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ON 9 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 9, 2008

1446 : The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea. Before the Korean were writing in Chinese http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/1876/hangul.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul_Day

1597 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate http://samurai-archives.com/yoshiaki.html

1793 : Death of Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary in China from 1750 to his death, born on February 8, 1718 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Joseph_arie_Amiot

1799 : Death of Mgr Pigneau de Behaine (Qui Nhon), French Catholic priest best known for his role in assisting Nguyen Anh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam after the Tay Son rebellion, born on November 2, 1741. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigneau_de_Behaine http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/13.htm

1835 : A Royal College is established in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the name Hillstreet Academy http://www.royalcollege.lk/

1911 : An acccidental bomb explosion in Hankou (today Wuhan),in China, leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire

1942 - The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau

1945 : Kijuro Shidehara becomes the 44th Japanese Prime Minister up to May 1946 (see picture below) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Kijuro-Shidehara

1947 : Japanese communists collaborate with the American to make more democratic the empire political system

1956 : Birth of Lu Hsiao-fen, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523716/ http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-19/67780.html

1963 : La Chine rejette les propositions indiennes d’arbitrage international du conflit frontalier sino-indien

1966 : Hanoi and the National Liberation Front (South Vietnam communists) turn down a British peace plan proposed by George Brown to the Labor party and the United Nations

1970 : The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia by General Lon Nol http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1410

1970 : Birth of Park Sang-min, South Korean actor http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=889 http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Sang-min.php

1972 : Adoption of the fourth Japanese defense plan by the Tanaka cabinet

1979 : Foundation of the Cambodian people Liberation National Front, including royalists and Khmer Rouge against the pro-Vietnam government

1983 : Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and 17 others were injured. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing

1987 : Death of Guru Gopinath, Indian classic dancer http://narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil13.html

1991 : For the first time in history, a sumo wrestling tournament is organized outside Japan http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9/ newsid_2536000/2536783.stm

1999 : Death of Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (b. 1914) http://www.yespakistan.com/heroofthepoor.asp

2004 : First free Presidential elections in Afghanistan after the Taliban, won by Hamid Karzai with 55,5 % of the votes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_presidential_election,_2004

2006 : North Korea announced that it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test, drawing condemnation from around the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6032525.stm http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/nuke-test.htm
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. Picture : Kijuro Shidehara

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ON 10 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 10, 2008

1895 : Birth of Sridhara Maharaja, a revered Indian guru http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/srila_sridhara_mj/affection/ oag_contents.html

1895 : Birth of Lin Yutang, Chinese, writer (My Country & My People) and inventor http://www.umass.edu/wsp/sinology/persons/lin.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang

1906 : Birth of R. K. Narayan, one of the most famous Indian modern writer http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/india/narayan.html http://www.rigzin.freeservers.com/rknarayan.htm#rk%20narayan

1911 : The Wuchang Uprising, first armed revolt, will lead to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China at the end of the year, and the founding of the Republic of China on January 1st 1912. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Wuchang-Uprising

1913 : Death of Katsura Taro, three times Japan prime minister between 1901 and 1913 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/52.html

1928 : In China, the KMT nationalist government is established in Nanjing

1930 : Birth of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet http://pakistaniat.com/2006/12/09/mustafa-zaidi-poet/

1938 : Birth of Daido Moriyama, Japanese photographer http://the-artists.org/artist/Daido_Moriyama.html

1943 - Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as the president of China

1945 : In North Korea, foundation of the Workers’ Party (Communist party) by Kim-il-sung http://countrystudies.us/north-korea/57.htm http://www.koreascope.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=E100_0020&sca=Political+System&wr_id=74

1946 : Birth of Naoto Kan, co-founder and ex-president of the Japanese Democratic Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Kan

1954 : Birth of Rekha, Bollywood actress http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/rekha/10951 http://www.bollygals.com/rekha/

1957 :Birth of Rumiko Takahashi http://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/bio.html

