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On 1 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 1, 2008
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195 BC : Death of Gaozu (Liu Bang), first emperor (202-195 BC) of the Chinese Han dynasty http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/han/liubang.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bang
719 : Birth of Yang Guifei, concubine of Chine Emperor Xuanzong, famous for her beauty, who died on July 15, 756 http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/
content_22669.htm
1215 : Beijing, under the Jurchen Emperor Xuanzong of Jin is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Kan, ending the Battle of Beijing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beijing
1616 : Death of Tokugawa Leyasu, first shogun (1603-1605) of the Tokugawa shogunate, born on January 31, 1543 http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0352-Tokugawa-Leyasu.php http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html
1864 : Death of Hong Xiuqun, leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Chinese Qing dynasty, born on January 1st, 1814 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Xiuquan http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHING/TAIPING.HTM
1892 : Birth of Amanullah Khan, king of Afghanistan (1919-1929) who died in exile on April 25, 1960 http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/amanullahkhan.htm
1946 : The first provisional government on Cochin China is formed
1970 : Birth of R. Madhavan, Indian actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Madhavan http://www.rmadhavan.com/actor-madhavan.html
1988 : Birth of Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nami_Tamaki http://images.google.fr/images?q=Nami+Tamaki&hl=fr&lr=lang_en&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&
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1996 : Death of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India from 1977 to 1982, born on May 18, 1913 http://pastpresidentsofindia.indiapress.org/reddy.html
2001 : In Nepal, Prince Dipendra kills his father, king Birendra,his mother, and nine members of the royal family http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1365767.stm http://www.geocities.com/tributetoking/
2003 : China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges dam
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ON 2 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 2, 2008
926 : Birth of Murakami, 62nd emperor of Japan (946-967), who died on May 25, 967 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Murakami
1901 : In Japan, Katsura Taro becomes Premier for the first time, till January 1906 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044860/Koshaku-Katsura-Taro
1955 : Opening in London of peace talks between Japan Soviet Union
1956 : Birth of Mani Ratman, Indian director http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Ratnam
1964 : Lal Bahadur Shaskri succeeds Jawarharlal Nehru as Indian Prime Minister http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/Shastri.html
1965 : First Australian contingent arrive in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1882
1974 : Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan since two years is formally enthroned http://www.bootan.com/bhutan/articles/king.htm
1981 : In Afghanistan, three resistance movement favoring a western military aide, form a new alliance : The Islamic Unity of Aghanistan Mudjahidin
1999 : The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the kingdom for the first time
2007 : Death of Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentaro_Haneda
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ON 3 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 3, 2008
1615 : Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai, born in 1567 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Sanada_Yukimura
1865 : Death of Okada Izo, Japanese samurai, born in 1838 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okada_Iz%C5%8D
1928 : Birth of Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, twice president of the Republic of China, born in 1864 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/l/li.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yuanhong
1947 : At the « Round Table Conference »in New Delhi, Lord Mountbatten plan for the sharing of India is adopted
1955 : In London, opening of peace talks between Japan and Soviet Union
1959 : Singapore adopts its constitution, becoming a self governing state in the Commonwealth of nations
1961 : Singaporian prime minister Lee Kuan Yew accepts the proposition of a federation with Malaya if Singapor people approve it by referendum
1966 : During the Cultural Revolution, Beijing mayor Peng Zhen is dismissed. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9114847/Peng-Zhen http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/p/e.htm#peng-zhen
1969 : Birth of Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-46/artist_name-takako_minekawa/
1969 : Birth of Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Takami http://www.guanbarl.jp/LINKS/takami/
1970 : Nixon call Cambodian operation a success http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1884
1975 : Death of Eisaku Sato, Japanese Prime Minister from November 1964 to July 1972, Nobel Peace Prize (1974), born in March 1901 http://www.jakvydelat.com/eisaku-sato/
1989 : At 10:30 pm, in Beijing, beginning of the assault of the Chinese troops on Tian’anmen Square
2007 : North Korea break off inter-Korean dialogue after Seoul refused to deliver food so long Pyongyang don’t close its nuclear center as promised in February
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ON 4 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 4, 2008
780 BC : First total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese
907 : In China, Zhu Quanzhong usurps power, putting an end to the Tang dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Quanzhong
1135 : Death, in captivity, of Huizong, the eighth Song dynasty emperor, born on November 2, 1082 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/EBREMP.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huizong_of_Song_China
1615 : In Japan, forces under the shogun Tokugawa leyasu takes Osaka Castle after a six-month siege http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0312/feature5/zoomify/main.html
1928 : Zhang Zuolin, warlord of Manchuria, is assassinated by Japanese agent and is succeded by his son Zhang Xueliang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Zuolin
