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26 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 26 FEBRUARY
1911 : Birth of Taro Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist who died in January 1996 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Okamoto http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_dave/65019195/
1936 : Attempted coup d’état by the ultranationalist Kodo-ha faction of the Imperial Japanese Army http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_26_Incident
1956 : Birth of Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/kuwatak.html http://wiki.theppn.org/Keisuke_Kuwata
1958 : Death of Japanese painter Yokoyama Taikan, born in November 1868 http://ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/346.html?c=15 http://www.chitralekha.org/yokoyama.htm
1966 : Death of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer, born in May 1883 http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/vds.htm
1969 : Birth of Wang Dan, one of the students leaders in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/cnn25.wang.tan/index.html
1969 : Birth of Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer http://sakimoto.cocoebiz.com/index.shtml
1973 : Opening at Paris of the International Conference on Vietnam
1980 : Birth of Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/fong_lik_sun.htm
1982 : Birth of Song Hye Kye, South Korea’s model and actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Song_Hye-kyo.php http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/06/23/song-hye-kyo-picture-gallery-1/
1986 : Birth of Crytal Kay, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Crystal_Kay
2004 : Death of Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician born in July 1920 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/521502.cms
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members Amazon (USA), Avivi (China) and Arecan3 (Burma)
From all of us have an happy birthday
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27 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 27 FEBRUARY
1626 : Yuan Chonghuan is appointed governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory at Ningyuan against the Mandchurians under Nurhaci http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ningyuan
1712 : Death of Bahadur Shah 1, born in October 1643 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P065
1876 : Signature of the Treaty of Ganghwa or Korea-Japanese Treaty of Amity, oponing Korea to Japanese trade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ganghwa
1908 : Birth of Kazuo Hasegawa, Japanese actor http://www.answers.com/topic/kazuo-hasegawa?cat=entertainment http://club.u-lik.com/Kazuo+Hasegawa
1939 : Birth of Kenzo Takada, Japanese fashion designer http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/takada_kenzo.shtml
1955 : Elections in Japan, confirming the defeat of Shigeru Yoshida clique http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshida_Shigeru
1957 : Mao’s speech « On the correct handling of contradiction among people » launching the « One hundred flowers movement » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign
1962 : Two pilots bomb the Independance Palace of Vietnam’s president Ngo Dinh Diem.In this action, the first US is killed in Vietnam
1965 : Birth of Maggie Siu, Hong Kong actress http://www.geocities.com/maggiesiu99/ http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/siu_maggie.htm
1965 : In a White Paper, Washington accuses Hanoi of leading against Saigon an agression so real as the one of an invasion army.
1977 : Birth of Ji Sung, South Korean actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Sung http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ji_Sung
1996 : Satoshi Tajiri creates the hit media franchise Pokémon http://www.pokezam.com/pokemon/stajiri.php
2002 : A train carring hindu nationalist pilgrims is attacked at Godhra (Gujarat) causing 59 victims. In the following days, violence between Muslims and Hindus will cause 540 deaths. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/27/
newsid_4168000/4168073.stm
2004 : Death of Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian born in January 1928 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiko_Amino
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28 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 28 FEBRUAY
202 BC : Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty’s rule over China http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22859.htm
1911 : Birth of Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet who died in March 1946
1919 : Amanullah Khan, born in June 1892, becomes King of Afghanistan up to January 1929. He died in exile in April 1960 http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/amanullahkhan.htm
1939 : Birth of Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese born physicist, Nobel laureate http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1998/tsui-
autobio.html
1942 : Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1946 : In Chongqing, signature of two treaties between France and China
1947 : Anti-Kuomintang’s administration demonstration on Taiwan (228 Incident). Civil disorder is put down at a loss of 30,000 civilian lives http://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm
1952 : Agreement between the USA and Japan on the deployment of US forces in Japan
1957 : U Nu becomes Prime Minister for the second time, up to October 1958 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/u-nu/
1963 : Death of Rajendra Prasad, first president of India http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/10.html
1972 : End of the visit of President Nixon in China. Signature of the Shanghai Communique http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique01.htm
1972 : Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato says that Taiwan belongs to China http://www.jakvydelat.com/eisaku-sato/
1974 : Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1998 : Kim Dae-jung becomes president of South Korea up to February 2003 http://www.hosted-webs.com/daejong/
2001 : China ratifies the International Convenant on the Economic, Social and Cultural rights, except the article 8, paragraph 1-a on trade unions freedom http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm
