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ON 5 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 5, 2008
1017 : Death of Sanjo, 67th emperor of Japan (1011-1016), born on February 5, 976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sanj%C5%8D
1640 : Birth of Pu Songling, Chinese writer who died on February 25, 1715 http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/pusl.html
1862 : Treaty of Saigon. Annam Tu Duc cedes Saigon to France http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064771/Treaty-of-Saigon
1941 : Four thousands Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the bombing of Chongqing by the Japanese
1944 : Gandhi is freed from prison
1948 : Signature of a common declaration between France and Vietnam in the Bay of Along, in the presence of Emperor. France recognizes the independence of Vietnam which will have to realize its unity
1950 : Birth of Ken Nakamoto, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1066120/
1950 : General MacArthur asks the Japanese government to forbid any political activities of 24 Communist leaders
1950 : Birth of Abraham Sarmiento Jr, Filipino journalist and activist who died in prison on November 11, 1977 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sarmiento,_Jr.
1959 : The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in
1974 : In Phnom Penh, violence erupt after the Khmer Rouge kidnapping of the minister of Education who will be killed
1980 : Birth of Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani lawyer and writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Latif_Hamdani
1984 : The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple, the most sacred shrine of Sikhism in Operation Bluestar http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/attack841.html http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1970s/
Bluestar.html
1995 : Bose-Einstein Condensate is first created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/2242
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ON 6 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 6, 2008
1236 : Birth of Wen Tianxiang, Chinese premier who died on January 9, 1283 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/wen-tianxiang/
1393 : Death of Emperor Go-En’yu (1371-1382), born January 11, 1359 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-En'yu
1563 : Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, samurai commander, born in 1519 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikeda_Nagamasa
1583 : Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord, born in 1556 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Nakagawa_Kiyohide
1644 : The Qing dynasty Manchu forces capture Beijing
1901 : Birth of Sukarno, first president of Indonesia (1945-1967) who died on June 21, 1970 http://www.asiasource.org/society/sukarno.cfm
1916 : Death of Yuan Shikai, Chinese General and politician, born on September 16, 1859 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1924 : Birth of Jinyong, Chinese novelist http://www.hkfilms.150m.com/Chinese/jinyong.htm
1929 (1930) : Birth of Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician, who died on May 25, 2005 of heart attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Dutt http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004570/
1993 : Mongolia holds its first direct presidential election
1952 : In Vietnam, after Tran Van Huu resigned, Nguyen Van Tam forms a new cabinet till December 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tran_Van_Huu http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9C0CE3D9173FF93BA15752C1A966958260
1952 : Birth of Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihiro_Takahashi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6e7sLeeeM
1967 : Soviet Union recognizes the borders and the neutrality of Cambodia
1975 : Birth of Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_Chen http://www.flickr.com/groups/cheerchen/
1976 : Philippines and Soviet Union normalize their diplomatic relations
1984 : The last Sikh separatist militants at the shrine of Golden Temple of Amritsar surrender. Jamail Singh Bhindranwale, leader of Damdami Taksal, is killed http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1984/jun/07/fromthearchive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6920
2003 : Cambodia government and United Nations agree on the formation of an tribunal in charge to try the former Khmer Rouge leaders for crime against humanity
2003 : Following huge demonstrations against his appointment, Nepal’s premier Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand
2004 : Tamil is established as a classical language by the president of India, in a join sitting pf the two houses of the parliament
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ON 7 JUNE I ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 7, 2008
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1358 : Death of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Ashigaga shogunate (1338-1958), born in 1305 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Takauji
1893 : Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience in South Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Gandhi#Civil_rights_movement_in_South_Africa_.281893.E2.80.931914.29
1900 : In China, Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Beijing and Tianjin
1916 : General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the first time, till July 17, 1917 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048087/Li-Yuan-hung
1920 : Birth of Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar’s Premier (1977-1988) who died on 30 April 1995 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha
1942 : Japanese are defeated in the Battle of Midway http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/7/
newsid_3499000/3499378.stm
1942 : Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian islands off Alaska
1956 : Singapor government of Marshall resigns after the collapse of independence talks with great Britain
1971 : India seals its border with Bangladesh due to millions of refugees pouring over the border because the civil war in Pakistan
1973 : Birth of Song Yun-ah, South Korean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yun-ah http://www.songyunah.com/
