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ON 19 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 19, 2008
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1301 : Birth of Prince Morikuni, 9th Japanese shogun of the Kamatura shogunate, who died on September 25, 1333 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Morikuni
1505 : Chine Emperor Zhengde is enthroned. He will reign up to April 1521 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9023817/Zhengde?refresh=Y
1747 : Nader Shah, Persian Emperor is assassinated http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm
1861 : Birth of José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero, executed on December 30, 1896 http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~fasawwu/resources/rizal/biography.htm
1909 : Birth of Osamu Dazai, Japanese author, who died on June 13, 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dazai
1944 : Beginning of the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea against the Japanese http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_the_philippine_sea.htm
1945 : Birth of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician and Nobel laureate http://uscampaignforburma.org/assk/biography.html
1947 : Birth of Salman Rushdie, Indian author of the controversial “Satanic Verses” http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth87
1949 : Death of Syed Zafarul Hasan, prominent Muslim Indian-Pakistani philosopher, born in February 1885 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Zafarul_Hasan
1949 : Signature of a convention between France and Laos which becomes a state associated to French Union française
1957 : In India, the Congress Party wins the elections for the second time
1961 : Park Chun-hee creates the Korean Central Intelligence Agency http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/kcia.htm
1965 : Air General Nguyen Cao Ky is appointed Vietnamese prime minister
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9055658/Nguyen-Cao-Ky
1970 : Birth of Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/Rahul-Gandhi.asp http://www.rahulgandhi.net/
1971 : New visit of US Henry Kissinger in China, till 26
1972 : Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir and known as the Lion of Kashmir returns after 16 months in exile for advocating a plebiscite on the future of Kashmir
1978 : Soviet Union says that the Amity and Peace Treaty project between China and Japan is a threat for the in Far East
1982 : Birth of Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor http://yeinjee.com/asianpop/joe-cheng-profile-and-biography/ http://images.google.fr/images?q=Joe+Cheng&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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1988 : Death of Teru Shimada, Japanese actor, born on November 1905 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6080144
1998 : In Malaysia, at the opening of the annual meeting of UMNO, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, leader of the Young Wing condemns nepotism, corruption and chumminess
2003 : Speaking for the last time in front his party congress before his retirement, Malaysian PM Mahathir violently speaks against American and British accused of willing dominate the world
2007 : Vietnam president Nguyen Minh Triet starts a six-day visit to USA, first visit of a Vietnamese head of state to USA since the Communist victory in 1975
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ON 20 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 20, 2008
1756 : In Calcutta (India), after their fort have been taken by Siraj, the nawab of Bengal, 150 British soldiers are imprisoned in a cell. That became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/Blackh.html http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015484/Black-Hole-of-Calcutta
1869 : Death of Hijikata Toshizo, Japanese military leader, who resisted the Meiji Restoration, born on May 31, 1835. http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/316.html
1870 : In Tientsin (Tianjin), twenty French, ten Charity sister and a missionary are slaughtered
1900 : In China, the Boxers start to besiege the legation compound and killings of foreigners in Beijing (till August 14). Clements von Ketteler, the German envoy is killed http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1900s/p/boxerreb.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_von_Ketteler
1944 : The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive US naval victory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
1948 : Foundation of the Malayan People’s anti-British Army, (renamed Malayan Peoples Liberation Army in February 1949), led by communist leader Chin Peng http://www.myfareast.org/Malaysia/emergency.html http://anystreetcorner.blogspot.com/2005/03/chin-peng-my-dad-and-
me.html
1952 : Birth of Vikram Seth, Indian poet http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth89
1959 : In India, the 14th Dalai Lama repudiates the Seventeen-point agreement for the peaceful liberation of Tibet, signed in Beijing on May 23, 1951, because “thrust upon Tibetan government and people by the threat of arms” http://www.cfr.org/publication/16006/
1959 : Soviet Union lets China to know that it will not provide nuclear bomb technology, as promised in the 1957 Nuclear cooperation agreement
1962 : Vietnamese Buddhist sect Hoa Hao organizes huge demonstrations against Catholic president Ngo Dimh Diem http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,861595,00.html
1964 : In Tokyo, the conference on Malaysia between Malacagal, Sukarno et Abdul Rahman, ends with no result
1964 : US General William Westmorland takes command in South Vietnam http://www.vietnampix.com/popww.htm
1976 : The Americans give up their last two military bases in Thailand
1983 : Birth of Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/ying_cherrie.htm
1984 : Beginning of the third withdrawal of Vietnameses troops from Cambodia (10,000 troopers
1997 : Indonesia and Portugal announce that they resume talks on East-Timor future
2001 : In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf names himself president, replacing Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, as president, and after that dissolves the parliament http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P028 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/472997.stm
2001 : With the defection of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (11 MP) to the opposition side, Sri Lanka President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga loses the majory in the parliament.
