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28 JANUARY 2008
Sorry, I am sick. I will complete this pages in the coming fews days :sick:
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 28 JANUARY
1846 : Battle of Aliwal, in India, won by British troops on Sikhs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aliwal
1888 : Birth of general Masaharu who commanded the Japanese forces in the Philippines and was executed by a firing squad on April 1946 http://www.answers.com/topic/masaharu-homma
1932 : The « Shanghai Incident » : Japanese forces attack Shanghai http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=114 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_28_Incident
1941 : Under Japanese mediation, cease-fire between France and Thailand on the borders between Thailand and French protectorates of Laos and Cambodia
1963 : Start of Anglo-Philippines negotiations on Sabah
1973 : Cease-fire effective in Vietnam
1981 : Le Vietnam proposes to withdraw its forces in Cambodia if China agrees to sign a non-agression pact with the three Indochina countries
1983 :The China’s general chief of staff, Yang Dezhi, declares in Bangkok that China will help Thailand in case of Vietnamese raids
1989 : Death of Rinpoche the 10th Panchen Lama http://www.tibet.com/PL/newstibet.html
2008 : Samak Sundaravej, president of the People Power Party is elected as new Thailand Prime Minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212516.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212682.stm
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29 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 29 JANUARY
1819 : British East India Company administrator Sir Stamford Raffles establisses the port of Singapore http://www.who2.com/thomasstamfordraffles.html
1953 : Birth of Teresa Teng, Tawainese singer who died in May 1995 from a severe asthma attack http://www.angelfire.com/mt/tris19/teresa.html
1955 : The Congress resolution giving the US président full power for defending Taiwan takes effect
1968 : Death of Japanese painter Foujita, born in November 1886, who lived mainly in France http://www.galeriedada.com/search.php?by=name&q=Foujita%2C+Tsuguharu&gclid=CIb-
m8y3nJECFRnlXgod_westw http://modern-art.suite101.com/article.cfm/foujita
1968 : Birth of Sora Jung, Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1740364/
1972 : Prime Minister Sato saids that Japon wish to normalize its relations with PRC
1979 : US president Jimmy Carter welcomes Chinese vice premier Deng Xiaoping following the establishment of diplomatic relations
2001 : In Indonesia, thousands of student protestors storm the parliament property and demand that president Abdurrahman Wahid quit due to his alleged involvement in two scandals.
2002 : US president George W. Bush delivering a State of the Union adress describes North Korea as a member of an « axis of evil »
2002 : Japanese Premier Junichiro dismisses the Foreign minister Makiko Tanaka, the first women who got this position in Japan
2003 : In Nepal, Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal), leader of the Maoist guerilla saids he has ordered a suspension of operations and that he accepts an government offer for peace negociation
2003 : Following a supposed declaration of a Thailand actress saying she will go to Cambodia only when Ankor Vat will be given back to Thailand, Cambodian demonstrator set fire to the Thai ambassy in Phnom Penh
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member BLOBLOBOLO (from England)
From all of us haved an happy birthday
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30 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 30 JANUARY
1181 : Death of 80th Japanese Emperor Takakura who reigned from 1168 through 1180 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Takakura
1867 : Death of Osahito (Komei), 121st Japanese Emperor, born in July 1831 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei
1889 : Birth of Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist who died in January 1937 http://www.indopedia.org/Jaishankar_Prasad.html
1932 : Birth of Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1443891
1942: Japanese troops land on Ambon (Moluccas)
1948 : The Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, an hindu extremist http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1002.html
1950 : Soviet Union recognizes the Vietnamese government of Ho Chi Minh
1951 : The political commission of the United Nations saids China is agressor in Korea
1952 : Korean truce talks hit stalemate http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11/
newsid_3708000/3708197.stm
1964 : In Vietnam, military coup led by general Nguyen Khan
1968 : The Tet offensive beguins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks in South Vietnam http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/qt/tetoffensive.htm
1972 : Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations
1975 : Birth of Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi_Yoshimura
1978 : Diplomatic normalization between Thailand and Kampuchea
1996 : Death of San Yu, President of Burma from 1981 to 1988, born in March 1918 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9907E0D61639F932A05752C0A960958260
