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ON 9 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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1716 : Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander is executed http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/banda.html
1747 : Momozono is enthroned as the 116th emperor of Japan, succeeding Sakuramachi. Born on April 14, 1741 and died on 31 August 1762 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Momozono_of_Japan
1863 : Death of Dost Mohammad Khan, Ruler of Afghanistan since 1826 http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/dost.html
1885 : End of the Sino-French war. France evacuate Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores and the Chine withdraw their troops from Tonkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-French_War
1935 : By the Ho-Umezu agreement, the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupation of Northeast China http://www.babylon.com/definition/Ho-Umezu_Agreement/English
1945 : Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/113.html
1946 : Ananda Mahidob, king of Thailand (Rama VIII), 20 years old, id found dead of a bullet in his bedroom http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/flash/june/
siam46.htm
1950 : Diplomatic relations are established between China and Indonesia
1952 : Signature of a peace treaty between India and Japan
1953 : The South Korean assembly rejects the armistice conditions
1971 : Abdul Zahir succeeds Ahmed Etemadi as premier of Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Zahir_%28Afghan_Prime_Minister%29
1972 : In the Vietnam war, South Vietnamese soldiers reach the besieged city of An Loc http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1896
1975 : Establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines
1977 : Birth of Amisha Patel, Indian actress http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/amisha_patel/
1981 : Birth of Anoushka Shankar, famous sitarist and daughter of Ravi Shankar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushka_Shankar http://images.google.fr/images?q=Anoushka+Shankar&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&
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1892 : Death of Japanese painter Yoshitoshi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitoshi
1985 : Birth of Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Kapoor http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Sonam-Kapoor/summary-14551.html
1989 : Deng Xiaoping congratulate the military for to have restore order Tiannanmen Square. The same day, Wang Aiming, the man who all the word saw stopping a column of tanks in Beijing is killed while in custody
2006 : Thailande celebrate the 60th anniversary of the coming to the throne of King Bhumibol Adulyadej http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5062534.stm
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ON 10 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 10, 2008
1871 : As a reprisals for the massacre of the sailboat General Sherman’s sailors in 1866, The American capture forts in the Korean island of Kanghwa
1889 : Birth of Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, producer and filmmaker http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370564/bio http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Hayakawas/hayakawas.html
1927 : Birth of Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yang-kang
1956 : The People’s Daily publishes a lecture, delivered on May 26 by Lu Ting-yi (Lu Dingyi) director of the propaganda director, Launching the 100 Flowers Movement in China http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1956-china-flowers.html
1962 : Birth of Wong Ka-kui, Hong Kong musician, who died on June 30, 1993 http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember/WongKaKuiBio.html
1965 : In Vietnam War, beginning of the Battle of Dong Xoai http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1898
1969 : In South Vietnam, the National Liberation Front announces the formation of a Provisional Revolutionary government of South Vietnam http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-480740/Provisional-Revolutionary-
Government
1977 : Birth of Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/09/14/takako-matsu/
1994 : China breaks the moratorium on nuclear tests http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9F0CEFD91231F935A35753C1A965958260
1997 : Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of Son Sen and 13 members of his familly before feeing his northern stronghold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Sen
2005 : US and South Korean presidents Bush et Roh meet in Washington. They disagree on what to do with North Korea
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ON 11 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 11, 2008
631 : Emperor Taizong of Tang dynasty sends envoy to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and and silk and obtains that 800,000 enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang are freed http://www.babylon.com/definition/Xueyantuo/English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong's_campaign_against_Xueyantuo
758 : Ablasid Arabs and Uygur Turks arrive at Chang’an, the Tang dysnaty capital in order to offer tribute to the imperial court
1868 : Death of James Brooke, first White Rajah of Sarawak (in Borneo Island) since August 1841, born on 29 April 1803 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brooke
1898 : Chinese Emperor Guangxu launches a reforms period which will last 100 days http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/known/guangxu.htm http://www.chinapage.com/emperor/qing1211.html
1899 : Birth of Yasunari Kawabata, Nobel Prize in Literature 1968, who commited suicide in April 1972 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kawabata.htm
1922 : General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the second time, till June 1923 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/l/li.html
1947 : Birth of Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3514292.stm
1949 : Choekyi Gyaltsen enthroned 10th panchen lama http://www.kotan.org/tibet/10th_panchen_lama.html
1951 : Birth of Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese appropriation artist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasumasa_Morimura http://membres.lycos.fr/morimura/
1963 : Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc immolates himself on a Saigon street to protest the dictatorial regime of South Vietnamese Catholic president Ngo Dinh Diem. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1900 http://www.urbandharma.org/ibmc/ibmc1/duc.html
1965 : Birth of Joey Santiago, Filipino artist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Santiago http://www.flickr.com/photos/sooz/1857390/
1969 : Beijing announces that in the night of 10 to 11 a new border incident append with Soviet Union in Xinjiang
