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7 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 7 FEBRUARY
1045 : Death of the 69th Japanese Emperor Go-Suzaku (1036-1045), born in December 1009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku
1799 : Death of Chine Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), born in 1711 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22924.htm http://www.threeemperors.org.uk/index.php?pid=19
1906 : Birth of Puyi, the last Chinese emperor (1908-1912), who died in 1967 http://www.lilicat.com/puyi.php
1925 : Birth of Liu Binyan, Chinese journalist and novelist who died in exile in December 2005 http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/liu_binyan.html http://zonaeuropa.com/20060219_3.htm
1943 : The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign
1950 : The United States and Great Britain recognize the Vietnam government of Bao Dai, and also Laos and Cambodia
1955 : Chinese Nationalists evacuate Tachen islands under the US protection
1965 : First air bombing of North Vietnam by American forces from their Air bases in Thailand
1966 : Summit in Honolulu between US president Johnson and his South Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Cao Ky http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/
newsid_2536000/2536257.stm
1967 : Chinese government says it is no more in the capacity of guarantee the security of the Soviets in Beijing
1967 : Birth of Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156522/ http://www.brns.com/pages4/cheungman1.html
1976 : After the death of Zhou Enlai, Hua Guofeng is named temporary Prime Minister. Starting of a violent campaign against “rightists”
1987 : South Korea clashes over student death http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/
newsid_2536000/2536299.stm
1992 : Birth of Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer http://wiki.theppn.org/Yajima_Maimi
1995 : Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is arrested in Islamabad http://www.fas.org/irp/world/iraq/956-tni.htm
2000 : Bahria University is established through Presidential ordinance N° V by the government of Pakistan http://www.bci.edu.pk/index.aspx
2007 : In Indonesia, Irian Jaya province is renamed West Papua province
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members SHAMS777 (from Pakistan)
From all of us have an happy birthday
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8 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 8 FEBRUARY
1265 : Death of Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler who took and destroyed Bagdad in 1258, born in 1217 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan
1720 : Birth of Sakuramachi, 115th emperor of Japan (1735-1747) who died in 1750. Don’t confuse with his daughter who will be the 117 th emperor under the name og Go-Sakuramachi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sakuramachi
1903 : Birth of Tunku Abdul Rahman, First Malayan Prime Minister after independence (1957-1990) who died in December 1990 http://www.primeministersofmalaysia.net/1.php
1904 : Japan launches the war against Russia by a surprise attack on Port-Arthur, a Russian naval base in China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur
1924 : Birth of Khamtay Siphandone, president of Laos (1998-2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamtai_Siphandon
1939 : Birth of Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Maoist) in December 1968, living in exile in the Neterlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison http://www.josemariasison.org/
1962 : The US military support mission installs its HQ at Saigon.
1971 : Intervention of South Vietnamese troops against Ho Chi Minh Tracks in Cambodia
1982 : Birth of Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Takaoka_Sousuke
1993 : Death of N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lanka communist leader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Shanmugathasan
2002 : Ong Teng Cheong, president of Singapore (1993-1999), dies from cancer at 66 years old http://www.ongtengcheong.com/
2004 : Sri Lanka’s presidente Chandrika Kumaratunga, opposed to her Prime Minister Ranil Wrickramasinghe on the way to solve the Tamil question, dissolves the parliament, one year after the last elections.
2005 : E. Kausalyan, political leader of separatist LTTE for east of Sri Lanka, is killed in an ambush. The Tigers( LTTE) break off all relations with the government http://www.tamilweek.com/Kausalyan.html
2006 : Failure of the local elections organized by the king because the threats of the Maoist rebellion and the boycott of the opposition parties. Only 21 % of the electorate went to vote.