1977 : Vietnam proposes to resume border talks with Kampuchea
1995 : Death of Hsuan Hua, influential Chan Buddhist monk, born on April 16, 1918 http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/VenHua/MasterHuaBio.htm http://www.drba.org/dharma/hsuanhuabio.asp
1999 : First free parliamentary election in Indonesia since 1955. Victory of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle of Megawati Sukarnoputri
2002 : In Sulu (Philippines), military operation against Abu Sayaf movement aiming to free two Americans hostages. One of them is killed and the other wounded
2005 : Lal Krishna Advani, criticized for having for having pay homage to during a trip to Pakistan, resigns as chairman of Indian Buddhist party BJP
2007 : Costa Rica, one of the most Taiwan’s allies, establishes diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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ON 8 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 8, 2008
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1384 : Death of Kanami, Noh actor, born in 1333 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanami
1505 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Hongzhi 1487-1505), born on July 30, 1470 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Emperor
1921 : Birth of Suharto, second president of Indonesia, who died on January 27, 2008 http://www.famousmuslims.com/Mohammed%20Suharto.htm
1928 : Chinese Nationalist forces, under the command of Chiang Kai-shek capture Beijing defeating the northern warlords
1938 : Birth of Martin Lee http://www.martinlee.org.hk/eng/about/about.html
1942 : Japanese imperial submarines shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Neawcastle
1946 : Sukarno calls for the people of Indonesia to mobilize against the Dutch in an anti-colonial campaign
1955 : Birth of Shusuke Kaneko, Japanese director http://www.shusuke-kaneko.com/eng/bio.html
1956 : In Singapore, Lim Yew Kock forms a new cabinet http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/independence/ref/lyh1.html
1966 : Birth of Yumi Morino, Japanese actress
1965 : The US forces in Vietnam get the green light to fight in ground operations http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1894
1967 : The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) recognizes the border and neutrality of Laos
1969 : President Nixon and Thieu meet at Midway. USA decides the immediat withdraw of 25,000 soldiers from Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1895
1972 : After the war for Bangladesh independence, Indira Gandhi and Ali Buttho meet at Simla (India) http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/15spec.htm http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071228/jsp/nation/story_8718400.jsp
1973 : Birth of Kim Min-jeong, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/person.php?person=Kim_Min-jeong
1983 : Birth of Mamoru Miyano, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10397
2003 : Eleven Pakistani police trainees are killed, and nine other injured by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in Quetta
2006 : Choummaly Sayasone is elected president of Laos
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ON 9 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1716 : Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander is executed http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/banda.html
1747 : Momozono is enthroned as the 116th emperor of Japan, succeeding Sakuramachi. Born on April 14, 1741 and died on 31 August 1762 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Momozono_of_Japan
1863 : Death of Dost Mohammad Khan, Ruler of Afghanistan since 1826 http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/dost.html
1885 : End of the Sino-French war. France evacuate Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores and the Chine withdraw their troops from Tonkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-French_War
1935 : By the Ho-Umezu agreement, the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupation of Northeast China http://www.babylon.com/definition/Ho-Umezu_Agreement/English
1945 : Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/113.html
1946 : Ananda Mahidob, king of Thailand (Rama VIII), 20 years old, id found dead of a bullet in his bedroom http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/flash/june/
siam46.htm
1950 : Diplomatic relations are established between China and Indonesia
1952 : Signature of a peace treaty between India and Japan
1953 : The South Korean assembly rejects the armistice conditions
1971 : Abdul Zahir succeeds Ahmed Etemadi as premier of Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Zahir_%28Afghan_Prime_Minister%29
1972 : In the Vietnam war, South Vietnamese soldiers reach the besieged city of An Loc http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1896
1975 : Establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines
1977 : Birth of Amisha Patel, Indian actress http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/amisha_patel/
1981 : Birth of Anoushka Shankar, famous sitarist and daughter of Ravi Shankar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushka_Shankar http://images.google.fr/images?q=Anoushka+Shankar&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&
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1892 : Death of Japanese painter Yoshitoshi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitoshi
1985 : Birth of Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Kapoor http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Sonam-Kapoor/summary-14551.html
1989 : Deng Xiaoping congratulate the military for to have restore order Tiannanmen Square. The same day, Wang Aiming, the man who all the word saw stopping a column of tanks in Beijing is killed while in custody
2006 : Thailande celebrate the 60th anniversary of the coming to the throne of King Bhumibol Adulyadej http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5062534.stm
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ON 10 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 10, 2008
1871 : As a reprisals for the massacre of the sailboat General Sherman’s sailors in 1866, The American capture forts in the Korean island of Kanghwa