1970 : Death of Frank Laubach, Christian Evangelical missionnary in the Philippines, born September 2, 1884 http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2002/06/daily-06-11-2002.shtml
1970 : Beginning of the Battle for the control of Kompong Speu in Cambodia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1900
1971 : US President ends ban on China trade in effect since the Chinese Communist victory in 1949
1975 : Birth of Choi Ji-Woo, Korean actress http://women.stareastasia.com/choi-ji-woo/
1975 : In Hanoi, opening of talks between Vietnam and Cambodia
1981 : Ministerial reshuffle in Afghanistan. Babrak Karmal quits as premier minister, a position he had while chairman of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in favor of sultan Ali Keshtmand http://www.indopedia.org/Sultan_Ali_Keshtmand.html http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034361583/
1987 : Birth of Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel http://www.ujjwalaraut.net/index.php?view=7
1988 : Birth of Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model http://wiki.theppn.org/Aragaki_Yui http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3guf3_yui-aragakiheavenly-
days_music http://newsasia.ddl.over-blog.fr/album-1019110.html
1989 : China issue warrant for Tiananmen dissident and astrophysicist Fang Lizhi who had taken refuge in the US embassy in Beijing http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2695 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033698/Fang-Lizhi
1998 : Pakistan announces moratorium on nuclear testing and offers to talk with India over disputed Kashmir
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ON 12 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 12, 2008
1107, Birth of Emperor Gaozong (1127-1162) of Chinese Song dynasty, who died on November 9, 1187 http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1696 http://islaminchina.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/emperor-gaozong-of-tang-
dynasty-%E5%94%90%E9%AB%98%E5%AE%97/
1559 : Birth of Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai who died on November 30, 1719 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamamoto_Tsunetomo
1560 : Battle of Okehazama. Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto who is killed as while as Li Naomori http://www.city.toyoake.aichi.jp/english/okehaza.html http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/ODA.HTM http://www.samurai-archives.com/Yoshimoto.html http://upto11.net/generic_wiki.php?q=naomori_li
1898 : Philippine Declaration of independence by Emilio Aguinaldo (constitution of Malolos) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Declaration_of_Independence http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/declaration.html
1930 : Birth of Son Sen, Khmer Rouge leader, killed on Pol Pot order on June 10, 1997
http://www.dccam.org/Archives/Protographs/DK_Leaders/Son_Sen.htm
1932 : Birth of Padmini, Indian actress who died in 2006 http://www.bollywood501.com/classic_f/Padmini/index.html
1951 : In Burma, first legislative elections
1958 : Burma’s premier since 1948 U Nu is succeeded by Ba Swe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_Swe
1962 : In Laos, agreement between the three Princes leading factions to a coalition government
1965 : In Saigon, military coup. General Thieu acts as head of state, an General Ky as chief of the government
1970 : Birth of Lee Byung-hun, Korean actor http://men.stareastasia.com/lee-byung-hun/
1975 : Indian premier Indira Gandhi is found guilty of corruption and barred from holding office for six years http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/12/
newsid_2511000/2511691.stm
1978 : Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038552/Guo-Moruo?refresh=Y
1980 : Death of Masayoshi Ohira, 68th Japanese Prime Minister from December 1978 to June 1980 http://www.answers.com/topic/masayoshi-ohira
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ON 13 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 13, 2008
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1256 : Death of Tankei, Japanese sculptor, born in 1173 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankei
1645 : Death of Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordman http://www.samurai-archives.com/musashi.html
1931 : Death of Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician, born on January 1853 http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-
Biographies/Kitasato-Shibasaburo.html
1935 : Birth of Samak Sundaravej, current Thai Prime Minister since January 29, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212682.stm
1944 : Birth of Ban Ki-moon, the incumbent United Nations General Secretary http://www.un.org/sg/biography.shtml
1969 : Soviet Union refuses to resume border talks with China
1973 : US Kissinger and North Vietnamese Le Duc Tho sign a new peace agreement http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1905
1974 : Birth of Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro_Sakurai http://www.animenfo.com/animeseiyuu,250,azyegt,sakurai_takahir.html
1978 : Birth of Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406732/ http://www.flixster.com/actor/mikako-ichikawa
1999 : Death of Yoshiki Iwama, Japanese screenwriter, born on October 1929 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412534/
2000 : In Pyongyang, start of the first inter-Koreen summit since 1953, between Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-il (up to 15) http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/06/12/korea.summit.03/
2002 : François Cheng is the first China-born writer to join the prestigious French Académie Française http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Cheng
2002 : In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai is elected chairman of the Loya Jirga http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1782079.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2043606.stm
2002 : In Nepal, Defense minister says that security forces killed 500 Maoist rebels
2003 : Death of Malik Meraj Khalid, former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (November 1996-February 1997) http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/jul/31/
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ON 14 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 14, 2008
1161 : Death of Qinzong, 9th emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty, born on May 23, 1100 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024134/Qinzong
1276 : While taking exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invadres, the remnant of the Song dynasty court holds the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong of Song http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Duanzong_of_Song
1444 : Birth of Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician, who died in 1544 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Nilakantha.html
1838 : Birth of Yamagata Arimoto, Japanese PM november 1898 to October 1900
