 APRIL MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 24, 2008
1185 : Battle of Danoura. Yoshitsune Minamoto fleet beats imperial fleet. Emperor Antoku Taira drowns http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007901/Antoku
1311 : General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India http://www.boloji.com/history/006.htm
1941 : Death of the king of Cambodia Sisowath Monivong http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/cambodia/i120.html
1945 : End of the 8th congress of the Communist Party of China which asks again for a new coalition government
1954 : London and Washington repulse for the second time a French request for an US air raid to help Dien-Bien-Phu French garrison in Vietnam
1955 : End of the Bandung Conference. 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa condemn colonialism, racism and the Cold War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2647
1965 : Incident between India and Pakistan in Kutch region
1965 : Indonesian President Suharto orders all foreign-owned enterprises (mostly rubber and palm oil plantations) to be seized by the government
1967 : The Chinese chargé d’Affaires and the Chinese consul in Jakarta are declared « personae non grata »
1969 : In China, end of the 9th congress of the CCP, Lin Biao is named as successor of Mao Zedong http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDbiao.htm
1970 : The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_I http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/4757
1971 : Death of T.V. Soong, Chinese banker, brother in law of Chiang Kai-shek, born on 4 December 1894 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068719/TV-Soong
1978 : Birth of Kim Hyung-ju, Korean actress http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Hyun_Ju http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t653.html
1993 : The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act comes into force, establishing Panchayati Raj system in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchayat
2001 : In Japan, by 298 votes against 155 for Ryutaro Ashimoto, reformist Junichiro Koizumi is elected chairman of DLP Party
2003 : In Indonesia, the government cancels talks with Aceh rebels saying they do not respect the 4 December 2003
2003 : Beginning of joint military operation USA-Philippines against separatist guerillas
2005 : Death of Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist, born on 2 November 1910 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/may/05/
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ON 25 APRIL MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on April 25, 2008
1398 : Birth of Emperor Xuande who died in 1435 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuande_Emperor
1605 : Death of Naresuan (also called Naret or Sanphet II), king of Siam (1590-1605) http://www.tonyjaa.org/sword_king.shtml
1644 : Chongzhen, 16th and last emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty (1611-1644), commits suicide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen_Emperor_of_China
1740 : Death of Baji Rao I, General and Peswa (Prime Minister) of Indian Marathaa kingdom, born on 18 August 1699 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baji_Rao_I
1809 : Signature of the treaty of Amritsar, which stelles Indo-Sikh relations for a generation, is concluded between Charles T. Metclafe, representation the British East India Company, and Ranjit Singh, head ot the Sikh kingdom of Punjab http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007274/Treaty-of-Amritsar http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062680/Ranjit-Singh?
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1898 : Russia and Japan sign an agreement supposed to pur an end to their competition for the control of Korea (non respected)
1922 : Birth of Chatichai Choonhaven, Thai Prime Minister (1988-1991), who died on 6 May 1998 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9123830/Chatichai-Choonhavan
1941 : In Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk is enthroned
1947 : In Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, calls for talks with France
1948 : Birth of Yu Shyi-kun, former Premier of Taiwan (2002-2005) http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2002/bio_yu.htm
1960 : Death in exile at Zurich of Amanullah Khan, king of Aghanistan (1919-1929) http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/amanullahkhan.htm
1972 : In the Nguyen Hue offensive, the North-Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South-Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontun
1975 : As North-Vietnamese forces close in on South Vietnam capital Saigon, the Australian embassy is closed and evacuated
1977 : Visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong to France, up to 28 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9343889/Pham-Van-Dong
1987 : Birth, at Wuhan, of Chine actress Liu Yifei (Crystel Liu) http://women.stareastasia.com/crystal-liu/
1988 : Zhu Rongji become mayor of Shanghai, replacing Jiang Zemin http://english.people.com.cn/leaders/Zhurongji.htm
1989 : Birth of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima who will be recognized as the 11th pachen lama by the Dalai Lama but refused by Beijing http://www.savetibet.org/campaigns/pl/index.php
1992 : Death of Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, born on 29 November 1965 http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-96/artist_name-yutaka_ozaki/
2001 : Former Philippine former President Joseph Estrada is arrested http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1063976.stm
2005 : Death Swami Ranganathananda (born Shankaran Kutty), hindu monk who took part in politics in India, born on 15 December 1908 http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Swami_Ranganathananda http://www.geocities.com/kpmiyapuram/rkp.htm
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