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27 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 27 MARCH
1898 : Death of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual, born in October 1817 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P001
1901 : Birth of Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan from November 1964 to July 1972, Nobel Peace laureate (1974), who died in June 1975 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1974/sato-bio.html
1923 : Birth of Endo Shusaku, Japanese Catholic author, who died in September 1996 http://www.horagai.com/www/xwho/endoShusaku.htm
1945 : The Burma National Army, under the command of General Aung San, rises up against the occupying Japanese
1948 : The Second congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_Party_of_North_Korea
1951 : During the Korea War, South Korean again cross the 38th parallel separating North and South
1956 : Birth of Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist http://www.indopedia.org/Leung_Kwok-hung.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkdigit/2149202200/
1967 : A new peace plan for Vietnam, proposed by United Nations General Secretary U Thant, is approved by Washington but rejected by Hanoi
1979 : In Vietnam, for the first time, a Soviet warship drops anchor in Cam Ranh Bay
1981 : Birth of Lin Junjie, Singaporean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Jun_Jie
1981 : Death of Mao Dun, Chinese writer, born in July 1896 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Dun
1982 : Birth of Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006 http://www.jijasali.com/contestant.php?contestant=43 http://www.kurara-chibana.com/
1993 : Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People’s Republic of China, replacing Yang Shangkun http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9124133/Yang-Shangkun
2005 : Nepal King Jigme Singye Wangchuk suggest to change absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy with two political parties http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1186840,00.html
2007 : The Myanmar military junta difies west by a imposing military parade in the new capital, Naypydaw, which is opened for the first time to foreign medias http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6498029.stm
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28 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 28 MARCH
1239 : Death of Go-Toba, 82nd emperor of Japan (1183-1198), born in August 1183 http://www.universalswordsman.com/Swords-SmithPages/Gotoba2006.html
1552 : Death of Guru Angad Dev, 2nd Sikh guru http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak2.html
1652 : Birth of Xiaozhuangwen, Grand Empress Dowager of the Qing dynasty, who died in January 1688 http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Xiaozhuang
1930 : Death of Kanzo Uchimura http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6201059&
pt=Kanzo%20Uchimura
1948 : The Burma Communist Party White Flag faction, led by Thakin Than Tun, launches a general insurrection in the region of Pegu which is crushed in December http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071926/Thakin-Than-Tun
1979 : Birth of Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chae-rim http://www.intobox.com/kstarzone/chae_rim.php
2001 : China publishes the results of its December 2000 census. At that time China had 1,265 million inhabitants
2001 : Xanana Gusmao resigns of the presidency of the National Council of East-Timor (transitional parliament) and is replaced by Ramos Horta
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29 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACT IN ASIA HISTORY ON 29 MARCH
1368 : Death of Go-Murakami, 97th emperor of Japan (September1339-March 1368), born in 1328 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Murakami
1849 : Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikh
1857 : Sepoy Mangal Pandey, of the 34th Regiment, Nengal native Infantry, revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857, also known as thz Sepoy mutiny http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/
the_trial_of_mangal_pandey_i.html
1942 : The Communist Party of the Philippines, founds the People’s Anti-Japanese Army (Huk) under the command of Luis Taruc http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1282039
1953 : During the Korean War, on United Nations, the talks on the prisoners of war question resume
1955 : In Saigon (South Vietnam), Violent fightings during two days between the Buddhist Binh-Xuyen sect and the National army loyal to President Ngo Dinh Diem
1961 End of the meeting of Otase which excludes any immediate military action in Laos
1969 : In the Philippines, foundation of the New People’s Army, by the Communist Party (maoist) led by Bernabe Buscayno (Kumander Dante) http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/npa.htm http://www.pcij.org/edsa20/dante-buscayno.html
971 : Lt William Calley is convinced of premeditated murder for the My Lay massacre (Vietnam) and sentenced to life in prison http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/29/
newsid_2530000/2530975.stm http://www.reference.com/search?q=My%20Lai%20massacre
1971 : Death of Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician, born in November 1886 http://banglapedia.net/HT/D_0057.HTM
1973 : The last United State soldiers leave South Vietnam and Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0329.html#article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&
id=6851
1979 : Death of Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan (1960-1979) and king of Malaysia (1975-1979) who died in March 1979 http://www.malaysianmonarchy.org.my/portal_bi/rk3/rk3a.php?id=rk3_6
1979 : In China, Wei Jingsheng, pro-democracy activist is sentenced, for the first time, to fifteen years in prison http://www.echonyc.com/~wei/Mand.html
1980 : Birth of Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Tae_Hee http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Tae-hee.php
1982 : Birth of Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideaki_Takizawa http://www.angelfire.com/bc/starclub/hideaki.html
2002 : Death of Rico Yan, Philippine young movie and TV actor, born in March 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Yan http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2002/03/rico_yan_is_dead/
2006 : Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declares the representative of United Nations persona non gratra because he criticized the situation on human rights in Cambodia
2007 : In Thailand, beginning of demonstrations for the end of the military rule and the return of democracy
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30 MARCH 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 30 MARCH
1885 : The Battle of Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandjeh_Incident
1899 : Birth of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer, who died in September 1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharadindu_Bandyopadhyay
1919 : Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act http://sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13375125
1940 : A pro-Japanese government is set up in Nanjing as Wang Jingwei as its leader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_Government
1941 : Birth of Wasim Sajjad, interim prior to elections president of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997 http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P084
1951 : General MacArthur threatens to attack China
1956 : Prince Sihanouk resigns in protest against US press criticism of his neutralist policy and his recognition of the communist China
1972 : In the Vietnam War, the Eastern Offensive bigins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam
1983 : Birth of Tian Hebe, Taiwanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebe_Tian http://female.thedailymodel.com/hebe-tian/
1986 : Birth of Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-161/artist_name-beni_arashiro/
1996 : Khaleda Zia quits as Bangladesh Prime Minister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleda_Zia
1997 : In Cambodia, an attack against a demonstration of Khmer National Party, led by opposition leader Sam Ramsy, causes at least 16 casualties http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
1997 : In India, Congress Party (I) remove its support with no participation to the government of Deve Gowda of Janata dal.