1963 : Birth of Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer who died in December 2003 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611315/

1964 - The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1964_Summer_Olympics

1965 : Birth of Toshi, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshi_(musician)

1965 : In the first major operation since arriving the previous month, the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) joins with South Vietnamese Marines to strike at 2,000 North Vietnamese troops 25 miles from An Khe in the Central Highlands. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1411

1969 : U.S. Navy transfers vessels to South Vietnamese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1412

1970 : Birth of Bai Ling, Chinese American actress (see picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Ling http://www.officialbailing.com/ http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_250/279_bai_ling.html

1972 : Birth of Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Lana_Jr http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484073/

1977 : In Beijing, opening of negotiations with Vietnam on the border question

1979 : Birth of Wu Chun, Brunei born Taiwanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Chun http://bestuff.com/stuff/wu-chun

1979 : Birth of Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangta http://chilhyun.kangta.org/

1980 : Death of Zhao Dan, Chinese actor and director born on June 27, 1915 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Dan http://www.dianying.com/en/person/ZhaoDan http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/zhou-xuan/

1984 : Birth of Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaki_Kuriyama http://chiakiusa.tripod.com/ http://www.chiakikuriyamashrine.com/

1984 : Birth of Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Cheng http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=74182

1995 : The National League for Democracy defies the junta and reappoints Aun San Suu Kyi as its General Secretary http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx? refid=761579478

2000 : Death of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, three times Sri Lankan Prime Minister between 1960 and 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/ newsid_2784000/2784527.stm

2001 : In Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia becomes PM for the 3d time up to 29 October 2006 http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/khaleda.html

2002 : First free election in Pakistan since the military October 19, 1999 coup :
Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid-e-Azam : 77 seats (pro-Musharraf)
Pakistan People’s Party : 63 (Pro-Bhutto)
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal : 45 (Fundamentalits)
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz : 14 (pro-Sharif)
Others : 68

Celebrations :

National day of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Picture : Ling Bai

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ON 11 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 11, 2008

1335 ; Birth of Yi Seong-Gye, founder of the Korean Joseon (Yi) dynasty, who died on May 24, 1408 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Joseon

1926 : Birth of Thich Nath Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk http://www.seaox.com/thich.html

1939 : Birth of General Khin Nyunt, Myanmar’s PM 2003-2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khin_Nyunt

1942 : Birth of Amithab Bachchan, Indian actor http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/amitabh-bachchan/biography/10584

1946 : During the Chinese civil war, the Nationalist troops are blocked in Manchuria by communist forces

1954 : One day after the return of Ho Chi Minh, the Vietminh takes control of North Vietnam

1955 : The sixth plenum of the Chinese communist Party’s 11th Central ends its meeting opened on October 4 to study agricultural problems. It adopts a resolution for the acceleration of the collectivization

1960 : Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)

1962 : Jawaharlal Nehru orders to free the North-East territories invaded by China

1967 : Afghan Prime minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigns for health reasion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hashim_Maiwandwal

1970 : South Korean warships sink North Korean speedboat

1971 : Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam

1972 : The building of the French legation in Hanoi is destroyed by a U.S. bombing. General delegate Susini is fatally wounded http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=nlp&search=general%20delegate%20susini&img=\\na0028\ 6785456\45960852_clean.html

1972 : End of negotiations which started on October 8 between US Kissinger and Vietnamese Le Duc Tho. Their agreement will be rejected by Hanoi

1973 : Birth of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Japanese actor, born in Taiwan. http://men.stareastasia.com/takeshi-kaneshiro/

1979 : Birth of Bae Doona, Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_Doona http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2463

1989 : Birth of Henry Lau, member of Korean Boy Band Super Junior M http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lau http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t445644.html

1996 : Mgr Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, bishop of Dili, and José Ramos-Horta win Peace Nobel prize for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor (see picture below) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1996/press.html

