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ON 5 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 5, 2008
1271 : Birth of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler, Khan of the Tartars 1295-1304) who died on May 11, 1304 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Ghazan#Biography
1556 : Second battle of Panipat. A Mughal army defeats hindu forces of general Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5496
1559 : Death of Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter, born on August 28, 1976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_Motonobu http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kano_motonobu.html
1801 : Death of Motoori Norinaga, the most famous Japanese scholar of the Edo period, born on June 21, 1730 (see picture below) http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/NORINAGA.HTM
1864 : Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1870 : Birth of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter, who died on June 16, 1925 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/chitta-ranjan-das/
1919 : Birth of Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, who died on January 18, 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Askari
1945 : France gives administrative autonomy to Cambodia
1952 : Birth of Vandana Shiva, Indian scientist and environnementalist http://www.vandanashiva.org/ http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Vandana_Shiva/
Vandana_Shiva_page.html
1955 : Birth of Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karan_Thapar http://wordpress.com/tag/karan-thapar/
1957 : Birth of Yuan Man-Tzu, Hong Kong actress
1971 : Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Leung http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/leung_edmond.htm
1978 : Twenty months after the defeat of her party, Indira Gandhi is reelected to the parliament
1982 : Birth of Han Ji-min, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Ji-min http://www.hancinema.net/slideshow.php?id_objet=836&id_fichier=55714&
page=individu&table_page=individus&start=1
1985 : Birth of Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN) http://wiki.theppn.org/Tanaka_Koki
1986 : Birth of South Korean singer Kwon Boa http://women.stareastasia.com/kwon-boa/
1991 : The general secretary of the Vietnam Communist Party Do Muoi, and the Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet made a three-day visit to China for a full restoration of the relations between the two countries
1991 : Kiichi Miyazawa is appointed prime minister of Japan (up to August 1993) http://www.trilateral.org/membship/bios/km.htm
1994 : The Taleban seize Kandahar. Their leader, the mullah Omar stay there to direct the country http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1010/p1s4-wosc.html
1996 : President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismiss Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in charge since October 1993 and dissolves the National Assembly. Malik Meraj Khalid is appointed caretaker premier up to February 17, 1997 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A087
1998 : The United Nations announces that the Taliban militia had killed up to 5,000 civilians in the takeover of an Afghani town
2002 : Death of Bunjaku Han, Japanese actress, born on April 15, 1948 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359149/
2003 : Sri Lanka president, Chandrika Kumaratunga, proclaims the state of emergency
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ON 6 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 6, 2008
1231 : Death of Japanese 83rd emperor Tsuchimikado (1198-1210), born on January 3, 1196 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tsuchimikado
1892 : Birth of Tatsuo Hoshino, Japanese writer, who died in June 1968
1913 : Mohandas Gandhi is arrested for leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa
1925 : Death of the 12th emperor of the Vietnam Nguyen dynasty, Khai Dinh. He is succeeded by Bao Dai http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNbo.htm
1931 : Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in the United States for the first time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher_Baba
1944 : Birth of Takashi Koisumi, Japanese firm director http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463596/
1944 : Except Port-Arthur, The Soviet Union give back the Manchuria harbors to the Chinese communists
1947 : Birth of Edward Yang, Taiwan film director, who died on June 29, 2007 http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/yang.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945981/
1950 : In North Korea, Chinese forces attack the US 8th Army north of Chongchon River, and then disengaged. The halting of the offensive started a three-week lull in the fighting
1950 : Nepal King Tribhuvan is deposed by Prime Minister Bahadur Rana ans replaced by his grandson Gyenendra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan
1963 : Following the 1st November coup and execution of president Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh officially takes over leadership of South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1464
1965 : Birth of Kwon Hae-kyo, South Korean actor http://ilove-koreanmovie.blogspot.com/2007/02/song-hae-kyo-vs-ha-ji-
won-in-look-hwang.html http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/03/27/song-hye-kyo/comment-page-30/
1967 : Birth of Fujiko Takimoto, Japanese actress http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1552
1968 : Opening of the Vietnam Peace talks in Paris
1970 : The People’s Republic of China is recognized by Italy