2004 : Santo Domingo Premier Roosevelt Skerrit announces the establishment of diplomatic relations with Beijing to the detriment of Taipei
2007 : In Taiwan, the opposition demonstrates against the government campaign against Chiang Kai-shek. All his statues and his name have been removed from public places
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31 MARCH 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 31 MARCH
1504 : Birth of Angad Dev, second Sikh guru http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Angad_Dev
1536 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, 13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1546-1565) who died in June 1565 http://indopedia.org/Ashikaga_Yoshiteru.html
1854 : Signature of the Convention of Kanagawa opening the Japanese ports of Shimodo and Hakodate to US trade http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4878
1906 : Birth of Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Nobel Prize in Physics (1965) who died in July 1979 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/tomonaga-
bio.html
1932 : Birth of Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/oshima.html
1942 : Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/christmas.html
1944 : Japanese Navy Marshal Minechi Koga dies in the crash of his plane http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWkoga.htm
1959 : Dalai Lama escapes to India http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/31/
newsid_2788000/2788343.stm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4879
1968 : President Johnson announces the end of the bombings on North Vietnam
1979 : The Chinese authorities put an end on the « Beijing Spring » and arrest around thirty antiestablishment protestors
1993 : The basic Law of the Special administrative Region of Macao is adopted by the Chinese National Congress, effective in December 1999
1996 : In Burma the National Convention is suspended
2006 : In Sri Lanka, the coalition supporting President Mahinda Rajapakse, The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) wins 225 of the 266 seats in the parliament. The main opposition party, the UNP gets 33 seats
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1st APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIA HISTORY ON 1st APRIL
1087 : Death of Shenzong, the sixth emperor (1067-1085) of the Chinese Song dynasty, born on 25 May 1048 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shenzong_of_Song_China
1220 : Birth of Go-Saga, 88th emperor of Japan (1242-1246) who died on 17th March 1272 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Saga
1637 : Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord, born on 11 May 1571 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Niwa_Nagashige
1856 : Birth of Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician who discovered the bubonic plague and died in 1933 http://www.goacom.com/goanow/2000/nov/lookingback.html
1867 : Singapore becomes a British crown colony
1901 : At the Malacanang Palace, Aguildano who has been captured, swears on oath accepting the authority of the USA over the Philippines
1912 : Sun Yat-sen is obliged to give up as president of the Republic of China in favor of Yuan Shikai
1920 : Birth of Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor who died on 24 December 1997 http://www.toshiromifune.org/biography/index.html
1928 : Chiang Kai-shek’s army crosses the Yangzijiang to conquer northern China
1929 : Birth of Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai cartoonist, animator, film director and teacher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payut_Ngaokrachang
1944 : Japanese troops conquer Jessima, East-India
1945 : Americans invade Okinawa (Ryukyu) http://www.goacom.com/goanow/2000/nov/lookingback.html
1946 : Birth of the Malayan Union, but Singapore continue to be a British colony
1949 : After three years of fighting, the Communist Party of China helds unsuccessful peace talks with Kuomintang
1955 : Birth of Humayun Aktar Khan, Pakistani stateman
1963 : General Ne Win launches an amnesty offer to all therebel groups
1963 : In Laos, neutralist Foreign Minister Quinim Pholsena is assassinated in Vientiane http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828095,00.html?promoid=googlep
1968 : North Vietnamese declare that they are ready to meet US representatives on the possibilty to stop fighting. Proposition accepted by President Lyndon Johnson
1969 : Opening of the IX th congress of the Chinese Communist Party, up to March 24
1970 : Birth of Sung Hi-lee, Korean-born model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung_Hi_Lee http://www.sung-hi.com/
1970 : France calls for global negotiations on Indochina
1975 : In Cambodia, end of Lon Nol who flee to Indonesia http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/history/end.html
1981 : Birth of Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006 http://www.alivenotdead.com/aimeechan http://images.google.fr Trinh Cong Son /images?q=Aimee+Chan&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
oi=images&ct=title
2001 : An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese fighter jet which pilot is killed. The American crew makes an emergency landing on Hainan Island and detained eleven days by the Chinese authorities http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
2001 : Death of Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese composer, born on 28 February 1939 http://www.trinh-cong-son.com/