2002 : Nepal king Gyanendra names Lokendra Bahadur Chand, leader of the royalist party, 63 ans, as Prime Minister of a nine-member cabinet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2002/october/arc500.htm
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. Picture : Ramos and Belo receive Peace Nobel Prize

ON 12 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 12, 2008

1008 : Birth of the 68th Japanese Emperor Go-Ichijo (1016-1036), died on 15 May 1036 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Ichijo

1590 : Death of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter http://www.japan-101.com/art/kano_eitoku_japanese_painter.htm http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_accession=& coll_name=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_credit=& coll_provenance=&coll_has_images=1&coll_keywords=&coll_sort=0& coll_sort_order=0&submit=Search&coll_classification=Paintings& coll_artist=Eitoku

1632 : Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samourai commander http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Kutsuki-Mototsuna http://www.experiencefestival.com/kutsuki_mototsuna

1891 : Birth of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, 34th Japanese prime minister (1937-1935) who died on December 16, 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe

1902 : Birth of Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing and chairman of the National People Congress, who died on April 26, 1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Zhen http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/peng-zhen/index.htm

1904 : Birth of Ding Ling, famous modern Chinese writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Ling http://www.powells.com/review/2005_07_10.html

1930 : Birth of Subrata Mitra, Indian cinematographer, a master of black-and-white film photography, who died on December 8, 2001 http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/mitra.htm

1942 : During World War II, Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance (see October 11) with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack. http://www.powerset.com/explore/go/Aritomo-Got%C5%8D

1946 : Death of General Joseph W. Stilwell, the man who commanded the U.S. and Chinese Nationalist resistance to Japanese incursions into China and Burma http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6615

1948 : Soviet Union recognizes North Korea

1950 : Birth of Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kaga http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.477.htm

1953 : Signature of Sino-Soviet agreement in Beijing. Soviet Union withdraws from Port-Arthur (Lüshun)

1953 : John Lionel Kotalawela becomes Sri Lanka Prime Minister after the resignation of Dudley Senayake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lionel_Kotalawela

1960 : Riots in Tokyo after the assassination of the socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19840 http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/assassination-of-japan-socialist- inejiro-asanuma-1960.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KROpdUkrM

1962 : India decides to expell the Chinese troops from North East Frontier Area (NEFA)

1962 : In Beijing, biginning of border talks with Pakistan

1967 : US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the US Congress for peace initiatives were falled because of North Vietnam’s opposition http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do? action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=10/12&categoryId=vietnamwar

1970 : Canada establishes diplomatic relations with China

1970 : US president Richard Nixon announces that the US will withdraw 40,000 more troops from Vietnam before Chrismas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1417

1970 : China tests a H nuclear bomb

1972 - During the Vietnam War, a racial brawl broke out aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. Nearly 50 sailors were injured. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1415

1976 : The PRC announce that Hua Guofeng is the successor of the Late Mao Zedong as Chairman of the CPC.

1981 : Birth of Sneha, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneha http://www.sneha-online.com/

1983 : Japan’s former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bride from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail http://www.rcrinc.com/tanaka/ch4-3.html

1986 : Queen Elisabeth II is the first British monarch to visit China

1988 : Israel and China sign trade deal and plan diplomatic relations

1999 - In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup that toppled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Supreme Court ruled that the coup was legal but insisted that a civilian government be restored within three years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6960670.stm http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/post_12oct99/ musharraf_address_13oct1999.html

2000 : Sino-French Gao Xinjian is awarded Litterature Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2000/gao- bio.html http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/documents/2000Nobel.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/968739.stm

2000 : Ex-Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao is sentenced to three years in prison for corruption http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/968505.stm

2002 : In Taiwan, end of the fiction of a central government supposed to govern all china and a provincial government of Taiwan

2002 : A bomb destroys a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. Islamic militants linked to al-Qaida were blamed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/12/ newsid_2543000/2543731.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5430

2005 : The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 is launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_6