2007 : The ex independentist cadre, Erwandi Yusuf, elected in December 2006, takes officially his functions as governor of Aceh province http://www.asiasource.org/news/special_reports/acehgovernor.cfm http://www.ronyzakaria.com/photos/features/irwandi_zero_to_hero_2006/
index.html#
2007 : Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian announces that the word China or Chinese will be withdraw from all national taiwanese corporations and companies
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members SHODBEEZY (from United States) and AIJAZ (from Pakistan)
From all of us have an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/08 18:17
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9 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 9 FEBRUARY
1199 : Death of Minamoto no Yorimoto, founder and first shogun of the Kamatura shogunate, born in May 1147 http://compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/minamoto-yoritomo.html
1533 : Birth of Shimazu Yoshihisa, a samourai who was daimyo of Satsuma province who died in March 1611 http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshihisa.html
1796 : Abdication of Chinese emperor Qianlong after 60 years on the throne http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22924.htm
1856 : Birth of Hara Takashi, Prime Minister from september 1918 up to his killing in November 1921 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/172.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_Takashi
1867 : Birth of Natsume Soseki (Natsume Kinnosake), Japanese author http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/natsume.htm
1885 : The first Japanese arrives in Hawaii
1932 : Murder of Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese minister of Finance http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/235_1.html
1942 : After the Allied force defeat (see 4 February), Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1955 : The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of mutual defense with the Republic of China (Taiwan)
1956 : Failure of the negociations between Nertherlands and Indonesesia on Western New Guinea
1959 : In Thailand, Sarit Thanarat who lead a military coup in 1957, is officially named Preme Minister http://www.bookrags.com/biography/sarit-thanarat/ http://www.safran-arts.com/sarit-thanarat.html
1962 : Etablissement du Military Assistance Command in Vietnam http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/MACV.html
1979 : Birth of Zhang Ziyi http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Zhang-Ziyi.html http://imdb.com/name/nm0955471/ http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/934/Zhang_Ziyi_001.jpg
1982 : Birth of Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Suzuki http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ami/profile/index.html
1984 : Birth of Han Kyung, Sino-Korean singer http://bestuff.com/stuff/han-kyung
1989 : Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist, born in November 1928 http://tezukasite.tripod.com/bio.html http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tezuka.htm
1993 : Death of Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader, governor of Paktia
2001 : In Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, by 340 votes vis 127 is elected Prime Minister by the Lower Chamber. He will introduce his government on 12th February http://www.bangkokpost.com/election2001/thaksinprofile.html
2001 : The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentlu strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime-Maru
2006 : Death of Narida ( Farhat Ezekiel, Indian actress, born in December 1932 http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=1031
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10 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 10 FEBRUARY
1242 : The 87th Japanese emperor Shijo, born in March 1231, dies in an accident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shij%C5%8D
1258 : Hulagu Khan forces take Bagdad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_%281258%29 http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/04/25/050425fa_fact4
1846 : During the first Anglo-Sikh War, British defeat Sikhs in final battle of Sobraon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sobraon
1932 : New Delhi becomes the capital of India
1946 : Netherlands proposes the creation of an Indonesian Commonwealth which will be rejected by the Nationalists
1952 : Birth of Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore Prime Minister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hsien_Loong
1952 : India passes first test of democracy in the country first general election http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/10/
newsid_3485000/3485587.stm
1964 : After France established diplomatic relations with Beijing, Taipei break up relations.
1967 : At London, Alexis Kossygine condemses « the dictatorial regime of Mao Zedong »
1976 : In China an anti-Deng Xiaoping is launched. He is accused to follow the capitalist way (up to 17 February)
1984 : Birth of Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Hyo-jin.php http://www.namooactors.com/star/kimhyojin/
1986 : Birth of Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model http://female.thedailymodel.com/yui-ichikawa/ http://www.japan-idol.org/yui-ichikawa/yiu-ichikawa.html
1987 : Birth of Choi Siwon, South Korean actor, singer and dancer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Siwon http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/musicians/ChoiSiwon/bio.shtml
2005 : North Korea proclaims that it has nuclear weapon and that i twill no more take part to the Six powers negociations in Beijing
2006 : Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition returns to Cambodia after one year self exile http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4699574.stm
2007 : Jun Da Bin (Jeong Hye-seon), South Korean actress, born in March 1980, commits suicide http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641239/bio http://www.koreanmovie.com/Jeong_Hye_seon_kaphoto_396/
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11 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 11 FEBRUARY
666 BC : Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu, legendary born in January 711 BC and who who, according to the legend, died in March 585 BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu
1160 : Death of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, a Japanese general, born in 1123 http://www.samurai-archives.com/mny.html
1713 : Death of Jahandar Shah I, Mughal emperor of India (1712-1713), born in May 1661 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P066
1889 : The Meiji constitution is adopted and will come into effect at the end of Novembre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_constitution
1900 : Birth of Josei Toda, Japanese educator, who has been the second president of Buddhist sect Soka Gakkai and died in 1958 http://www.sgi.org/about/history/toda.html
1942 : In Singapore, battle of Bukit Timak, won by the Japanese which take control of the island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bukit_Timah
1964 : The Republic of China (Taiwan) breks off diplomatic relations with France
1973 : Birth of Jeon Do-yeon, Korean actress http://koreanfilm.org/actors.html http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Jeon_Do-yeon.php
1973 : First release of American prisoner of war from Vietnam
1974 : Violent bombardement de Phnom Penh par les Khmers rouges : 140 morts et 250 blessés
1978 : The People’s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristote, Shakespeare and Dickens
1982 : Death of Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor, born in March 1905 http://www.tohokingdom.com/actors/takashi_shimura.htm http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793766/bio
1983 : Birth of Huang Shengyi, Chine actress http://www.danwei.org/media_and_advertising/
a_magazine_and_movie_scandal_f.php http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/huang_eva.htm
1986 : Death of Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer and civil servant, born in October 1942 http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/02/03/
evelio.b.javier.20.th.year.of.tribute.to.heroism.html
1987 : Philippines new democratic constitution goes into effect
1987 : Death of Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist, born in 1930 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadequain http://www.mughalarts.com/sadequain/biography.htm
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12 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 12 FEBRUARY
1218 : Birth of Kujo Yoritsune, the 4th sogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (1226-1244) who died in September 1256 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_Yoritsune
1502 : Vasco de Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India
1876 : Birth of Thubten Gyatso, 13th dalai lama who died in December 1933 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Gyatso,_13th_Dalai_Lama
1881 : Russia imposes new border treaty to China.