2002 : Despite a very low rating, Tung Chee-hwa is reelected as head of Hong Kong is reelected by 80 % of the electoral body
2002 : At least 55 are killed in Ahmadabad, India, when Hindus burn Muslim homes
2004 : Over 1 million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-hand rally, forming a 500-kilometre long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/228_Hand-in-Hand_Rally
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members VC8481 and BETCHIE from the Philippines, as well as SAKORA from Poland
From all of us have an happy birthday
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29 FEBRUARY 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 29 FEBRUAY
1896 : Birth of Morarji Desai, Indian Prime Minister (March 1977-July 1979) who died in April 1995 http://www.boloji.com/people/04006.htm
1904 : Birth of Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra, who died on 24 February 1986 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/03/16/stories/
2003031600400500.htm http://www.sawnet.org/whoswho/?Arundale+Rukmini+Devi
1944 : Five leaders of the Indonesia Communist Party are sentenced to death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indies_Social_Democratic_Association
1948 : Birth of Jiro Akagawa, Japanist novelist http://www.tjf.or.jp/deai/contents/teacher/mini_en/html/akagawa.html
1950 : In Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek, who had resigned after his defeat against the Mao Zedong Red Army, is reelected president of the Republic of China
1968 : Birth of Naoko Lijima, Japanese actress http://gallery.muzi.com/stars/cc/english/13353.shtml http://gallery.muzi.com/gallery/pfg/english/1000783.shtml
1972 : South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam
1980 : The Chinese Communist Party decides the rehabilitation of Liu Shaoqi, ex number two of the party and president of the Republic who died under arrest during the Cultural Revolution http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/lsq.html<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/29 09:22
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1st MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 1 MARCH
772 : Birth of Bai Juyi, Chinese poet and governor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Juyi
1260 : Hulagu Khan, grandson of Ghensis, conquerors Damascus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan
1683 : Birth of Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th dalai lama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsangyang_Gyatso,_6th_Dalai_Lama http://www.friendsoftibet.org/main/songs.html
1889 : Birth of Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher who died in December 1960 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/watsuji-tetsuro/
1892 : Birth of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer, who died at 35 in July 1927 http://www.bookrags.com/biography/ryunosuke-akutagawa/
1914 : The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union
1919 : March 1st Movement begins in Korea (Samil Undong) proclaims independance from Japan http://www.korea.net/News/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20070228038&
part=112&SearchDay=
1932 : Pu Yi is installed by the Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo under the reign title of Datong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi
1934 : Pu Yi is crowned as Emperor Kangde of Manchukuo
1942 : Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
1942 : the Battle of Java Sea started on 27 February ends. US suffers a major naval defeat http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/java_sea.html
1947 : Chine Premier T.V. Soong resigns http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068719/TV-Soong
1948 : Withdrawal of the last British forces from India
1949 : Indonesian separatists seize Yogyakarta from the Dutch
1958 : Birth of Japanese conductor Chosei Komatsu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosei_Komatsu
1962 : Pakistan, under Ayub Khan, has a new constitution that set up a presidential system of government
1971 : Pakistani President Yahya Khan postpones indefinitely the pending national assembly session, precipating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan
1983 : China suggest a five-point peace plan for Cambodia
2001 : India is the second country, after China, to have a 1-billion population
2002 : US invasion of Afghanistan : operation Anaconda begins in Eastern Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda
2003 : Four North Korean fighters surround an US spy plane, during 23 minutes, 240 km far from Japanese coasts in Yellow sea. First such incident since 1963
2003 : Suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2811855.stm
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members SUECHERYL (China) and of VITAL (Netherlands)
From all of us have an happy birthday
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2 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 2 MARCH
1815 : Signature of the Kandyan Convention by British invaders and the king Sri Wichrema Rajasinghe of Kandyan kingdom http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/kandycon.html
1946 : Ananda Mahidob becomes king of Siam Rama VIII from March 1935 through his assassination in June 1946 http://www.hotel-club-thailand.com/chakri/rama_viii.htm
1946 : Ho Chi Minh is elected president of North Vietnam http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNhochiminh.htm
1949 : Death of Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter http://www.ceeby.com/people/sarojininaidu.cfm
1955 : King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, prince Norodom Suramarit, in order to realy participate in the political anena http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807088,00.html?promoid=googlep
1955 : Birth of Shoko Asahara, Japanese culte leader http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3504237.stm
1961 : In Pakistan adoption of the Muslim Family Law under which unmitigated polygamy is abolished and consent of the current wife is made mandatory for a second marriage
1962 : beginning of The Voice of Thailand People, a communist radio station based in China
1962 : Birth of Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morioka_Hiroyuki
1962 : In a coup d’état, Burmese general Ne Win seizes the power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_Win#1962:_Coup_d.27.C3.A9tat