2007 : Death of Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, born in 1934 http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Kisho_Kurokawa.html

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ON 13 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 13, 2008

1282 : Death of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon (see the picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren

1929 : During the tribal warfare of 1929, after the collapse of central authority under Amanullah, Nadir Khan united a variety of tribal factions to reclaim Kabul and subsequently name himself king, or Nadir Shah. http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/nadir.html

1941 : Birth of Tadao Ando, Japanese architect http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/ando.html http://www.pritzkerprize.com/andorel.htm

1946 : In the British Indian the Muslim League agree to take part to the cabinet

1950 : Japan cancels the an early plan to purge 10,000 persons in the frame of the post-war purges

1952 : Beginning of Operation Showdown of Korean War by U.S. and Republic of Korea forces hoping to force an agreement on the POW repatriation issue http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LIY/is_1_90/ai_91914493

1964 : In South Vietnam, attempted Coup d’état against Prime Minister, General Nguyen Khan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1356 http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/khanhbuddhists.htm

1964 : Birth of Nie Haisheng, Chinese astronaut http://english.cri.cn/811/2005/10/11/ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it http://www.astronautix.com/astros/niesheng.htm

1966 : 173 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam

1968 : In China, president Liu Shaoqi is dismissed of all his positions http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAliu.htm

1970 : People’s Republic of China establishes diplomatic relations with Canada

1973 : Birth of Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/11/25/matsushima-nanako-profile-and- biography/ http://www.geocities.com/nmonline3/index3.htm

1974 : Birth of Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawick_Lau http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1934

1984 : Birth of Misono, Japanese singer (formerly Day After Tomorrow) http://wiki.theppn.org/misono

1987 : Death of Kishore Kuma, Indian singer, born on August 4, 1929 http://www.yoodleeyoo.com/

1990 : Death of Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, born on11 October 1911 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNtho.htm

2000 : South Korea president Kim Dae-jung is rewarded by the Nobel Peace Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2000/press.html

2006 : Muhammad Yunus is awarded Peace Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/press.html

2006 : Failed attempt of impeachment against Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian. The motion did not obtain the 2/3 of the votes of the members of parliament
2006 : Ban Ki-moon , South Korea’s Foreign Minister is unanimously elected as the next United Nations general secretary http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20255&Cr=ki-moon&Cr1 http://www.un.org/sg/biography.shtml

2006 : Death of Wang Guangmei, widow of president Liu Shaoqi (see picture)http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/obituaries/17wang.html? ex=1318737600&en=58691245f80dce18&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wang-guangmei- 420638.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/oct/20/guardianobituaries.china
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Picture : Wang Guangmei

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ON 14 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 14, 2008

1256 : Death of Kujo Yoritsugu, 5th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (1244-1252), born on December 17, 1239 http://www.indopedia.org/Kujo_Yoritsugu.html

1493 : Birth of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord, who died on December 31, 1568 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/shimazu-tadayoshi/

1610 : Death of Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1540 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amago_Yoshihisa

1643 : Birth of Bahadur Shah I, Mughal emperor who rules briefly India and died in 1712 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P065

1854 : Signature at Nagasaki of the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty

1867 : The 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, resigns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/SHOGUN.HTM

1882 : Foundation of the University of Punjab, today in Pakistan

1900 : Birth of Kyoko Chigusa, Japanese actor http://www.citwf.com/person127273.htm

1911 : Birth of Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese Foreign minister and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Duc_Tho


1942 : Birth of Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer and civil servant who died in February 1986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelio_Javier

1943 : Japan declares Philippines independence. José Laurel is president up to August 14, 1945 http://www.angelfire.com/on/philpres/laurel.html

1947 : In Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Don Stephen Senanayake is elected Prime Minister up to 1952 http://www.reverendsunmyungmoon.org/life_biography.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Senanaya.html

1949 : Chinese Red Army occupies Guangzhou (Canton)

1950 : Rev Sun Myung Moon is liberated from Hung Nam prison http://www.reverendsunmyungmoon.org/life_biography.html http://members.tripod.com/~jho2/Chap07.htm


1955 : West Pakistan province is founded

1958 : Birth of Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Ikeya_(director) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216767/

1963 : Birth of Kim Jae-beom, South Korea singer http://www.koreanmovie.com/Kim_Jae_beom_ka1650/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Jae-beom.php

1967 : Because her involvement in protests against the Vietnam War, folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.