1980 : Birth of Yi Shin, South Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1457045/
1981 : Birth of Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Dong_Wook http://www.showwallpaper.com/interwallpaper.php?gname=Lee_Dong_Wook
1982 : Birth of Sowelu, Japanese pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowelu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVn9_1_whqk
1983 : Birth of Janette McBride, Filipina actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janette_McBride
1987 : Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese premier since November 1982 quits his position. He is succeeded by Noboru Takeshima
1989 : Death of Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda, born on August 25, 1950 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2300/Yusaku.html http://www.midnighteye.com/features/yusaku_matsuda.shtml
2003 : Chinese dissident He Depu is condemned to 8 years in prison http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=11775
2005 : The military junta of Myanmar begins moving its government ministries from Yangon to Pyinmana http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4416960.stm
2005 : Death of Minako Honda, a Japanese “idol” pop-star and musical singer, nicknamed as “Japan’s Madonna”, born on July 31, 1967 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minako_Honda http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-136/artist_name-minako_honda/
2007 : In Afghanistan, five members of the parliament, including former minister and leader of opposion Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, are killed by an human bomb http://www.afgha.com/?q=node/4867
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ON 7 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 7, 2008
1723 : Chinese emperor Yongzheng order the deporting of all the missionnaries http://www.yutopian.com/religion/history/Yongzheng.html
1767 : Thai General Taksin retakes Ayutthaya from Burmese and will reunite Siam http://www.wangdermpalace.com/kingtaksin/eng_thegreat.html
1888 : Birth of Sir C. V. Raman,
1888 : Birth of Chandrasekhara Venkata Râman, Indian physicist, Nobel Prize, who died in 1970 http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/cvraman/Raman1.htm
1901 : Death of General Li Hongzhang, leading stateman of the late Chinese Qing Dynasty, born on February 15, 1823 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhang
1927 : Birth of Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese film producer http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=hiroshi_commerce
1930 : Foundation of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Partido Komunista ng Filipinas)
1931 : The Chinese Soviet Republic in Ruijin (Jiangxi) is proclaimed on the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Soviet_Republic
1944 : US ambassador in China P. Hurley meets Mao Zedong in Yenan for a coordination of the fight against the Japanese
1944 : Soviet master spy Richard Sorge is hanged by the Japanese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6373
1947 : Birth of Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist, writer and founder of Manager Daily, also leader of PAD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondhi_Limthongkul http://www.daylife.com/words/Sondhi_Limthongkul
1948 : The Huk (Anti-Japanese People’s Army) changes itself in an active Liberation Army in Luzon http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/philippines1.htm
1950 : The government and parliament of Tibet call to the United Nations to condemn the Chinese aggression
1953 : On the demand of United Nations, the Republic of China (Taiwan) starts to withdraw its troops from Burma
1954 : Birth of Kamal Haasan, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Haasan http://movies.sulekha.com/stargallery/kamal-hassan/default.htm
1964 : Birth of Li Nanxing, Singapore actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Nanxing http://www.linanxing.com/bio/bio.php
1973 : Birth of Kim Yunjin, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunjin_Kim http://www.starpulse.com/Actresses/Kim,_Yunjin/index.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYmxbHxoYjs
1973 : Pakistan quits South-East Asia Treaty Organization (Seato)
1975 : Taking action against the November military coup d’état, General Ziaud Rahman, former Chief of Staff sizes http://banglapedia.net/HT/R_0028.HTM
1978 : Birth of Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoya_Nagase http://www.jdorama.com/artiste.213.htm
1980 : According to the United Nations High Commissariat for refugees, there are 1, 161, 015 Afghan refugees in Pakistan
1981 : Birth of Lily Thai, Asian porn star (see picture below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Thai http://www.pornstarbook.com/lily_thai.shtml
1988 : Start of a two-day meeting in France between Prince Sihanouk, Son Sann and Hun Sen to solve the Cambodia’s civil war with Khmer Rouge
1999 : In China, two 530 million years old fish fossils are discovered, 50 million years older that all known
2000 : Death of Chidambaram Subramaniam, Tamil Indian politician http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9802EFDD1438F933A25752C1A9669C8B63
2000 : Death of Kozaburo Yoshimura, born on September 9, 1911 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949031/ http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20001108b3.html
2001 : Death of Sachiko Hidari, Japanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383092/
2001 : Filipina actress Nida Blanca is murdered in a car park. She xas born on January 6, 1936 http://chuvachienes.com/category/tag/nida-blanca/