1912 : Abdication of Chinese empreror Xuantong (Puyi) the last of Manchu Qing dynasty http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=4761
1912 : The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calender
1936 : Birth of Fang Lizhi, famous Chinese astrophysician and dissident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Lizhi http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~fanglz/
1947 : Birth of Jamail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (Independentist Sikh) http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/military/
shabeg.html
1966 : Sheik Mujibur Rahman announces his famous « six points » in Karachi as election manifesto of Awami League that later led to formation of Bangladesh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Points
1967 : Birth of Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Stage/2225/articles/rk-article.html
1972 : Birth of Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor http://imdb.com/name/nm0619651/
1985 : South Korean legislative elections, the Democratic Justice Party of presiden Chun Doo-hwan keeps 148 of the 276 seats despite great gains by the opposition
1997 : Hwang Jang-yop, secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Korea’s Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong http://www.fas.org/news/dprk/1997/bg152.html
2002 : Pakistan charges three men in the connection with the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl http://www.geocities.com/spyjaguar/
2003 : The United Nations nuclear agency declares North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint is sent to the Security Council
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13 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 13 FEBRUARY
1219 : Assassination of of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun born in September 1192 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Sanetomo
1585 : Salim, future Mughol Emperor Jahangir, Married his cousin Man Bai, at 16 years old http://www.islamicart.com/library/empires/india/jahangir.html
1879 : Birth of Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter. She died in March 1949 http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/2.html
1921 : Birth of Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/zao/index.html http://www.kutter.lu/Galerie/Nos_artistes/Zao_Wou-ki/zao_wou-ki.html
1956 : Indonesia unilaterally abrogates the association with Netherlands
1971 : Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos
1985 : Birth of Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1560374/ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kwak_Ji-min.php
1990 : Birth of the 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu chosed by Beijing in November 1995 http://china.org.cn/english/NM-e/108800.htm
1996 : The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launches the people’s war
2004 : Korean National assembly decides to send 3,000 more soldiers to Irak
2007 : North Korea agrees to dismantle its main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon for massive deliveries of fuel and other benefits
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer members WHARTON (from Great-Britain) and FANGWANTIPA (from Thailand)
From all of us have an happy birthday<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/02/14 22:07
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14 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS ON ASIA HISTORY ON 14 FEBRUARY
1483 : Birth of Babur, First Emperor of the Mughal Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur
1885 : Birth of Syed Zafarul Hasan, prominent Muslim Indian-Pakistani philosopher who died in June 1949 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Zafarul_Hasan
1916 : Birth of Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director who died in October 1996 from cardiac arrest http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Jo-Ku/Kobayashi-Masaki.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/jfm/
1933 : Birth of Madhubala, Indian actress who died of illness in February 1969 http://www.madhubalano1.20m.com/
1942 : Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang, Sumatra
1944 : Anti-Japanese revolt on Java (Indonesia)
1950 : In Moscow, signature of a Treaty of Amity, alliance and mutual assistance between China and Soviet Union
1965 : Pékin saids it could be involved helping Hanoi and warns Washington recalling Korea War
1971 : Birth of Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/315/noriko-sakai.htm
1972 : Birth of Hiroshi, Japanese comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_%28owarai%29
1979 : In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police
1980 : Birth of Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Ye
1985 : Birth of Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t18144.html
1995 : Death of Burmese politician U Nu, born in May 1907 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056430/U-Nu
China launches a Long March 3B rocket, carring the Intelsal 708 satellite. The rocket flew off 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708
2002 : Yu Shyi-kun becomes Prime Minister, replacing Chang Chun-hsiung http://www.eridanus.cz/svet/hmota/telesa/planety/Zeme/mapa/Asie/
Vychodni_Asie/Taiwan/Yearbook2002/bio_yu.htm
2003 : President kim Dae-jung expresses sorry to the country for secretly giving 186 millionUS dollars to Pyongyang before historic June 2000 summit