2003 : South Korean General accounting court confirms that 200 million dollars had been sent to North Korea one week before the historic summit of June 2000
2003 : In Thailand, anti-Cambodia demonstrations which stopped at the king request. Diplomatic relations are suspended. <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/30 20:50
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31 JANUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 31 JANUARY
877 : Birth of Taejo of Goryeo, founder of the Korean Goryeo dynasty who reigned from 918 to 943, who died in July 943 http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Taejo_of_Goryeo
1398 : Death of Emperor Suko (1348-1351), born in May 1334 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Suko
1435 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty Emperor Xuande (1425-1435), born in April 1398 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuande
1543 : Birth of Tokugawa Leyasu, shogun of Japan, who died in June 1616 http://www.samurai-archives.com/ieyasu.html http://www.detarver.com/articles/The%20Last%20Shogun/index.html
1561 : Death of Bairam Khan, Great Mughul General, regent of Akbar http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/bairam-khan.html
1865 : Birth of Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader who died in May 1951 http://swaminarayan.org/shastrijimaharaj/index.htm
1914 : Birth of Sri Daya Mata, Hindu religious figure http://www.yssofindia.org/sri_sri_dayamata.htm
1935 : Birth of Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer, Nobel Laureate 1994 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1994/oe-
bio.html
1948 : Formation of the provisionnal government of the United States of Indonesia by Mohammad Hatta
1948 : Birth of Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muneo_Suzuki
1955 : People’s Republic of China is invited to take parts to United Nations Security Council talks on Taiwan
1964 : French president general De Gaulleadvocates tne neutralization of South-East Asia
1966 : US bombing on North Vietnam, which have been suspended since Christmas, resume
1968 : Vietcong attack American embassy in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/
newsid_2648000/2648951.stm
1969 : Death of Meher Baba, born in February 1894 http://www.ambppct.org/meherbaba/meher-baba-life.php
1971 : Birth of Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress http://koreanfilm.org/actors2.html http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/TVMiniseries/
movie_03_view.asp?cpId=77&konum=2&kosm=
1972 : Death of Nepal king Mahendra (1955-1972), born in June 1920 http://www.infoclub.com.np/nepal/history/history_mahendra.htm
1975 : Birth of Preity Zinta, Indian actress http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/preity_zinta/
1996 : An explosive-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/
newsid_4083000/4083095.stm
2002 : In the Philippines, beginning of joint manoeuvers with US forces aiming the destruction of Abu Sayyaf group
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member Kylie (from China), and Pa_Ira (from India)
From all of us haved an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/01/31 15:20
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1 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 1st FEBRUARY
1662 : In Taiwan, after a nine-month siege, the Dutch entrenched in fort Zeelandia surrender to general Koxinga http://www.taiwandocuments.org/koxinga.htm
1789 : Chinese troops are driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1897 : Foundation of the Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea
1902 : Chinese empress Cixi forbids the binding of women’s feet
1922 : Death of Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and twice Prime Minister of the Meiji period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo
1930 : Birth of Hassain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (1982-1990) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+bd0112)
1931 : Birth of Iajuddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh since 2002 http://www.bangladeshhighcommission.org.uk/discover/president.htm
1951 : United Nations General Assembly declares China an agressor country in Korea War
1958 : Birth of Jackie Shroff, Indian actor http://www.bollywoodblog.com/tags/Jackie-Shroff/
1974 : Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory
1984 : China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1985 : In Cambodia, Vietnamese forces launch a large scale offensive against Khmer Rouge
1987 : The Filipinos, by a referendum approve the new democratic constitution proposed by President Corazon Aquino
2005 : Nepal king Gyanendra dismisses Prime Minister Bahadur Deuba for the second time in two year and takes the chairmanship of the Council of ministers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4226039.stm
2007 : Death of Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer, born in January 1937 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/02/headlines/
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2 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 2 FEBRUARY