1968 :27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio in San Francisco for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War.

1968 :The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1421

1973 : Thailand's University Students protest for a democratic government. 77 are killed and 857 injured. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/14/ newsid_2534000/2534347.stm

1980 : Birth of Oh Yun-ah, Korean actress http://www.asiandb.com/browse/people_detail.pfm?code=1781

1984 : From all parts of Bangladesh, 2 million people converge to Dacca demanding the end of the two and half year Martial Law

1991 : The Norwegian Nobel Committee decides to award the Nobel Price to Aung San Suu Kyi for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights (see picture below) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/press.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html

2001 : Giving in to political parties and Muslim associations, Indonesia president Megawati Sukarnoputri condemns US strikes on Afghanistan.

2004 : In Cambodia, Prince Sihamoni is unanimously selected by the throne Council as the next king (coronation on October 29) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3740282.stm

2004 : Death of Yoneo Iguchi, Japanese actor. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407277/

2006 : United Nations Security Council, unanimously votes an embargo on arms sales and luxury goods against North Korea http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8853.doc.htm

2007 : In Cambodia, Prince Ranariddh, former leader of the royalist party, is sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9F06E3D81131F937A25750C0A9619C8B63
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Picture : Aung San Suu Kyi

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ON 15 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 15, 2008

1754 : Joseph François Dupleix, Governor general of the establishments in India, returns to France http://pageperso.aol.fr/book0001/dupen13.htm

1904 - The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur (Lushun) in China during the Russo-Japanese War. http://russojapanesewar.com/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War

1914 : Birth of Mohammed Zahir Shah, king of Afghanistan (1933-1973) who died on July 23, 2007 http://www.afghan-network.net/Rulers/zahir_shah.html

1916 : Birth of Admiral Liu Huaqing, father of the modernization of the Chinese PLA Navy http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Liu-Huaqing http://english.northeast.cn/system/2008/09/08/000078805.shtml http://www.franzbleeker.de/liuhuaqing.html

1918 : Death of Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian saint, born on September 28, 1835 http://www.saibabaofshirdi.net/

1931 : Birth of Aval Pakir Jainulabdeen Abduk Kalam (ancien président indien (2002-2007) http://www.abdulkalam.nic.in/profile.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laGZaS4sdeU

1932 : Tata Airlines (Now Air India) makes its first fly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Airlines

1934 : Birth of N. Ramani, Indian flutist http://www.geocities.com/fluteraman/nr_guru.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jYSLvUqic

1934 : Birth of Wang Meng, Chinese writer and Minister of Culture (1986-1989) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/15/content_1081430.htm

1934 - The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army successfully encircle Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March the following day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Encirclement_Campaign

1941 : Birth of Li Tung, Taiwanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437619/

1948 : Shigeru Yoshida succeeds Hitoshi Ashida as 48th Prime minister (up to February 1949) http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Yoshida.html

1952 : Birth of Kunihiko Yuyama, Pokemo series film director http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3943

1957 : China and Soviet Union sign an agreement for nuclear cooperation

1965 : The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam stages the first public burning of a draft card in the United States to result in arrest under a new law. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1422

1969 : Millions march in US to protest against the continuing war in Vietnam http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/default.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1424

1979 : Beginning of Chinese leader Hua guofeng to Western Europe

1982 : Birth of Yoko Maki, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1536988/ http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Maki_Yoko_(1982) http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=17780