1888 : In Borneo Island, Sarawak becomes a British protectorate
1899, Birth of Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who died on 16 April 1972 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-
bio.html
1909 : Prince Hirobumi Ito resigns as governor of Korea http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ito-Hiro.html
1945 : Burma is liberated by Britain
1949 : With the help of France, Bao Dai, who have been ousted by the Viet Minh (Communists) proclaims himself again emperor of Vietnam http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNbo.htm
1963 : Letter in 25 points of Chinese communist party to Soviet Union communist party
1974 : Birth of Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Jin-young http://www.asianjoke.com/girls/jang_jin_young_picture.htm
1975 : Death of Pablo Antonio, a pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, born on January 25, 1902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Antonio
1982 : Birth of Lang Lang, Chinese pianist http://www.langlang.com/bio
2001 : China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organization http://www.cfr.org/publication/10883/
shanghai_cooperation_organization.html
2002 : In Pakistan, a car bomb explodes near the US consulate in Karachi, killing 12 people and wounding more than 50 others, all Pakistanis http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/14/karachi.blast/
2004 : The Workers Party of Bangladesh is split, as Khandaker Ali Abbas leaves to form a new party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Bangladesh_(Ali)
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ON 15 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 15, 2008
1073 : Death of Go-Sanjo, 71st emperor (1068-1073), born on September 3, 1034 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065524/Go-Sanjo
1896 : In Japan, a tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku. 27,000 are killed, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1926 : Birth of Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist, who died on 6 May 2006 http://www.frpac.or.jp/eng/e_rst/e_sho/e_15bunkasho01.html
1927 : Birth of Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet, who died on January 11, 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn-e-Insha
1944 : Beginning of the Battle of Saipan, till July 9 http://www.battleofsaipan.com/seabee.htm http://www.battleofsaipan.com/Saipan1944.htm
1947 : The All-Indian Congress accepts a British plan for the partition of India
1954 : The Conference of Geneva on Korea is closed with result
1954 : After Prince Prince Buu Loc resigned, Emperor Bao Dai asks Ngo Dinh Diem to form a new government
1965 : US planes bomb North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1909
1967 : Birth of Yuji Ueda, Japanese voice actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=384
1981 : USA announces a total aid of 3 billion USD in six years to Islamabad
1983 : Death of Srirangam Srinivasarao, Indian poet http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/bio-data/bio-srisri.html
1988 : Birth of Miku Ishida, teen idol http://wiki.theppn.org/Ishida_Miku http://www.nativecelebrities.com/1313/Miku-Ishida.html
1989 : In Shanghai, three Chinese workers are sentenced to death for setting fire to a train during a pro-democracy protest
1995 : Taiwan Premier Lien Chan makes a “private” trip in Austria and Czech Republic. It is the first time a top leader from Taiwan makes a trip to Europe
1999 : South naval forces sink a North Korean torpedo boat during an exchange in the disputed Yellow Sea
2004 : In Taiwan, a new political party is founded : the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union with Chang Po-ya as chairwoman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Partisan_Solidarity_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Po-ya
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ON 16 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 16, 2008
1139 : Birth of Konoe, 76th emperor of Japan (1142-1155), who died on August 22, 1155 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Konoe
1858 : Battle of Morar, during the Indian mutiny http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080053158
1908 : Naissance de Sarit Thanarat (Dhanarajata), Thai Prime Minister (1959-1963) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065782/Sarit-Thanarat
1924 : In China, Whampao military academy is founded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whampoa_Military_Academy http://web.gdut.edu.cn/~draw/ICGG2004/GUANGZHOU/attr_05.htm
1925 : Death of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter http://www.bookrags.com/biography/chitta-ranjan-das/ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Das-Chit.html
1941 : Birth of Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist http://www.times.com.pk/rao/
1948 : The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Macao
1948 : In Malaya, after three European planters were murdered by communist rebels, state of emergency is declared in Perak and Johor
1960 : Because violent anti-USA demonstrations, at the request of Japan’s governmemnt, US president Eisenhower cancels his visit to Tokyo
1960 : Soviet Union protests for the flight over its territory by two US U-2 planes that came from Japan
1961 : US President Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train South Vietnamese troops http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1910
1962 : Birth of Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/wong_yiu_ming.htm
1970 : In Cambodia, North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks almost completely isolate Phnom Penh http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1912
1972 : Birth of John Cho, Korean-American actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cho http://www.tv.com/john-cho/person/19200/summary.html
1978 : Beijing demands the closing of the Vietnamese consulates in South China
1978 : Birth of Jasmine Leong, Chine Malaysian singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Leong http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/05/09/
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1980 : Birth of Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Yung http://www.compbuy.co.uk/JoeyYung.htm
2000 : Death of Japanese empress Kojun, widow of emperor Hirohito http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Djun http://royal-portraits.blogspot.com/2007/11/empress-kojun-of-
japan.html
2004 : Death of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, twice premier of Thailand, born on August 11, 1912 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9D00E4DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 http://encarta.msn.com/media_461531173_761561385_-1_1/
thanom_kittikachorn.html
2005 : In Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, gets the support of 710 of the great electors and can to become the second Chief of the Executive of the Special administrative Region after appointment by Beijing.