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ON 21 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1582 : Daimo Oda Nobugana, who almost unified Japan, his forced to suicide in hands of his General Akechi Mitsuhide, In what is known as the Incident at Honno-ji http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Honn%C5%8D-ji
1730 : Birth of Motoori Norinaga, the most famous scholar of the Edo period, who died on November 5, 1801 http://www.norinagakinenkan.com/norinaga/shiryo/about.html
1811 : Birth of Pagan Min, 9th king (1846-1853) of the Burmese Konboung dynasty, who died in March 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_Min
1859 : Birth of Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and the founder of the modern Thai education system as well as the modern provincial administration http://www.asiasource.org/society/damrongrajanubhab.cfm
1913 : Birth of Luis Taruk who led the communist People Anti-Japanese Army (Huk) during the WW2 and died in May 2005 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071341/Luis-Taruc
1942 : A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearly Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attack by the Japanese against the US mainland
1945 : US troops take Okinawa http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/
newsid_3564000/3564489.stm
1952 : Birth of Koichi Kashimo, Japanese anime director http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=372
1953 : Birth of Benazir Bhutto, twice Pakistani prime minister, assassinated on December 27, 2007 http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/bhu0bio-1
1957 : USA announces the withdrawal of its occupation forces from Japan
1965 : Birth of Yang Liwei, first Chinese send in space http://www.astronautix.com/astros/yanliwei.htm
1970 : Death of Sukarno, first president of Indonesia http://www.asiasource.org/society/sukarno.cfm
1989 : Jiang Zemin is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, succeeding Zhao Ziyang who is put under house of arrest
1996 : Suryadi, closed to Suharto, is elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Indonesia, one of the only three authorized parties, succeeding Megawati Sukarnoputri who says that the congress is illegal.
1997 : Death of Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, born in November 1931 http://www.netbros.com/ShintaroKatsu
1997 : Death of Toshio Okumura, actor, singer, producer and director, born on November 1931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Katsu
2003 : Beginning of a six-day visit of Indian Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee in China. The first at this level since ten years
2005 : Death of Filipino cardinal Sin, who, as leader of the Philippine Catholic church, played an important role in the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, and of Joseph Estrada in 2001. Born on August 31, 1928 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4113474.stm
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ON 22 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1636 : By an edit, shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu forbids the Japanese to leave the country and to build ships, closing the country to foreign influence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_Country_Edict_of_1635
1793 : Birth of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12st shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1837-1853) who died In July 1853 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyoshi
1932 : Birth of Amrish Puri, Indian actor, who died on January 12, 2005 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700869/
1948 : British king George VI renounces the title of Imperor of India
1955 : Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam starts a visit to Beijing and Moscow
1956 : Birth of Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician and current Foreign minister http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2008/pakistan-
080331-irna02.htm
1962 : Birth of Stephen Chow Sing Chi, Hong Kong actor, director and film producer http://men.stareastasia.com/stephen-chow/
1962 : Using for the 100th time its power of veto, Soviet Union blocks a resolution of the United Nations Security Council asking India and Pakistan to open talks on Kashmir
1962 : The Philippines officially claims its sovereignty on North Borneo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo
1974 : Birth of Joseph Vijay, Indian actor http://annashvin.blogspot.com/2008/06/biography-of-vijay-joseph.html
1978 : Ratification by Japan, of the January 30, 1974 treaty with South Korea on the delimitation of the continental shelf between the two countries
1979 : At their Vienne summit, the countries of the G7 ask for the total withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan
1982 : At Kuala Lumpur, the political forces opposed to the regime intalled in Phom Penh by the Vietnamese agree to form a Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, led by Sihanouk http://countrystudies.us/cambodia/72.htm