1916 : Birth of Vietnamese poet Xuan Dieu who died in December 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu%C3%A2n_Di%E1%BB%87u
1917 : Birth of Do Muoi, ex General secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam (1991-1997) http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ewb_05/ewb_05_01818.html
1933 : Birth of Than Shwe, president of Mynmar State peace and Development Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Than_Shwe
1947 : Birth of Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama
1948 : Signature of an Treaty of Amity between USA and India
1953 : US President Eisenhower announces the withdrawal of US navy and the end of the neutralization of Taiwan
1957 : President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu barrage across river Indus neer Sukkur
1966 : Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir dispute as number one item for the proposed Indo-Pakistan ministerial talks after 1965 war<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/02 16:43
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3 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 3 FEBRUARY
1867 : Emperor Mutsuhito (post name Meiji) is enthroned. He will reign up to 1912 http://www.jref.com/glossary/meiji_mutsuhito_emperor.shtml
1899 : Birth of Lao She who died in August 1966 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_23144.htm
1948 : Birth of East-Timor Bishop Carlos Belo http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/belo.html
1951 : Death of Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist who created the name of « Pakistan » http://www.halfvalue.com/wiki.jsp?topic=Choudhary_Rahmat_Ali
1969 : Death of Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (1967-1969), born in 1909 http://conjeevaramnatarajanannadurai.blogspot.com/
1986 : Pope John Paul II visits Calcutta http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/
newsid_4117000/4117617.stm
2002 : In Cambodia, First local elections since the restoration of democracy. Prime Minister Hun Sen party wins 60 % of the votes, the Funcinpec (royalist) a little less than 20 %, and the PSR (Sam Rainsi) also around 20 %.
2005 : Sam Rainsy, leader of the only one Cambodian opposition party, the PSR (15 députés), flees the country after his parliamentary privilege has been removed for slandering the government http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2006 : Sheik Hasina, president of the Awami League, main Bangladeshi opposition party, decides to put an end to the one-year boycott of parliament, but announces that demonstrations will continue.
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4 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 4 FEBRUARY
960 : Conoration of Zhao Kuangyin, as Emperor Taizu, initiating the Song dynasty (960-976), born in 927 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song
1615 : Death of Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese christian warlord while in exile in Manila http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Takayama_Ukon
1703 : In Edo, 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit Seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death (a very famous story in Japan) http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_folklore/fortysevenronin.shtml
1898 : Birth of Japanese Ito Shinsui http://www.hanga.com/bio.cfm?ID=36 http://www.hanga.com/prints.cfm?ID=36
1899 : The Philippines-American War begins http://www.filipino-americans.com/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?
url=filamwar.html http://www.answers.com/topic/philippine-american-war
1904 : Birth of Deng Yingchao, wife of Zhou Enlai, who died in July 1992 http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dyc.html
1917 : Birth of Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, president of Pakistan (March 1969-December 1971) http://presidentyahya.com/
1921 : Birth of K.R. Narayanan, Président fo India (1997-2002) who died in November 2005 http://www.indianembassy.org/special/president.htm
1922 : By « Shantung Treaty » the territory of Kiaochow (Jiaozhou) in Shantung (Shandong) is returned to China by Japan. The area had been leased by Germany in 1898, but seized by Japan at the outbreak of war in 1914. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kiaochow.html
1932 : Japan occupies Harbin (Manchuria)
1948 : Independence of Ceylan (later Sri Lanka) inside the Commonwealth
1966 : Birth of Kyoko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/koizumi_kyoko.shtml http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463592/
1967 : Because threat on their security, wive and children of Russians leave China for Soviet Union
1973 : International inspection team arrives in Vietnam to monitor the thruth signed on 27 January http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/
newsid_2528000/2528261.stm
1976 : Hua Guofeng, chosen by Mao Zedong as successor, becomes Prime Minister, replacing Zhou Enlai http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/hgf.html
1978 : Junius Richard Jayewardene becomes president of Sri Lanka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene
1978 : Hanoi proposes again border talks to Kampuchea