1963 : Border treaty between China and Pakistan
1965 : Following an attack on a US Marine barrack at Pleiku (South Vietnam) the USA launched the Rolling Thunder operation by bombing North Vietnam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder
1969 : Soviet Union and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River (Around 70 die) http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1971/jul-
aug/marks.html
1988 : Birth of Nadine Samonte, Filipina actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1717757/ http://girls.bembang.com/nadinesamonte
1991 : Ranjan Wijeratne, Deputy Defense Minister, is assassinated by Tamil rebels http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/
newsid_4201000/4201675.stm
2005 : Indonesian Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected to be the spiritual leader of islamist movement Jamah Islamiya, is condemned to 2 years and half in jail for having approved the Bali attack (202 deads) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2339693.stm
2007 : In reply to a US congrès resolution asking to the Japanese government to solve the problem of the « confort women », Prime Minister said that nothing prove that they were forced in prostitution. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jul/31/usa.japan
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member JAYKAY from India
From all of us have an happy birthday
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3 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 3 MARCH
78 : Origin of Saka era in India http://sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13348235
1301 : Go-Nijo is enthroned as the 94th Emperor of Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nij%C5%8D
1575 : Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073707/Battle-of-Tukaroi
1707 : Death of Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (1658-1707) http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Mughals/Aurang.html
1833 : According to Akilahiratu Ammananai, Ayya Vaikundar arises from the sea as avatar of Narayana at Thiruchendur (Tamil Nadu state of India) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Vaikundar
1839 : Birth of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Indian industrialist who died in May 1904 http://www.ceeby.com/people/jntata.cfm
1865 : Opening of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
1939 : In Bombay (Mumbai), Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India
1942 : Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people
1957 : Under the pretect of the killing of the French missionnary Auguste Chapdelaine, France and the United Kingdom declare war on China http://www.stjohn-catholic.org/Saints/02%20-%20February/Month/27%
20auguste_chapdelaine.htm
1936 : Koki Hirota becomes Japan’s Prime Minister, up to February 1937 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hirota-K.html
1943 : End of the Battle of Bismarck Sea http://www.historicwings.com/features99/bismarcksea/history01.html
1971 : Beginning of the no-cooperation of the East Pakistan population
1981 : Birth of Eugene Kim (Kim Yoo-Jin) korean actress and singer http://women.stareastasia.com/eugene-kim/
1981 : Birth of Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress http://www.ampedasia.com/forums/sung-yuri-t-5476.html http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/Sung_Yu_Ri
2001 : A bomb destroys a plane of Thai Airways on which Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was to embark.
2005 : Pyongyang said it is no more committed to the moriraty on its tests of long range missiles as announced in September 1999
2006 : After more than two years, the two Koreas resume their military talks at the highest level than ever.<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/03/10 11:43
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4 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 4 MARCH
1621 : Jakarta, in Java, is renamed Batavia by the Dutch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia%2C_Dutch_East_Indies#History
1878 : Birth of Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist who commited in June 1923 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/228.html http://www.bookrags.com/biography/arishima-takeo-dlb/
1904 : During the Russo-Japanese war, Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops http://cnparm.home.texas.net/Wars/RusJp/RusJp02.htm
1931 : Mahatma Gandhi signs an agreement with the viceroy of India for the release of political prisoners and that salt could be freely used by the most lower casts of the population
1938 : Birth of Anton Balasingham, the « foreign minister » of the Tamil separatists in Sri Laka, who died in December 2006 http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/249
1952 : China accuses the USA to use bacteriogical war in the war of Korea
1956 : Elections for the first National Assembly of South Vietnam since the abolition of the monarchy
1969 : Birth of Annie Shizuka Inoh, Taiwanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Shizuka_Inoh http://www.annieyi.org/
1975 : Birth of Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-Eun http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=1882 http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Jeong-eun.php
1980 : Birth of South Korea actress Jung Da-bin who commited suicide in February 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Da_Bin http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t114825.html
1980 : Five of the six main resistence movements ally in an Alliance for Liberation of Afghanistan
1981 : Birth of Carol Banawa, Filipina singer and celebrity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Banawa http://www.worldidols.net/523/Carol%20Banawa.html
1984 : Birth of Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Iwamura http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1178639/
2000 : After new 1997 amendment of the Thai constitution, first election of the 200 senators
1998 : While Beijing forbide countries having diplomatic relations with the PRC to have political relations with Taipeh, vice-president Lien Chan arrives in Kuala Lumpur for a « private visit »
2003 : A bomb attack, by Abu Fayyaf group, in the Davao (Mindanao) airport causes 20 people dead and 170 wounded.
