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ON 13 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY

Created on Mai 13, 2008

1573 : Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord, born in 1521 http://www.zenstoriesofthesamurai.com/Characters/Shingen%20Takeda.htm

1648 : The construction of the Red Fort at Delhi completed http://www.shubhyatra.com/delhi/red-fort.html

1652 : Ingen Ryuki is invited to become the abbot of Sufokuji temple in Nagasaki (Japan) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingen

1903 : Death of Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theorist and first prime minister of the Philippines, born on 23 July 1864 http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/mabini.html

1918 : Birth of T. Balasaraswati, Bharatnatyam dancer who died on 9 February 1984 http://www.balasaraswati.com/

1952 : The Rajya Sabha, the Upper house of the parliament of India, holds its first sitting

1954 : Anti-National Service Riots, a riot in Singapore by Chinese Middle School students http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/independence/ref/riot54.html

1957 : Birth of Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer http://www.japanreview.net/interview_Koji_Suzuki.htm

1962 : Sarvepalli Radakrishna becomes the second president of India, till May 1967, replacing Rejendra Prasad http://www.adhyapak.com/dadima/sarvepalli.html

1965 : China carries out its second nuclear test

1965 : Birth of Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian http://www.spock.com/Hikari-Ota

1967 : Dr Zahir Hussain becomes 3rd president, and first Muslim one, of India till 3rd May 1969 when he died http://www.geocities.com/stamparchive2/Presidents_PMs/ Zakir_Hussain.htm

1969 : Ethnic riot in Malaysia (May 13 incident) between Malay and Chinese. At least 200 people are killed http://politics101malaysia.blogsome.com/2007/05/11/the-may-13-another- view/

1971 : Vietnam negotiations in Paris in standstill http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1844

1978 : Death of Savang Vatthana, last king of Laos (1959-1975), date not sure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savang_Vatthana

1980 : Birth of Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress http://www.wakainoue.com/ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1htig_waka-inoue_people

1980 : Birth of Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Marcelo

1989 : In China, during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations, several hundred students begin a hunger strike

1998 : India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition of the three conducted on May 11

1998 : Race riots break out in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women gang raped

2001 : Death of R.K. Narayan, Indian writer, born on 10 October 1907 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/obituaries/14NARA.html? ex=1210737600&en=d1579e1551fb6ea2&ei=5070

2004 : In India, following the unexpected victory of the Congress Party, led by Sonia Gandhi, the Prime Minister Vajpayee resigns http://www.knowledgebase-script.com/demo/article-202.html