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2 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 2 APRIL
1890 : Birth of general Ho Ying-chin, Republic of China defense minister from 1930 to 1944 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Yingqin
1947 : The United Nations Security Council entrusts the USA for the guardianship of the Pacific islands formerly under Japanese control
1951 : Birth of Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriteru_Ueshiba http://www.aikikai.or.jp/eng/doshu.htm
1954 : An Amity Treaty is signed between Pakistan and Turkey
1954 : North Vietnamese Vietminh enter northern Cambodia
1955 : Birth of Princess Maha Chakri Serindhorn, third child of Thailand king Rama IX http://kanchanapisek.or.th/biography/sirindhorn/index.en.html
1965 : Leaster Pearson, the Canadian Prime Minister, asks the USA to suspend the bombings on North Vietnam
1972 : Death of Toshitsugu Takamatsu, grandmaster of Binjutsu, born on 10 March 1887 http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/toshitsugu-takamatsu.htm
1972 : During the Easter offensive, North Vietnamese soldiers thake the northern half of Quang Tri Province http://www.olive-drab.com/od_history_vietnam_easter1972.php
1975 : Death of Dong Biwu, born in 1886 http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Dong+Biwu
1975 : In Vietnam, thousands of civilians refugees flee from the Quan Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops
1976 : Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as Premier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khieu_Samphan
1992 : Death of Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor, born on 1st September 1929 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423663/
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3 APRIL 2008
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MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 3 APRIL
78 : Origin of Saka Era in India http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-518603/Saka-era
1680 : Death of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, born on 19 February 1627 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji
1929 : Birth of Fazhur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi American civil engineer known for his innovations in high-rise building constructions who died on 27 March 1982 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045265/Fazlur-R-Khan?
source=ONTHISDAY
1942 : Japanese forces begin an assault on the US and Filipino troops in the Bataan peninsula http://home.pacbell.net/fbaldie/Battling_Bastards_of_Bataan.html
1945 : US and Philippine forces recapture Corregidor (Bay of Manila)
1946 : General Masaharu Homma who led the Battle of the Philippines, condemned to dead, is executed by firing squad http://www.answers.com/topic/masaharu-homma
1948 : In Jeju (South Korea) a civi-war-like period of violence and human rights abuse begins known as the Jeju massacre http://kontrasaceh.blogspot.com/2006/04/43-jeju-massacre.html
1956 : After the resignation of Norodom Sihanouk Vice-Premier Khim Tit is sworn in as new Prime Minister of Cambodia (up to 29 July)
1962 : Birth of Jaya Prada, Indian actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419685/bio
1963 : Birth of Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer http://squarehaven.com/people/Tsuyoshi-Sekito/
1965 : Birth of Nazia Hassan, first South Asian pop singer, who died on 13 August 2000 of lung cancer http://www.jazbah.org/naziah1.php
1969 : In the Vietnam War, US secretary Defense Melvin Laird announces that the USA will start to « vietnamese » the war effort
1974 : After ten years, Prince Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao comes back to Vientiane. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Souphanouvong,+Prince
1979 : China denounces the Amity treaty signed with Soviet Union in 1950
1982 : Birth of Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol http://www.kineda.com/kasumi-nakane/
1984 : Sikh terrorists kill a member of the Indian Parliament in his home
1985 : Beginning of the fourth official withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia, totalling 15,000 soldiers
1999 : Beginning of massacres in East Timor by militiamen opposing independence
2005 : Beginning of huge anti-Japan demonstrations in China, officially against the reprinting of an revisionist history book, in fact to oppose the Japanese candidacy for a standing seat at the Security Council of the United Nations http://flickr.com/photos/wzhang/sets/228300/
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4 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 4 APRIL
1884 : Birth of Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander who was killed when his plane was shot down on 18 April 1943 http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1
1947 : Birth of Wiranto, Indonesian General http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiranto
1949 : Birth of Yau Shing-tung, Chinese mathematician http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9090417/Shing-Tung-Yau
1951 : Birth of Hun Sen http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138761.stm
1954 : At the end of French Vietnam war, the French government asks the USA an air and sea operation on Dien-Bien-Phu
1954 : Birth of Jackie Chan http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000329/ http://www.jackiechan.com/
1957 : Birth of Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Kuwano
1960 : In Burma, U Nu is nominated PM for the third time, up to March 1962 when he will be replaced by Ne Win http://www.bookrags.com/U_Nu