1985 : Birth of Rosa Kato, Italian Japanese model and actress http://www.rosa-kato.org/ http://www.ken-on.co.jp/rosa/top.html
1995 : Sam Rainsy, leader of opposition in Cambodia is expelled from parliament http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2005 : Vietnamese Prime minister Phan Van Khai meets US president George W Bush. He is the first Vietnamese leader to go to USA since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975
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ON 23 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1180 : In Japan, first Battle of Uji, starting the Gempei War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uji_%281180%29
1534 : Birth of Nobunaga Oda, Japanese daimyo, forced to suicide on June 21, 1582 http://www.samurai-archives.com/nobunaga.html
1615 : Death of Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord, born in 1545 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/mashita-nagamori/
1757 : In India, the British, under the command of Robert Clive, win the Battle of Plassey, defeating the Nawab of Bengal http://murshidabad.nic.in/plassey.htm
1884 : An Chinese army defeats the French at Bacle, Indochina
1898 : Emilio Aguinaldo is proclaimed president of the first Philippine Republic (not recognized by the international community)
1924 : Birth of Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lanka president (1989-1993) assassinated on May 1, 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa
1951 : Soviet United Nations delegate Jacob Malik proposes cease-fire in Korean War
1954 : Outside the official negotiating sessions, in the Conference of Geneva, French premier Pierre Mendès France meets Chine Foreign minister Zhou Enlai
1960 : Birth of Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and porgrammer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuya_Uemura
1962 : In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma is Prime Minister for the fourth time, up to December 1975
1966 : Birth of Richie Ren, Taiwanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ren http://www.geocities.com/richie_renxianqi/
1969 : In Vietnam War, North Vietnamese encircle Ben Het http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1926
1970 : Extention of the nippo-American 1960 security treaty
1973 : South Korean president Park Chung-hee proclaims a new foreign policy of peace and reunification with North Korea
1980 : Death of Varahagiri Ventaka Giri, fourth president of India (1969-1974), born on August 10, 1894 http://pastpresidentsofindia.indiapress.org/giri.html
1980 : Large Vietnamese raid in Thai territory, causing the tougher stance of Asean on Vietnam
1985 : Air India jet crashes killing 329 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/23/
newsid_2518000/2518857.stm
1996 : Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh prime minister, till July 2001 http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/hasina.html
2002 : In Malaysia, death of Fadzil Noor, chairman of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Pas) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9D07E7D91F3FF936A15755C0A9649C8B63
2002 : In Indian Kashmir, Omar Abdullah succeeds his father Farooq Abdullah as chairman of the National coalition ruling the region
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ON 24 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1398 : Death of Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang), first emperor (1368-1398) of the Chinese Ming dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor
1662 : Dutch attempt to capture Macau is repulsed
1908 : Birth of Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer, who died on October 9, 1987 http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil13.html
1910 : In Korea, Japanese gendarmerie replace Korean police
1932 : A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_1932 http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ugsoc/his/Journal/En%20En%20Thailand%
20Essay.pdf
1945 : End of the last Japanese resistance in Okinawa
1949 : In Indonesia, Dutch troops leave Jogjakarta
1955 : Birth of Swami Chidvilasananda, current guru of Siddha Yoga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidvilasananda
1965 : Saigon breaks its diplomatic relations with France after it has recognized North Vietnam
1973 : Birth of Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Jin_Hee http://www.sidushq.com/star/jjhee
1974 : In India, after the Hight Court of Allahabad declared her election invalid, the Supreme Court authorizes Indira Gandhi, to keep her premiership but withdraws her vote right in the parliament
1983 : Birth of John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Cruz http://www.celebrityheaven.info/182/John%20Lloyd%20Cruz.html
1985 : Birth of Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukina_Shirakawa http://www.karuku.com/photo/yukina-shirakawa/
1998 : In Malaysia, Daim Zainuddin, closed to Mahathir, is appointed « special » minister, in charge of some economic topics, so encroaching his the domain of Anwar Ibrahim who is at odd with Mahathir.