2003 : Taiwan’s president Chen Shui-bian lifts the forbidden of a 50 Mds US dollars for an investment in main China and authorizes direct commercial links
2007 : Burma generals reject a UN proposal for three-way talks involving Aung San Suu Kyi http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7082422.stm
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ON 8 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 8, 2008
1600 : Death of Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Natsuka_Masaie
1877 : Birth of Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet who died on 21 April 1938 http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P007
1885 : Birth of Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general, nicknamed « the tiger of Malaya » hanged on February 23, 1946 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWyamashita.htm
1895 : Signature at Beijing of the Liaotung (Liaodong) Convention by which Japan retrocedes to China the southern portion of the province of Fengtien http://www.taiwandocuments.org/liaotung.htm
1898 : Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese prime minister for the second time, up to October 1900 http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo
1927 : Birth of Nguyen Khanh, former chief of state and Prime Minister of South Vietnam http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Nguyen_Khanh
1927 : Birth of Lal Krishna Advani, Indian opposition leader http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2075803.stm
1933 : Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan is assassinated. He is succeeded by his son Mohammed Zahir Shah http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/nadir.html
1937 : In Shanghai, foundation of the Chinese Youth Journalist Association. It is now known as Chinese Journalist Day
1937 : Under the Japanese offensive, Chiang Kai-shek issues a general retreat order from Shanghai
1950 : The Beijing delegates at the United Nations are invited to explain why there are Chinese troops in Korea
1950 : First aerial combat in Korea when US fighters are attacked by North Korean Migs, near the Yalu river
1951 : Birth of Minoru Inaba, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4135 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQjWLabAUyY
1954 : Birth of Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese writer http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth52
1973 : Birth of Akiko Isozabu, Japanese actress
1979 : After a drop in the October 7 elections, Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ohira forms a new cabinet http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-OhiraMasa.html
1984 : Birth of Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese gravure idol and actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/yoko_mitsuya/
1997 : Chinese engineers divert the Yangzi river to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. http://internationalrivers.org/china/three-gorges-dam
2000 : In China, 14 leaders of Xiamen are sentenced to death for corruption (see picture below)
2002 : Opening of the Chinese Communist Party’s XVIth Congress
2003 : Pham Van Tra is the first Vietnamese Defense minister to go the USA (up to October 12) http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/story.php?d=20031118180057
2007 : Death of Dulce Saguisag, Philippine Social Welfare secretary in a car crash http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?
article_id=99931 http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/16/yehey/opinion/
20071116opi6.html
2007 : General Musharraf says state media that general elections in the country will be held by February next year http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7084839.stm
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ON 9 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 9, 2008
1180 : In Japan, Battle of Fugigawa, nicknamed “the battle that never took place” http://www.speedylook.com/Battle_of_Fujigawa.html
1187 : Death of Song dynasty Emperor Gaozong, born on June 12, 1107 http://chinese-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/gaozong
1867 : Tokugawa Yoshinonu, 15th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Japanese emperor. Beginning of the Meiji Restoration http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Yoshinobu_Tokugawa.html http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/SHOGUN.HTM http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/meiji.htm
1877 : Birth 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
1911 : Birth of Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet, who died on September 23, 2004 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Tabish-Dehlvi
1918 : Birth of Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial art master, founder of Taekwon-Do, who died on June 15, 2002 http://www.itf-information.com/information02.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pb50lahbK4
1937 : Japanese troops take control of Shanghai(see picture below)
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1945 : In Indonesia, Sukarno asks Sutan Sjahrir to form a Cabinet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soetan_Sjahrir
1947 : In Thailand, by a coup d’état, Marshal Luang Pibul Songgram takes again the power http://www.answers.com/topic/luang-pibul-songgram
1953 : Birth of Ti Ai, Taiwanese actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1027705/ http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1968
1953 : Cambodia becomes fully independent from France in the French Union
1963 : In Japan, about 450 miners were killed in a coal-dust explosion. In addition, 160 people died in a train crash.