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ON 17 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 17, 2008
1565 : Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Matsunaga:Hisahide.htm http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Yoshiteru_Ashikaga.html
1631 : Death of Arjumand Banu Begum, for who her husband Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal mosoleum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal http://www.exoticindiaart.com/tajmahal.htm
1858 : In the battle for Gwalior, Roni Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi (northern India) is killed. One of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857. Born in 1828
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/rani-laxmibai.html
1918 : Birth of Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master who died on January 16, 1992 http://www.forestsangha.org/aboutchah.htm
1928 : Birth of Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, Japanese cardinal http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=107
1961 : In Zurich, opening of a conference between representatives of the three Laos political movements, till 22
1967 : In China, first test od a H bomb
1971 : Agreement between Japan and USA for the return of Ryukyu under Japanese rule in 1972
1972 : In Japan, prime minister Eisaku Sato resigns http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Sato-Eis.html
1980 : Birth of Kimeru, Japanese singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimeru http://www.kimeru.com/index.shtml
1983 : Birth of Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor http://www.hogacentral.com/People_KNino.html
1993 : Gulbuddin Hekmatyar becomes Afghan premier till June 1994 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2701547.stm http://images.google.fr/images?q=Gulbuddin+Hekmatyar&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&
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2002 : Beginning of the trial of Akbar Tanjung, chairman of Golkar party, accused to have used 4 million USD of state money to support his party in 1999
2002 : In Hong Kong, first trial against members of Falun Gong (for hindrance to traffic)
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ON 18 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 18, 2008
618 : Foundation of the Chinese Tang dynasty by Li Yuan with his coronation as Emperor Gaozu (618-626). Born in 566 and died on June 25, 635 http://chinese-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/gaozu
1234 : Death of Chukyo, 85th emperor of Japan, who reigned some month in 1221, born on October 30, 1218 http://indopedia.org/Emperor_Chukyo_of_Japan.html
1517 : Birth of Ogimachi, 106th emperor of Japan (1557-1586) who died on February 6, 1593 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ogimachi_of_Japan
1900 : Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Longyu
1908 : Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Longyu
1946 : Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa http://www.liveindia.com/freedomfighters/7.html
1947 : Japanese Admiral Shigematsu, garrison commander of Wake Island during WWII is hanged in Guam, born in 1898 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,797715,00.html
1948 : Because the Communist insurgency, state of emergency is proclaimed in all Malaya
1949 : Birth of Han Duck-soo, prime minister of South Korea from March 2007 to February 2008 ) http://www.korea.net/korea/html/C/01/cabinet_21.html
1951 : General Vo Nguyen Giap ends his Red River Campaign against the French in Vietnam
1952 : USA give and additional aid to Indochina
1952 : United Nation Security Council asks for a Red Cross mission to investigatate on possible use of bacteriotical weapons in Korea
1953 : In South Korea, on order of President Syngman Rhee, 27,000 North Korean prisonner are freed to live in South Korea
1965 : In Vietnam War, the USA uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerilla fighters in South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1915
1980 : Birth of Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Wong http://www.truveo.com/Ivana-Wong-Colours-of-Love-part-1/id/3377808584
1981 : Birth of Ella (Jiahua) Chen, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E. http://www.worldidols.net/329/Ella%20Chen.html
1983 : In China Li Xiannian is elected president succeeding Ye Jianying http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/
m0018948.html http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Long-March/Long-March-Ye-Jianying.html
1989 : In Burma, The Slorc adopts the name of Union of Myanmar as a new name for the country
2001 : Macedonia cuts its relations with Taiwan and restores its dimplomatic links with Beijing
2002 : At the annual congress of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), Mahathir announce that he resigns from the chairmanship of the party and of the goverment, but comes back an hour later at the request of the leaders of the UMNO
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