1998 : An earthquake in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/
newsid_2534000/2534279.stm
2004 : The father of Pakistan nuclear bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan explains to the nation that he is the only responsible for the selling of nuclear secrets to others countries and that the national authorities have nothing to do with that. He is immediately pardoned by general Musharraf. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343621.stm
Today is Sri Lanka National Day
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members EUGENE (from Japan) and KARLOM87 (From Philippines)
From all of us, have a nice birthday <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/04 16:03
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5 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 5 FEBRUARY
976 : Birth of Sanjo, the 67th Emperor of Japan (1011-1016) who died in June 1017 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sanj%C5%8D
1597 : A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirishitan
1927 : Death of Inayat Khan, Indian Sufi http://www.om-guru.com/html/saints/khan.html
1937 : Birth of Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist, who died in February 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xuan
1945 : US troop under the command of general Douglas MacArthur enter Manila starting the very bloody Battle of Manila intramuros http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_the_Liberation_of_Manila
http://67.55.49.220/backup/manila1945.html
1958 : Chen Yi becomes minister of Foreign affairs, replacing Zhou Enlai who stays Prime Minister http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Long-March/Long-March-Chen-Yi.html
1967 : Shanghai is controled by partisans of the Cultural Revolution and a People’s commune is proclaimed.
1972 : Birth of Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koriki_Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/face/archive/news/2006/
20060623p2g00m0dm017000c.html
1976 : Birth of Tony Jaa, Thai actor http://www.tonyjaa.org/biography.shtml
1976 : Birth of Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan http://www.abhishekbachchan.org/
1978 : In China, en of the first session of the 5th National Congress. Hua Guofeng is maintained as president of the CCP and as head of the government. Ye Jianying is elected President of the PRC. A new constitution is voted.
1979 : US and China declare that they will support Thailand in case of a Vietnamese attack
1989 : Birth of Christine Reyes, Filipino actress http://www.celebgallery.us/481/Christine%20Reyes.html
1997 : In China, uprising of Uyghurs in Yining (Xinjiang)
2004 : Death of Chinese poet Zang Kejia, born in October 1905 http://china.org.cn/english/culture/86460.htm
2006 : After Sam Rainsy apologized to Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy is pardoned by the king opening the way for his return from exile.
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6 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 6 FEBRUARY
1593 : Death of Ogimachi, the 106th Japanese emperor (1557-1586), born in June 1517 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_%C5%8Cgimachi
1611 : Birth of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty (1627-1644) who died by hanging himself in April 1644 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen_Emperor
1819 : Stamford Raffles gets from sultan of Johore to open a trading post on the Singapore island for the British East India Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles
1904 : After failing to get what it want from Russia in Mandchuria, Japan abruptly severes its diplomatic relations with Moscow
1922 : Signature of the Washington Naval Treaty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty
1964 : Death of Emilio Aguilnado, first president of the first republic of Philippines, born on March 1869 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/aguinaldo.html
1966 : Violent diatribe of Fidel Castro against China
1967 : Birth of Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer who died in May 2007 http://izumi-sakai.com/zard.html
1975 : Birth of Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/tomoko-kawase
1976 : Signature of a secret military treaty between China and the Democratic Kampuchea
1978 : Ranasinghe Premadasa Sri Lanka Prime Minister up to January 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa
2001 : China-Taiwan For the first time since 1949, a chinese ship makes a direct liaison from Xiamen to Kinmen (Quemoy).
2001 : Assassination of Filipino communist revolutionary and founder of the Labor Party Filemon Lagman http://www.greenleft.org.au/2001/436/26702
2005 : General elections in Thailand. Huge victory of the Thai Rak Thai of Prime Minister Shinawatra which wins 375 seats vis 96 to Democratic Party, 27 for Chart Thai and 2 to Mahachon. No one TRT member of parliament elected in the muslim southern provinces
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members PIAN (from Philippines)
From all of us haved an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/06 14:02
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