1889 : Birth of Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, producer and filmmaker http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370564/bio http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Hayakawas/hayakawas.html
1927 : Birth of Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yang-kang
1956 : The People’s Daily publishes a lecture, delivered on May 26 by Lu Ting-yi (Lu Dingyi) director of the propaganda director, Launching the 100 Flowers Movement in China http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1956-china-flowers.html
1962 : Birth of Wong Ka-kui, Hong Kong musician, who died on June 30, 1993 http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember/WongKaKuiBio.html
1965 : In Vietnam War, beginning of the Battle of Dong Xoai http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1898
1969 : In South Vietnam, the National Liberation Front announces the formation of a Provisional Revolutionary government of South Vietnam http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-480740/Provisional-Revolutionary-
Government
1977 : Birth of Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/09/14/takako-matsu/
1994 : China breaks the moratorium on nuclear tests http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9F0CEFD91231F935A35753C1A965958260
1997 : Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of Son Sen and 13 members of his familly before feeing his northern stronghold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Sen
2005 : US and South Korean presidents Bush et Roh meet in Washington. They disagree on what to do with North Korea
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ON 11 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 11, 2008
631 : Emperor Taizong of Tang dynasty sends envoy to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and and silk and obtains that 800,000 enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang are freed http://www.babylon.com/definition/Xueyantuo/English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong's_campaign_against_Xueyantuo
758 : Ablasid Arabs and Uygur Turks arrive at Chang’an, the Tang dysnaty capital in order to offer tribute to the imperial court
1868 : Death of James Brooke, first White Rajah of Sarawak (in Borneo Island) since August 1841, born on 29 April 1803 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brooke
1898 : Chinese Emperor Guangxu launches a reforms period which will last 100 days http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/known/guangxu.htm http://www.chinapage.com/emperor/qing1211.html
1899 : Birth of Yasunari Kawabata, Nobel Prize in Literature 1968, who commited suicide in April 1972 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kawabata.htm
1922 : General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the second time, till June 1923 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/l/li.html
1947 : Birth of Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3514292.stm
1949 : Choekyi Gyaltsen enthroned 10th panchen lama http://www.kotan.org/tibet/10th_panchen_lama.html
1951 : Birth of Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese appropriation artist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasumasa_Morimura http://membres.lycos.fr/morimura/
1963 : Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc immolates himself on a Saigon street to protest the dictatorial regime of South Vietnamese Catholic president Ngo Dinh Diem. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1900 http://www.urbandharma.org/ibmc/ibmc1/duc.html
1965 : Birth of Joey Santiago, Filipino artist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Santiago http://www.flickr.com/photos/sooz/1857390/
1969 : Beijing announces that in the night of 10 to 11 a new border incident append with Soviet Union in Xinjiang
1970 : Death of Frank Laubach, Christian Evangelical missionnary in the Philippines, born September 2, 1884 http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2002/06/daily-06-11-2002.shtml
1970 : Beginning of the Battle for the control of Kompong Speu in Cambodia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1900
1971 : US President ends ban on China trade in effect since the Chinese Communist victory in 1949
1975 : Birth of Choi Ji-Woo, Korean actress http://women.stareastasia.com/choi-ji-woo/
1975 : In Hanoi, opening of talks between Vietnam and Cambodia
1981 : Ministerial reshuffle in Afghanistan. Babrak Karmal quits as premier minister, a position he had while chairman of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in favor of sultan Ali Keshtmand http://www.indopedia.org/Sultan_Ali_Keshtmand.html http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034361583/
1987 : Birth of Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel http://www.ujjwalaraut.net/index.php?view=7
1988 : Birth of Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model http://wiki.theppn.org/Aragaki_Yui http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3guf3_yui-aragakiheavenly-
days_music http://newsasia.ddl.over-blog.fr/album-1019110.html
1989 : China issue warrant for Tiananmen dissident and astrophysicist Fang Lizhi who had taken refuge in the US embassy in Beijing http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2695 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033698/Fang-Lizhi
1998 : Pakistan announces moratorium on nuclear testing and offers to talk with India over disputed Kashmir
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ON 12 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 12, 2008
1107, Birth of Emperor Gaozong (1127-1162) of Chinese Song dynasty, who died on November 9, 1187 http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1696 http://islaminchina.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/emperor-gaozong-of-tang-
dynasty-%E5%94%90%E9%AB%98%E5%AE%97/
1559 : Birth of Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai who died on November 30, 1719 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamamoto_Tsunetomo