1964 : Eisaku Sato becomes the Japanese prime minister, succeeding Ikeda Hayato http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576965/ikeda_hayato.html
1970 : During the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1472
1978 : A Chinese military delegation, lead by general Wu Xinguan, arrives to Manila (Philippines)
1980 : Second visit of Singapore premier Lee Kuan-yew to China
1980 : Death of Fubuki Koshiji, Japanese actress born in 1924 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467047/
1981 : General Ne Win, is replaced as head of state of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma by General San Yu (up to July 1988). Ne Win continues to be head of the only one party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Yu
1990 : A new democratic constitution is issued in Nepal
1994 : Chandrika Kumaratunga elected 1st female president of Sri Lanka
2001 : The first Japanese warship to be engaged out of the archipelago quit Sasebo for the Indian Ocean
2003 : Death of Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur, born on December 3, 1937 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binod_Bihari_Verma
2003 : Early general elections in Japan. DLP keeps largely the first position but the Democratic Party, the main opposition party grows from 137 to 177 MP
2004 : Death by suicide of Iris Chang, Asian author, born on March 28, 1968 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/11/
MNGB59PKL01.DTL http://www.irischang.net/biography.cfm
2005 : Death of K.R. Narayanan, President of India (1997-2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4421632.stm http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/10/stories/2005111012320100.htm
2005 : Malaysian Azahari Husin, brains of the main terrorist attacks in Indonesian, including the October 2002 attack in Bali, is killed in an police action in Malang (East Java) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azahari_Husin
2007 : For the first time in three years, Aung San Suu Kyi can meet the leaders of her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C63A4375-D210-499B-B958-
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Holidays and observances
Cambodia : Independence Day (1953)
Pakistan : Allama Iqbal Day (1877)
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ON NOVEMBER 10 IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 10, 2008
1698 : The East India Company takes possession of three villages in Bengal : Sutanaki, Kolkota and Gobindapun that they will unit to form Calcutta
1868 : Birth of Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist who died on April 26, 1957 http://www.gichinfunakoshi.com/gichin.htm
1911 : Chinese imperial army recaptures Nanjing in a blood bath
1928 : Michinomiya Hirohito (Showa) is crowned the 124th emperor of Japan (up to 1989) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5511
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1941 : Birth of Kyu Sakamoto, a popular Japanese singer and actor who died in August 1985 in an air crash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtXQ31F1A-k
1943 : Indonesian nationalists Sukarno, Hatta, and Kyai Bagus Hadikusumo are flown to Tokyo to be decorated by the Emperor of Japan.
1944 : Death of Wang Jingwei, who in March 1940, formed at Nanjing a pro-Japanese government http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Wang_Jingwei.html
1945 : Battle of Surabaya between pro-independence soldiers and militia against British and Neetherlands troops. Fighting continues for three weeks. 600 Indian troops defect from the British and joined the Indonesians (celebrated as the heros's day) http://www.nusantara.com/heritage/surabaya.html
1948 : Birth of Shigesato Itoi, Japanese novelist and video game designer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigesato_Itoi http://starmen.net/credits/shigesatoitoi.php
1953 : In the Philippines, Colonel Ramon Magsaysay, with US support, is elected president of the Republic http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/ramon-magsaysay/biography.html
1965 : In Shanghai, a newspaper critics a play written by Wu Han, deputy mayor of Beijing. That is the first shot who will bring to the Cultural Revolution
1971 : US table tennis team arrived in China marking the first thaw between Beijing and Washington since 1949
1971 : In Cambodia, Khmer rouge forces attack the city of Phom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine airplanes http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1475
1973 : The Americain State Secretary Henry Kissinger goes to Beijing to said that the USA are ready to normalize their relations with China (In fact it will happen in January 1979)
1977 : José Maria Sison, leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Marxist-leninist) is arrested in San Fernando http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/0003986809/
1978 : Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Kuala Lumpur for a two-day visit
1979 : Vietnamese forces launch a mopping up operation against Khmer positions northern Cambodia
1980 : In China, beginning of the trial of the « Gang of Four » led by Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong (verdict on January 21, 1981) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924552,00.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LEZxKlkrc
1986 : Death of Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician, born on November 12, 1914 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rogelio-de-la-Rosa
1986 : The 1972Bangladesh constitution (secular parliamentary form of democracy) is restored
1988 : Birth of Chisaki Hama, former Japanese actress and model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisaki_Hama http://www.genvid.com/PGSM/cast/hama-gallery.htm
1990 : Chandra Shekhar is sworn in as India's new prime minister, succeeding Vishwanath Pratap Singh (up to June 21, 1991) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar
1995 - In Katmandu, Nepal, searchers rescued 549 hikers after a massive avalanche struck the Himalayan foothills. The disaster left 24 tourists and 32 Nepalese dead.