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ON 25 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 25, 2008
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635 : Death of the first Tang dynasty Chinese Emperor Gaozu (618-626), born in 566 http://chinese-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/gaozu
1902 : Birth of Prince Chichibu, younger brother of Emperor Showa (Harihito), who died on January 4, 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Chichibu
1937 : Birth of Obuchi Keizo, Japanese prime minister (1998-2000) who died on May 14, 2000 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ObuchiK.html
1944 : Birth of Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer, who died on April 7, 2000 http://www.broery.com/
1950 : North Korea invades South Korea. UN condemns North Korea invasion (see BBC) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2709 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25/
newsid_2699000/2699641.stm
1954 : Chine Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to India. An important communiqué on pacific coexistence will be published on 28
1969 : US Navy turns boats to South Vietnam Navy http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25/
newsid_2699000/2699641.stm
1974 : Birth of Pooja Umashankar, Sri Lankan actress http://lankaculture.blogspot.com/2008/01/pooja-gautami-
umashankar.html
1982 : Birth of Jung Li-hoon, South Korean actor and singer http://men.stareastasia.com/jung-ji-hoon/
1982 : Birth of Rain, South Korean singer http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187264,00.html
1986 : Birth of Aya Matsuura, Japanese popular music artist and actress http://www.babebio.com/babe/aya_matsuura/
1997 : The Number Two of the East-Timor resistance, is killed in a military operation of the Indonesian forces
1997 : In Thailand, sixteen bank companies, ears in debt, are ordered to stop their activities
1998 : Bill Clinton starts the first of an American president in China since Tiananmen massacre (till July 3)
2000 : General elections in Japan. The LDP, with 233 representatives on 480, loses the absolut majority, but its alliance keep the majority in the Lower House with 267 members
2002 : In Malaysia, the United Malayan National Organization (UMNO) announces that Prime Minister Mahathir will quit on October 25, 2003, and that he will progressivelly give his powers to Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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ON 26 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1838 : Birth of Bankim Chandra Chatterji, Indian writer, who died in April 1894 http://www.ceeby.com/people/bankimchandrachatterji.cfm
1858 : Tianjin (Tien-tsin) Treaty between Great Britain and China http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob28.html
1945 : Delegates from 51 nations, including the Republic of China, sign the United Nations Charter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Charter http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/
1937 : Birth of Sombat Metanee, Thai actor and film director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombat_Metanee
1949 : Kim Gu, president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (1927-1948), is murdered. Born on August 29, 1876 http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/kimgu.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Korea
1950 : United Nations Security Council demands the immediate withdrawal of North Korea forces from South Korea
1968 : United States give back the administration of Bonin islands to Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonin_Islands
1971 : Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) suggests a new plan to solve the Vietnam War
1972 : Japan protests a series of French nuclear tests at Mururoa (South Pacific)
1975 : Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections. Political leader who opposed her are rounded up and press censorship is imposed
1985 : Birth of Oryen Trinley Dorje, 17th Karmapa (Tibet spiritual leader) http://www.kagyuoffice.org/karmapa.biographicalinfo.html
1994 : Death of Jahanara Iman, Bangladesh writer and political activist, born on May 3, 1929
2002 : For the first time since she has been freed, Aung San Suu Kyi can leave Yangon and go to Mandalay with no problem
2004 : Death of Yash Johar a famous Indian Bollywood film producer, born 6 September 1929 http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=3679
2007 : The Indonesian parliament rejects the defense agreement signed with Singapore in exchange for an extradition treaty for the forced return of corrupted Indonesian businessmen who took refuge in Singapore
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ON 27 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 27, 2008
1839 : Death of Ranjit Singh, head of the Sikh state of Punjab, born on 13 November 1780 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062680/Ranjit-Singh?