2004 : Wang Youcai, activist in 1989 Tiananmen movement, condemned in 1998 to eleven years in jail as the founder of Democratic Party of China is freed and send to the USA. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/humanrights/
Wang_Youcai_Released.html http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9C03E1D6103FF936A35750C0A9629C8B63
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member GDIYAHOOBOSS from China
From all of us have an happy birthday
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5 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 5 MARCH
1160 : Taira no Kiyomori wipe out the Minamoto ending the Heiji rebellion http://www.japan-101.com/history/minamoto_no_yoshitomo.htm
1611 : Death of Shimazu Yoshihisa, a samurai, daimo of Satsuma province, born in February 1533 http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshihisa.html
1663 : Go-Sai, 111th Japanese Emperor abdicates. He will die in March 1685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sai
1776 : Death of Yeongjo, 21st of Korean Joseon dynasty’s ruler, born in September 1694 http://wiki.galbijim.com/Yeongjo_of_Joseon
1824 : The British officially declare war on Burma (First Burmanese War) http://www.rakhapura.com/scholars-column/the-first-burmese-war.asp http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1burmese.htm
1886 : Birth of Dong Biwu, hight-ranking member of the Communist Party of China who died in April 1975 http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Dong+Biwu
1898 : Birth of Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek who died in October 2003 http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/chiang.html http://www.magiccarpetjournals.com/Madame-Chiang.htm
1898 : Birth of Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier from 1949 to 1976 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDenlai.htm
1909 : Birth of Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian Prime Minister (1945-1947) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068055/Sutan-Sjahrir?refresh=Y
1932 : The Japanese occupy Harbin in Manchuria
1940 : Death of Cai Yuanpei (Tsai Yuan-pei), Chinese educator who was the first president of the Academia Sinica, born in January 1868 http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72166218
1943 : Japanese wipe out the Anti-Japanese People’s Army in the Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines
1944 : First US bombing on Haiphong.
1949 : The Jharkland Party is founded in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand_Party
1958 : Pyongyang suggests a total withdraw of foreign forces from the two Koreas
1958 : The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is founded is established in China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxi
1964 : Ceylan (now Sri Lanka) declares emergency due to unrest
1966 : Birth of Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian http://www.aasifmandvi.net/
1978 : Ye Jianying becomes president of the PRC, replacing Zhu De http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/yejianying.shtml http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDzhu.htm
1979 : China starts the withdraw of its troops from Vietnam
1985 : The Vietnamese delegate to United Nations, Huang Bich Son, déclares that the possibility of a second Chine invasion is more and more likely
1986 : The president of the Philippines Cory Aquino frees the communist leaders José-Maria Sison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison
and Bernabe Buscayno http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9B0DE2DA153CF930A35756C0A961948260
1988 : Riot during a religious ceremony in Lhasa causing around 50 people dead. 600 people died in the 1987-1988 unrests
2001 : In Malaysia, Ezam Mohamed Noor, ex secretary of Anwar Ibrahim, and leader of the Youth wing of the National Justice Party (Keadilan National). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/1420739.stm http://www.anwaribrahim.com/inner.asp?z=14
2004 : Death of Zang Kejia, Chine poet, born in October 1905 http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/zangkj.html
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6 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 6 MARCH
1615 : Death of Pieter Both in a tempest, first General Governor of the Dutch Indies, born in 1568 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015856/Pieter-Both
1898 : China leases to Germany, for 99 years, the city of Qingdao and several mining deposits http://www.qingdaochina.org/english/Survey/em1_1.htm
1903 : Birth of Empress consort Kojun of Japan (1926-1989), wife of Emperor Showa, who died in June 2000 http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/esyouwa/esyouwa.html
1909 : Birth of the Japanese novelist Ooka Shohei who died in 1968 http://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/bunka/bunjinroku/ooka_e.htm
1929 : Birth of Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State (1970-1983) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9D0CEEDA1238F937A25756C0A967958260
1943 : In Dutch Indies, Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1946 : Ho Chi Minh and French negociator Sainteny sign an agreement. France recognize the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as and independent country inside the Indo-Chinese Federation of the French Union. French forces are maintained in Tonkin
1947 : Loi Tek is expeled from Communist Party of Malaya and replaced by Chin Peng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Teck http://www.asiawind.com/pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg00477.html
1948 : The government of the Philippines bans the Anti-Japanese People Army (Huk) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukbalahap
1949 : Birth of Shaukat Aziz , Pakistani Prime Minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3941185.stm http://www.despardes.com/FEATURES/jun04/who-is-shaukat-aziz-jun28.htm
1955 : U Nu, Burmese Prime Minister starts a travel to Thailand, India, Israel, Yougoslavia,Great-Britain and USA
1965 : US Pentagone announces that the 3500 first American ground forces will be send to Vietnam for fighting the communists guerilla
1991 : In India Congress Party withdraw its support to Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9022396/Chandra-Shekhar
1999 : Arrest of Ta Mok, last Khmer rouge leadear who has not joined the government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok
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