1560 : Battle of Okehazama. Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto who is killed as while as Li Naomori http://www.city.toyoake.aichi.jp/english/okehaza.html http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/ODA.HTM http://www.samurai-archives.com/Yoshimoto.html http://upto11.net/generic_wiki.php?q=naomori_li
1898 : Philippine Declaration of independence by Emilio Aguinaldo (constitution of Malolos) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Declaration_of_Independence http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/declaration.html
1930 : Birth of Son Sen, Khmer Rouge leader, killed on Pol Pot order on June 10, 1997
http://www.dccam.org/Archives/Protographs/DK_Leaders/Son_Sen.htm
1932 : Birth of Padmini, Indian actress who died in 2006 http://www.bollywood501.com/classic_f/Padmini/index.html
1951 : In Burma, first legislative elections
1958 : Burma’s premier since 1948 U Nu is succeeded by Ba Swe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_Swe
1962 : In Laos, agreement between the three Princes leading factions to a coalition government
1965 : In Saigon, military coup. General Thieu acts as head of state, an General Ky as chief of the government
1970 : Birth of Lee Byung-hun, Korean actor http://men.stareastasia.com/lee-byung-hun/
1975 : Indian premier Indira Gandhi is found guilty of corruption and barred from holding office for six years http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/12/
newsid_2511000/2511691.stm
1978 : Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038552/Guo-Moruo?refresh=Y
1980 : Death of Masayoshi Ohira, 68th Japanese Prime Minister from December 1978 to June 1980 http://www.answers.com/topic/masayoshi-ohira
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ON 13 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1256 : Death of Tankei, Japanese sculptor, born in 1173 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankei
1645 : Death of Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordman http://www.samurai-archives.com/musashi.html
1931 : Death of Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician, born on January 1853 http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-
Biographies/Kitasato-Shibasaburo.html
1935 : Birth of Samak Sundaravej, current Thai Prime Minister since January 29, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212682.stm
1944 : Birth of Ban Ki-moon, the incumbent United Nations General Secretary http://www.un.org/sg/biography.shtml
1969 : Soviet Union refuses to resume border talks with China
1973 : US Kissinger and North Vietnamese Le Duc Tho sign a new peace agreement http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1905
1974 : Birth of Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro_Sakurai http://www.animenfo.com/animeseiyuu,250,azyegt,sakurai_takahir.html
1978 : Birth of Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406732/ http://www.flixster.com/actor/mikako-ichikawa
1999 : Death of Yoshiki Iwama, Japanese screenwriter, born on October 1929 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412534/
2000 : In Pyongyang, start of the first inter-Koreen summit since 1953, between Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-il (up to 15) http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/06/12/korea.summit.03/
2002 : François Cheng is the first China-born writer to join the prestigious French Académie Française http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Cheng
2002 : In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai is elected chairman of the Loya Jirga http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1782079.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2043606.stm
2002 : In Nepal, Defense minister says that security forces killed 500 Maoist rebels
2003 : Death of Malik Meraj Khalid, former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (November 1996-February 1997) http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/jul/31/
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ON 14 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 14, 2008
1161 : Death of Qinzong, 9th emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty, born on May 23, 1100 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024134/Qinzong
1276 : While taking exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invadres, the remnant of the Song dynasty court holds the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong of Song http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Duanzong_of_Song
1444 : Birth of Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician, who died in 1544 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Nilakantha.html
1838 : Birth of Yamagata Arimoto, Japanese PM november 1898 to October 1900
1888 : In Borneo Island, Sarawak becomes a British protectorate
1899, Birth of Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who died on 16 April 1972 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-
bio.html
1909 : Prince Hirobumi Ito resigns as governor of Korea http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ito-Hiro.html
1945 : Burma is liberated by Britain
1949 : With the help of France, Bao Dai, who have been ousted by the Viet Minh (Communists) proclaims himself again emperor of Vietnam http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNbo.htm
1963 : Letter in 25 points of Chinese communist party to Soviet Union communist party
1974 : Birth of Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Jin-young http://www.asianjoke.com/girls/jang_jin_young_picture.htm
1975 : Death of Pablo Antonio, a pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, born on January 25, 1902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Antonio
1982 : Birth of Lang Lang, Chinese pianist http://www.langlang.com/bio
2001 : China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organization http://www.cfr.org/publication/10883/
shanghai_cooperation_organization.html
2002 : In Pakistan, a car bomb explodes near the US consulate in Karachi, killing 12 people and wounding more than 50 others, all Pakistanis http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/14/karachi.blast/
2004 : The Workers Party of Bangladesh is split, as Khandaker Ali Abbas leaves to form a new party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Bangladesh_(Ali)
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