2003 : For the first time since 1953, a road is opened throught the demilitarized zone allowing South Korea’s tourists to visit Mt Kumgang
2005 : Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombing by suspected Al-Qaida-linked militants that hit the Philippines’s Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao city and General Santos city
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But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member SANDRA123 (from USA)[\color]
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15 FEBRUARY
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 15 FEBRUARY
1823 : Birth of Li Hongzhang who died in November 1901 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048070/Li-Hung-chang
1869 : Death of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet, born in December 1797 in Agra http://www.uramamurthy.com/ghalib.html
1898 : Birth of Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer who died in July 1993 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibuse.htm
1921 : Birth of Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer who died in March 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_Krishna_Choudhary
1940 : Birth of Hamzah Haz, Idonesian politician, who has been vice-president under Magawati Sukarnoputri http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/15/
newsid_3529000/3529447.stm
1942 : British troops in Singapore surrender to the Japanese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&
id=6808
1942 : Japanese troops march into Palembang (South Sumatra) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang
1943 : Women’s camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) is hit by allied air raid
1948 : Mao Zedong Red Army retakes Yenan
1949 : Shigeru Yoshida becomes Japanese Prime Minister for second time http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Yoshida.html
1949 : Birth of Anura Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician http://www.answers.com/topic/anura-bandaranaike
1965 : Chine Foreign Minister Chen Yi says that a pacific coexistence with the USA is out of question
1970 : US bombing on Pathet Lao positions in Laos http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9058717/Pathet-Lao
1974 : All the foreigners are forbidden to travel in China.
1985 : The Khmer rouge headquarters is seized by Vietnamese troops
1988 : Birth of Hironori Kusano, Japanese idol http://wiki.theppn.org/Kusano_Hironori http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t291103.html
1989 : Soviet troops pull out of Aghanistan, nine years after they invaded the country http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/15/
newsid_4160000/4160827.stm
1996 : General elections in Bangladesh boycotted by all the parties except the BNP
Today is National Day of Serbia. Have a good day Rafael
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16 FEBRUARY 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 16 FEBRUARY
1032 : Birth of Yingzong (Zhao Shu), 5th Emperor (1063-1067) of the Chinese Song dynasty who died in January 1067. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Yingzong_(Song_Dynasty) http://www.chinapage.com/emperor/ming1105.html
1222 : Birth of Nichiren Daishonin, Japanese founder of Nichiren Bouddhism who died in October 1282 http://www.guernsey.net/~moorman/NICHIREN.html
1249 : André de Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Andrew_of_Longjumeau
1543 : Birth of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter who died in October 1590 http://www.japan-101.com/art/kano_eitoku_japanese_painter.htm http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kano_eitoku.html
1900 : Chun Say Tat Po, first Chinese daily newspaper is published in USA at San Francisco
1916 : Birth of Duong Van Minh, who died in August 2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duong_Van_Minh http://encarta.msn.com/media_461523718_761552642_-1_1/
Duong_Van_Minh.html
1921 : Birth of Hua Guofeng, successor of Mao Zedong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng
1931 : Birth of Ken Takakura (Goichi Oda), Japanese actor in Kita http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847264/ http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/takakura_ken.shtml
1942 : Birth of Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea http://www.asiasource.org/society/kimjongil.cfm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1907197.stm
1945 : American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines (fights up to 3 March) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_the_Recapture_of_Corregidor
1945 : First US aircraft carrier strikes on Tokyo
1952 : Start of peace negociations between Japan and the Republic of China (Taiwan)
1961 : China uses its first nuclear reactor
1962 : USA suspend their help to the Laotian government of Prince Boun Oum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
1981 : Start od a voyage of pope John-Paul II to Pakistan, Philippines and Japon
1976 : Birth of Kyo, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_%28musician%29
1976 : Birth of Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Odagiri_Joe
1997 : Death of Wu Chien-Shiung (Wu Jianxiong) Chinese-American physicist, nicknamed Madame Curie of China, born in May 1912 in Shanghai http://atdpweb.soe.berkeley.edu/quest/herstory/C-S_Wu.html
But today, the main event in Asia history is the birthday of Asia Observer member LARRYBERRY (from USA)
From all of us have an happy birthday
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