1990 : United Nations General Assembly approves the Peace plan for Cambodia

2001 : Japan prime minister Junichiro Koizumi paies a visit to Seoul.As he did in Beijing, he expresses his remorses for old past

2001 : Death of general Zhang Xueliang, ruler of Manchuria, who forced Chiang Kai-shek to ally with the Communist for fighting the Japanese, born on June 3,1901 (see picture below) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9801E4DB123EF93AA25753C1A9679C8B63

2003 : China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission, with Yang Liwei as its first astronaut, becoming the third country to send a person into orbit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3192330.stm http://www.sinodefence.com/space/project/shenzhou5.asp http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3192844.stm

2004 : The last border small problems between China and Russia are solved

Picture : General Zhang Xueliang

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ON 16 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 16, 2008

1535 : Birth of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord who died on 15 May1585 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niwa_Nagahide

1840 : Birth of Kuroda Kiyotaka, 2nd Japanese Prime Minister, (April 1888-October 1889), who died on August 23, 1900 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuroda_Kiyotaka

1841 : Birth of Prince Hirobumi Ito, four times Prime Minister and first Japanese governor of Korea http://www.jref.com/glossary/ito_hirobumi.shtml

1866 : In Korea, after the killing of French missionaries, a group of 170 French marines, belonging to Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze expedition, land on Ganghwa island, seize the fortress which controls the Han river, and occupy the fortified city of Ganghwa itself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Campaign_against_Korea,_1866

1905 : The partition of Bengal by the British authorities provoks high level unrest http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A029 http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/P_0100.htm

1914 : Birth of Zaher Shah, last king of Afghanistan (1933-1973), who died on July 23, 2007 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mohammad-Zaher-Shah

1931 : Birth of Rosa Rosal, Filipina actress and humanitarian http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740944/ http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003602.htm

1934 : Start of the Chinese Communist Party one year and four days Long March http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7052 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/25/ content_342539.htm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Landing& displayDate=10/16&categoryId=leadstory

1936 : Birth of Akira Machida, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan (2002-2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Machida http://www.freebase.com/view/en/akira_machida

1942 : A cyclone is the cause of 11,000 deads in Bengal

1948 : Birth of Hema Malini, Indian Actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hema_Malini http://movies.indiainfo.com/gallery/view_album.php? set_albumName=album116-Hema-Malini http://www.metacafe.com/watch/532060/ hema_malini_in_wet_sexy_chandi_jaisa_rang_hai_tera_gazal_re/

1950 : The Chinese « volunteers » start to enter in Korea to oppose the United Nations offensive in North Korea. The first Chinese offensive will be on October 25 http://english.people.com.cn/english/200010/26/eng20001026_53608.html

1951 : Assassination of Liquat Ali Khan, the first PM of Pakistan http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/18/stories/10181045.htm

1953 : In Vietnam, a national congress, convened in Saigon by Bao Dai, refuses the adhesion to the French Union Française “under its current form”

1964 : PRC detonates its first nuclear weapon http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1016.html#article http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collections/coll_china_wapa/ negin_smirnov_engl.cfm?navinfo=16034 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2454

1965 : In Indonesia, the Chinese trade mission in Jakarta is ransacked (anti-China activities after the September 30 coup)

1967 : John Baez is arrested in Vietnam protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/16/ newsid_2535000/2535301.stm

1973 : Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese diplomat Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Paris peace accords. Kissinger accepted, but Tho declined the award until such time as "peace is truly established." http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1973/press.html

1976 : Thai army crushes students entrenched in Thammasak University http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view& id=1047&Itemid=31

1979 : First official visit of Afghanistan president Babrak Karmal to Moscow http://www.answers.com/topic/babrak-karmal

1979 : The Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, arrested in late March, is sentenced to fifteen years in prison (see picture below) http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/wei.html

1982 : Birth of Vincy Chan, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincy_Chan http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t242158.html http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=13849
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. Picture : Wei Jingsheng trial