1997 : Border agreement between China and Kazakhstan
2004 : Death of Katy de la Cruz, Filipina jazz singer, born on February 13, 1907 http://www.geocities.com/katy_delacruz/ http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003517.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGIffuoJPw
2006 : Sri Lankan Tamil parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo http://aboutsrilanka.blogspot.com/2006/11/tna-parliamentarian-
nadarajah-raviraj.html http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/11/9268_image_headline.html
2007 : Malaysian police fires tear gas shell and water cannons to disperse an opposition back rally demanding changes to the electoral system http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8370EBC1-682F-4B2B-BBB0-
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HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS
Indonesia : Heros' day
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ON 11 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 11, 2008
1636 : Birth of Yan Ruoqu, great Chinese scholar who died in 1704 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652929/Yan-Ruoqu
1675 : Death of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, 9th sikh guru, born onApril 1, 1621 http://www.sgpc.net/gurus/guruteghbahadur.asp
1743 : In now Indonesia, Pakubuwono II gives VOC Surabaya, Rembang, Jepara and claims to easternmost Java and West Madura. VOC receives a say in court appointments.
1763 : Death of Jean-François Dupleix, former governor general of the French Establishment in India http://pageperso.aol.fr/book0001/dupen23.htm
1865 : Treaty of Sinchula in which Bhutan gives up the areas east of the Teesta river to the British East India Company
1866 : Bombing of Seoul by the French feet of Admiral Roze, but the city is not taken (See “On that day” 16 October)
1873 : Dutch invade Aceh again, and maintain their positions, but would sustain heavy losses due to disease.
1921 : Opening of Washington Naval Conference between Britain, France, Japan and United States for discussions of issues in the Pacific and Far East (up to February 1922) http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1354.html
1943 : Birth of Shunsuke Ikeda, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407451/
1944 : Death of Wang Jingwei who, on March, 30, 1940, had formed a pro-Japanese gouvernent in Nanjing, born on May 4, 1883 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jingwei
1944 : Continuing their advance in southern China, the Japanese take Guilin
1945 : in Indonesia, Sutan Sjahrir moves a proposal through KNIP to take powers away from the President and transfer them to a Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The effect is to make Sukarno's position less powerful for a while.
1950 : Nepal King Tribhuvan, deposed by Prime Minister Bahadur Rana, escapes to India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan
1952 : Birth of Ho Lily, Taiwanese actress http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1818 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/ho_lily.htm
1955 : Birth of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, king of Bhutan (1972-2006) http://www.bootan.com/bhutan/articles/king.htm
1960 : A military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is crushed.
1967 : One more time, US president Lyndon Johnson says he is ready to meet North Vietnam leaders
1967 : During the Vietnam War, in a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1476
1968 : Biginning of Operation Commando Hunt. The goal is interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail throught Laos into South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1477
1968 : Failed assasination attack against Ayoub Khan, head of state of Pakistan
1968 : Second Republic is declared in the Maldives under the presidency of Ibrahim Nasir, elected indirectly to a four-year presidential term by the Majlis (legislature) http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_nasir.shtml
1971 : The USA give back Okinawa to Japan
1972 : The huge American military base of Long Bing is given to South Vietnam authorities. End of the direct engagement of the USA in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1478
1977 : Kriangsak Chomanan is sworn in as Thai prime minister, up to March 1980 http://www.onpedia.com/encyclopedia/kriangsak-chomanan
1977 : Abraham Sarmiento jr, Filipino journalist and activist, dies while in prison, born on June 5, 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=17115268
1978 : The tragedy of the 2500 boat people on Haï Hong ship who are denied to shore on Malaysia is revealed http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2008/10/hai-hong-saga.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCFny5Kh6qo
1987 : Birth of Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya_Tegoshi http://wiki.theppn.org/Tegoshi_Yuya
1989 : Birth of Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reina_Tanaka http://bestuff.com/stuff/reina-tanaka http://girlicious.free.fr/
2001 : Theys Eluay, leader of the independence movement for Papua (Irian Jaya), is found dead in a town east of Jayapura. Several military officers will be later arrested for the murder (see picture below) http://www.insideindonesia.org/edit70/Theys2.htm http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2001/175/
Holidays and observances
South Korea : Pepero Day
Maldives : Republic Day (1968)
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ON 12 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
Updated on November 12, 2008
764 : Tibetan troops occupy Chang’an, the capital of the Chinese Tang dynasty, for fifteen days.