1971 : Beginning of a Che Guevarist uprising in Sri Lanka
1975 : In Laos, the king give his agreement for a government of twelve members, five of each side, plus two neutral
1975 : Execution of Zhang Zhixin, born on 5 December 1930 http://clearharmony.net/articles/200601/31118.html
1975 : In Vietnam, the Operation Baby Lift knows a terrific blow when an American plane transporting orphans crashes near Saigon causing 172 dies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Baby_Lift
1976 : In Beijing, on the All souls Day, violents demonstrations in honour of Zhou En Lai http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ZhouEnla.html
1987 : Secret US overture to North Korea proposing food and medical aid if Pyongyang participates in Seoul 1988 Olympic
1994 : Birth of Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risako_Sugaya http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?Display=143
2006 : In spite of his victory in the April 2 legislative elections, but boycoted by opposition, Prime Ministet Thaksin Shinawatra resigns after a meeting with the king
2007 : Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe, condemns the government decision to withdraw from the school history books any references to the imposed suicides in Okinawa before the US landing in 1945
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5 APRIL 2008
MAIN FACTS IN ASIAN HISTORY ON 5 APRIL
1288 : Birth of Go-Fushimi, 93th emperor of Japan (1298-1301) who died on 17th May 1336. Don’t confuse with his father Fushimi http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Emperor:Go:Fushimi:of:Japan.htm
1609 : The damyo of the Satsuma clan in southern Kyushu, Japan, completes his successful invation of the Ryukyu kingdom in Okinawa http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/003/index2_e.html
1843 : Queen Victoria proclaims Hong Kong a British crown colony
1882 : Birth of Sung Chiao-jen, a closed ally of Sun Yat-sen, fatally wounded in March 1913 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung_Chiao-jen
1920 : Birth of Rafiq Zakaria, Indian author who died on 9 July 2005 http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/10/stories/2005071002261000.htm
1923 : Birth of Nguyen Van Thieu, president of South Vietnam (1967-1975) who died on 29 September 2001 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNthieu.htm http://ngothelinh.tripod.com/NguyenVanThieu.html
1930 : In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/Dandi.html http://www.kamat.com/mmgandhi/dandi.htm
1942 : Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_cornwall.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a1983170.shtml
1945 : Soviet Union renege on the Neutrality Treaty signed with Japan
1947 : Birth of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th and current president of the Philippines http://www.op.gov.ph/biography.asp
1955 : Birth of Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist http://lambiek.net/artists/t/toriyama_akira.htm
1956 : In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna wins the general elections in a landslide and Solomon W.R.D. Bandaranaike sworn in as the PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election%
2C_1956
1957 : In India, communists win thr first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is swrn in as the first chief minister http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/ems.html
1964 : In Bhutan, Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister since 1952 is assassinated
1969 : Massive anti-war demonstrations occur in many United States cities
1970 : Birth of Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho_Hatori
1971 : In Sri Lanka, the Janatha Viwukthi Peramune (JVP) launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna
1971 : Birth of Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer and songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Abay
1972 : North Vietnamese troops invade Binh Long province, launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-military-awards/soviet-bloc-
awards/north-vietnam/9439-nguyen-hue-offensive-1972-campaign-
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1974 : Birth of Uhm Tae-woong, South Korean actor and singer http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Eom_Tae-woong.php
1975 : Death of Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ch-Co/Chiang-Kai-Shek.html
1976 : In China, on the Qingming Festival (for the death), the April Fifth Movement in honour of Zhou Enlai, leads to the Tiananmen incident http://www.chinatourdesign.com/introduction_of_Tiananmen_Square/
April_Fifth_Movement.htm
1980 : Birth of Lee Jae-won, South Korean, South Korean actor, singer and rapper http://www.maniadb.com/artist.asp?p=109169#?s=1416301&sid=/
1984 : Birth of Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress http://www.kpopmusic.co.uk/shinmina.htm
2004 : General elections in Indonesia. Golkar (party of former president Suharto comes first, beating the PDI-P of President Megawati who was first in 1999 http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers10/paper981.html
2007 : Death of Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer. She was born on 26 February 1908 http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=21267
2007 : After a trial which inflamated Indonesia, the chief editor of Indonesian Playboy is acquitted of indecence http://www.nowpublic.com/indonesian_playboy_not_indecent_court_ruling
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