ON 17 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 17, 2008

1748 : In India, British forces raise the siege of Pondichery, defended by Dupleix

1817 : Birth of Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual http://www.famousmuslims.com/sir%20syed.htm

1887 : Foundation of the Indochina Union including the French protectorates of Cambodia, Annam and Tonkin

1898 : Birth of Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violin teacher who died on January 26, 1998 http://www.internationalsuzuki.org/shinichisuzuki.htm

1919 : Birth of Zhao Ziyang, reformist premier of China (1980-1987) then General Secretary of the CCP (1987-1989), ousted because he was opposed to the repression of the Tiananmen Square students movement (see picture below) http://www.answers.com/topic/zhao-ziyang

1929 : Mohammed Nadir Shah proclaims himself, king of Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Nadir_Shah

1936 : Birth of Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese sismologist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Kanamori

1947 : In London, Clement Attlee and Thakin Nu sign the "Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of Burma Regarding the Recognition of Burmese Independence and Related Matters," (the Union of Burma will declare its independence on January 4, 1948.

1950 : Americano-Siamese security agreement

1951 : In Pakistan, the 2nd Governor-General Khawaja Nazimuddin becomes the 2nd Prime Minister (until April1953) and Ghulam Mohammad becomes the 3rd Governor-General (until October 1955) http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A055 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P012

1952 : Birth of Jahnu Barua, Indian film director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059395/ http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/jahnu-barua/12104

1953 : Signature of a friendship and association treaty between France and Laos

1953 : Franco-Cambodian agreement on the transfer of competences in military matters

1967 : Death of Puyi the last Chinese emperor, born on February 7, 1906 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Emperor

1972 : South Korean president Park Chung-hee proclaims martial law http://www.answers.com/topic/park-chunghee

1987 : Birth of Bea Alonzo, Filipina actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Alonzo http://www.bea-alonzo.com/

1987 : Death of Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician, born on October 1, 1925 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Malek_Ukil

1992 : Death of Herman Johannes, Indonesian professor, scientist and politician, born on May 28, 1912 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Johannes

1992 : Birth of Sam Concepcion, Filipino performer and actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Concepcion http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2120205/

1998 : Death of Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist, born in 1920 http://www.hakim-said.com.pk/bio.html

2003 : Eunuchs in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh float the political party Jiti Jitayi Politics

2005 : Death of Ba Jin, famous Chinese writer http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4351760.stm
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. Picture : Zhao Ziyang

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ON 18 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on October 18, 2008

1127 : Birth of Go-Shirakawa, 77th emperor of Japan (1155-1158), who died on 24 April 1192 http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/asian490/tml5/Bios/ goshirak.htm

1561 : Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima -- Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts. http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php? title=Fourth_Battle_of_Kawanakajima

1653 : Birth of Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1709-1713) who died on November 17, 1713 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Abraham-van-Riebeeck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cZehTAy-E0


1804 : Birth of king Mongkut (Rama IV) (1851-1868) who died on 1st October 1868 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongkut

1860 : Convention of Beijing puting an end to the Second Opium war. The western forces loot and burn the Imperial Summer Palaces of Qingyi yuan and Yuanming yuan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Peking http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5448

1870 : Birth of Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japanese scholar, who died on July 12, 1966 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Suzuki-D.html

1893 : Birth of Georges Ohsawa, Japanese founder of Macrobiotics who died on April 23, 1966 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ohsawa http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_Ohsawa

1907 : End of the Second Peace Conference. Signature of the Hague Convention. http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/195

1941 : Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese Prime Minister, up to July 1944 http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Tojo/Apr2007TojoEN.htm

1950 : Birth of Om Puri, Indian actor http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800023624/bio http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/om-puri/11434

1950 : During the Korea War, United Nations enter in Pyongyang

1950 : The Defense minister Ramon Magsaysay orders the arrest of José Lava, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Philippines http://www.philippinerevolution.net/cgi-bin/statements/statements.pl? author=al;date=881226;language=eng</