1528 : Birth of Qi Jiguang, Chinese general, famous for his fighting against Japanese pirates, who died on January 5, 1588. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Jiguang
1866 : Birth of Sun Yat-sen http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/
sun_yat_sen1.html
1914 : Birth of Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician who died on November 10, 1986 http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~camiling/bio/rdelarosa.htm
1927 : Birth of Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Taniyama.html
1942 : Beginning of the three-day capital naval battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Guadalcanal/index.html
1948 : In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, for their role during WW2 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5518 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East http://www.cnd.org/mirror/nanjing/NMTT.html
1951 : General Ridway orders to stop all new offensive. The Korea War enters into its trenchers period.
1963 : Birth of Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susumu_Terajima http://asianmediawiki.com/Susumu_Terajima
1968 : Birth of Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer http://www.animenfo.com/animeseiyuu,38,sejotb,hisakawa_aya.html http://fan.artistic-dragon.net/aya/
1969 : Death in jail of president Liu Shaoqi, left without medical assistance by Maoist Red guards http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAliu.htm http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048569/Liu-Shaoqi
1969 : An American journalist,Seymour Hersh, reveals the massacre of the population of the Vietnam village of My Lay on 16 March 1968 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1479
1970 : In Bangladesh, a giant tsunami devastates Chittagong areas, causing more than 400,000 victims
1971 : In the Vietnam war, as part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1480
1978 : Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Singapore for a two-day visit
1984 : Birth of Sandara Park, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandara_Park http://sandara-park.forumotion.com/forum.htm
1986 : Birth of Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Yo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBr-IYpCXU
1990 : The current emperor of Japan Akihito is officially enthroned http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5519
1991 : In Dili (East-Timor), Indonesian forces open fire on demonstrators causing 271 deaths et 250 missing people http://www.etan.org/timor/SntaCRUZ.htm
1994 : Chandrika Kumaratunga takes her charge of president of Sri Lanka.
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2001 : Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops
2007 : In Cambodia, police arrest Ieng Sary, the former minister of the Khmer Rouge, along with his wife the former social affair minister of the Khmer Rouge government http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FBD27CD3-9905-490A-AE58-
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Updated on November 13, 2008
1760 : Birth of Jiaqing, the sixth emperor of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty 1792-1820) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaqing_Emperor_of_China
1896 : Birth of Nobusuke Kishi, Japanese PM (1957-1960), who died on August 7, 1987 http://www.answers.com/topic/nobusuke-kishi
1907 : Birth of Sri Savang Vatthana, last king of Laos (1959-1975), who died in a Pathet Lao labor camp in June 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savang_Vatthana http://www.angelfire.com/in/Laos/King-Savang_Vatthana.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9sAu_EOwn8
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1913 : Birth of Cambodian Marshal Lon Nol, president of the Khmer Republic (1972-1975), who died on November 17, 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Nol
1924 : Birth of Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist, who died on November 13, 1994 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Motoo-Kimura
1942 : US and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal
1945 : Sukarno takes officially the charge in Indonesia Republic
1948 : Birth of Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi novelist and film-maker http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/humayunahmed.html
1950 : At the United Nations Tibet accuses China of aggression
1967 : Birth of Juhi Chawla, Indian actress http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/juhi_chawla/ http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/juhi-chawla/12836
1968 : USA demand that Saigon authorities should take part in a four-party conference. Saigon has always refused to talk with National Liberation Front
1969 : In United States, anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic March Against Death (in Vietnam) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1481
1970 : East Pakistan is devastated by a cyclone. Around 500 000 are killed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7080
1972 : Birth of Takuyu Kimora, Japanese singer and actor http://men.stareastasia.com/takuya-kimura/
1975 : According to World Health Organization, smallpox is eradicated in Asia
1977 : Birth of Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer from Qingdao http://men.stareastasia.com/huang-xiaoming/
1981 : Birth of Yue Shawn, Hong Kong actor and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Yue http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/yu_shawn.htm