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1871 : The yen becomes the new form of currency in Japan when the government suspended the exchange of clan notes, money issued by feudal lords that have circulated since the 16th century
1915 : Naissance de Zhao Dan, Chinese actor, director and writer http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-10/22/content_43947.htm
1935 : Birth of Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor, dubbed as the Bruce Lee of the Philippines, who died on August 26, 2007
1939 : Birth of Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor, who died on January 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dev_Burman
1950 : United Nations Security Council votes a resolution which take note that North Korea refuses to respect its June 25 resolution and takes sanctions against it http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2711
1950 : Following a call from the United Nations Security Council, US President Truman orders naval and air forces to support South Korea and to protect Taiwan http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0627.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
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1952 : Birth of Madan Kumar Bhandhari, communist Nepalese politician, who was kill in a mysterious car crash in 1993 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madan_Kumar_Bhandari
1962 : Birth of Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Liang Zhaowei), Hong Kong actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/bio
1962 : USA says it will consider any Chinese attack against the costal islands held by Taiwan as an attack against Taiwan
1968 : US forces evacuate Khe-Sanh, besieged by the National Liberation front since several months http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/khe/index.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1933
1971 : Birth of Nepalese prince Dipendra who killed his father and many other members of the royal family on June 1, 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1365983.stm
1979 : Birth of Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453589/ http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=48&
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1989 : After Tiananmen Square massacre, European Council takes political and economic sanctions against Beijing
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ON 28 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1194 : Death of Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1162-1189), born on November 27, 1127 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xiaozong
1243 : Birth of Go-Fukasuka, 89th Japanese emperor (1246-1259) who died on August 17, 1304
1921 : Birth of Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, Indian Prime minister (1991-1996) who died on December 23, 2004 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RaoPamula.html
1938 : Birth of Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist, who died on January 23, 2001 http://www.moyyat.com/origins.html
1940 : Birth of Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize http://www.nndb.com/people/183/000049036/
1946 : Signature of a Treaty of mutual assistance between USA and the the Republic of China
1950 : North Korean troops capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea
1950 : In China, a law on trade unions and another on agrarian reform are adopted
1951 : Death of Fumiko Hayashi, a female Japanese writer who died in June 1951 http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HayashiF.html
1951 : After the June 23 proposals of Malik, the Soviet representative at United Nations, US general Rigway, commanding the international forces in Korea, says he is ready to talk for a cease-fire
1954 : At the end of the visit of Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in India, signature of the Agreement between the PRC and the Republic of India, which include the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence (or Panchshell) http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/dengxp/vol3/note/C0150.html http://chinaembassy.org.nz/eng/ziliao/3602/3604/t18053.htm
1956 : Joint communiqué between China and Japan on the repatriation of prisoners of war
1965 : In Vietnam, US forces launch their first offensive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1935
1971 : Nixon announces a new withdrawal from Vietnam (10,000 soldiers)
1972 : US president Richard Nixon announces that draftees will not go to Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1936
1978 : Vietnam becomes a member of Soviet Union led Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon)
1979 : Birth of Ha Ji-won (Jeong Hea-rim), Korean actress http://women.stareastasia.com/ha-ji-won/
1983 : Birth of Maui Taylor, Filipina model and singer http://www.mauitaylor.net/
1992 : In Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani president juqu’en septembre 1996 http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/today/brabbani.html
1994 : Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas at Matsumoto, Japan, 7 persons are killed and 660 injured http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoto_incident
1994 : Arsala Rahmani succeds Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as Afghan prime minister http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369167
1998 : In China, Foundation of the forbidden China Democracy Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Democracy_Party http://www.cdponline.org/
2004 : According to a draft agreement, India and Pakistan each country will advice the other before a missile launch and they will open new consulates
2007 : Death of Japanese premier Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993), born on October 8, 1919 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/jun/30/guardianobituaries.japan
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