1982 : Birth of Koda Kumi, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Koda_Kumi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnjDNCCkBjI&feature=related
1989 : Arrest and killing of of Rohana Wijeweera, founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front, in Sri Lanka, born on 14 July 1943 http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DE18Df04.html
1994 : Death of Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist, born on November 13, 1924 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoo_Kimura
1996 : Death of Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master, born in 1925 http://www.geocities.com/swamiramabio/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8UcrJ19VCU
2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
2001 : Northern coalition take Kabul http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1654353.stm
2002 : Death of Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer, born in 1925 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rishikesh-Shaha http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2002/11/15/Nation/5101
2007 - An explosion hits the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, governor of Balisan, and wounding six. http://www.newsbreak.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&
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Updated on November 14, 2008
976 : Death of Taizu, first emperor of the Song dynasty (960-976) http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22899.htm
1643 : Japanese emperor Go-Komyo is enthroned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Komyo_of_Japan
1691 : Death of Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter http://en.easyart.com/art-prints/Tosa-Mitsuoki/Quails-And-Flowers-
11039.html http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/
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1875 : Birth of Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general, who was killed on December 2, 1899 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/delpilar.html
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1889 : Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India (1947-1954) http://www.harappa.com/sounds/nehru.html
1908 : Death of Chinese Empereur Guangxu, born in August 1871 http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/known/guangxu.htm http://reproductions.chapitre.com/repro/non_precise/PORTRAIT-OF-
EMPEROR-GUANGXU-QING-DYNASTY.html
1914 : Birth of Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist, born in1861 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengayil_Kunhiraman_Nayanar
1935 : American president Roosevelt announces that The Philippines will be a Commonwealth aux Philippines and will get full independence in 1946
1945 : Sutan Sjahrir is the first Prime Minister of Indonesia (with Sukarno as president), up to June 20, 1947
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1947 : The United <nations General Assembly founds a commission in charge to organize national elections in Korea
1947 : Birth of Bharathan, a Malayalam Indian director who died in July 1998 http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/bharathan.html
1949 : Death of Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat, born on 17 April 1877 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Matsudai.html
1951 : Birth of Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/zhang.html http://men.stareastasia.com/zhang-yimou/
1959 : A technical cooperation agreement is signed between France and Vietnam
1965 : During the Vietnam War, the Battle of the Ia Drang begins - the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1483
1966 : US Navy bombs North Vietnam coast
1967 : During the Vietnam War, Major General Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, commander of the Third Marine Division, became the first general to be killed in Vietnam by enemy fire. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1485
1972 : Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1484
1977 : Death of Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, commonly known as the "Hare Krishna Movement", born on September 1, 1896 http://www.krishna.com/node/57
1979 : The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution demanding the withdrawal of all foreign forces in Cambodia.
1971 : Promulgation of a constitution for Bhutan
1984 - Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city. http://www.lazamboangatimes.com/cesar_climaco_latest001.html
1990 : 70 Indonesian soldiers are killed in a battle with Fretilin guerillas near Ainaro, East Timor. Army lands several thousand reinforcements later in the month.
1991 : Prince Sihanouk comes back to Cambodia after 13 years in exile
1994 : Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes Sri Lanka prime minister, up to August 2000
1999 : United Nations Security Council asks to all states to freeze taliban assets abroad.
2001 : In Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance fighters, backed by the US, enter in Kabul
2001 : Eight foreign aid workers - including two Americans - who had been accused of preaching Christianity in Afghanistan are freed by the Taliban.
2007 : The prime ministers of North and South Korea have begun the first direct talks in 15 years on the implementation of reconciliation pact signed in Pyongyang last month http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D1CC387F-C390-4E15-8BC1-
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Holidays and observances
India : Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru: Children's Day
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