1937 : Prince Fumimaro Konoe becomes 3th Japanese premier minister, for the first of three times, succeeding general Senjuro Hayashi http://www.answers.com/topic/prince-fumimaro-konoe-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Hayashi
1942 : The Battle of Midway begins (till June 7). Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway island with much of the Imperial Japanese navy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Landing&
displayDate=06/04&categoryId=leadstory
1947 : Indian leader Gandhi approves the partition of India in two separate states
1954 : French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc sign treaties in Paris giving complete independence to Vietnam
1955 : Jawaharlal Nehru goes to Soviet Union
1960 : The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China
1961 : US and Soviet Union presidents, Kennedy and Khrushchev, agree on neutrality for Laos http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1886
1971 : Birth of Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoji_Meguro
1974 : In Cambodia, violent students demonstrations in Phnom Penh. The Education minister is killed
1979 : In Afghanistan, beginning of heavy fights around Kabul between Soviet-Afghan forces and 20,000 Muslim resistance activists, till June 12
1984 : Birth of Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress http://www.rainie-yang.net/
1989 : In Beijing, the Chinese troops clear the Tian’anmen Square from pro-democracy demonstrators in a massacre http://www.cnd.org/June4th/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/
newsid_2496000/2496277.stm http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1tfel_june-4-1989-tiananmen-square-
massac_events http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2688
2001 : Death of King Dipendra of Nepal, who in fact was fatality wound after killing his father , his mother and several other member of the royal family four days before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipendra_of_Nepal
2002 : Japon ratifies Kyoto Protocole on climate change
2005 : Chang Chun-hsiung, former premier of Taiwan (2000-2002), succeeds Koo Chen-fu (dead) as chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, in charge of the relations with China http://www.gio.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=33772&ctNode=2584 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943
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ON 5 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 5, 2008
1017 : Death of Sanjo, 67th emperor of Japan (1011-1016), born on February 5, 976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sanj%C5%8D
1640 : Birth of Pu Songling, Chinese writer who died on February 25, 1715 http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/pusl.html
1862 : Treaty of Saigon. Annam Tu Duc cedes Saigon to France http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064771/Treaty-of-Saigon
1941 : Four thousands Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the bombing of Chongqing by the Japanese
1944 : Gandhi is freed from prison
1948 : Signature of a common declaration between France and Vietnam in the Bay of Along, in the presence of Emperor. France recognizes the independence of Vietnam which will have to realize its unity
1950 : Birth of Ken Nakamoto, Japanese actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1066120/
1950 : General MacArthur asks the Japanese government to forbid any political activities of 24 Communist leaders
1950 : Birth of Abraham Sarmiento Jr, Filipino journalist and activist who died in prison on November 11, 1977 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sarmiento,_Jr.
1959 : The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in
1974 : In Phnom Penh, violence erupt after the Khmer Rouge kidnapping of the minister of Education who will be killed
1980 : Birth of Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani lawyer and writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Latif_Hamdani
1984 : The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple, the most sacred shrine of Sikhism in Operation Bluestar http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/attack841.html http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1970s/
Bluestar.html
1995 : Bose-Einstein Condensate is first created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/2242
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ON 6 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 6, 2008
1236 : Birth of Wen Tianxiang, Chinese premier who died on January 9, 1283 http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/wen-tianxiang/
1393 : Death of Emperor Go-En’yu (1371-1382), born January 11, 1359 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-En'yu
1563 : Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, samurai commander, born in 1519 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikeda_Nagamasa
1583 : Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord, born in 1556 http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Nakagawa_Kiyohide
1644 : The Qing dynasty Manchu forces capture Beijing
1901 : Birth of Sukarno, first president of Indonesia (1945-1967) who died on June 21, 1970 http://www.asiasource.org/society/sukarno.cfm
1916 : Death of Yuan Shikai, Chinese General and politician, born on September 16, 1859 http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1924 : Birth of Jinyong, Chinese novelist http://www.hkfilms.150m.com/Chinese/jinyong.htm
1929 (1930) : Birth of Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician, who died on May 25, 2005 of heart attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Dutt http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004570/
1993 : Mongolia holds its first direct presidential election
1952 : In Vietnam, after Tran Van Huu resigned, Nguyen Van Tam forms a new cabinet till December 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tran_Van_Huu http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9C0CE3D9173FF93BA15752C1A966958260
1952 : Birth of Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihiro_Takahashi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6e7sLeeeM
1967 : Soviet Union recognizes the borders and the neutrality of Cambodia
1975 : Birth of Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_Chen http://www.flickr.com/groups/cheerchen/
1976 : Philippines and Soviet Union normalize their diplomatic relations
1984 : The last Sikh separatist militants at the shrine of Golden Temple of Amritsar surrender. Jamail Singh Bhindranwale, leader of Damdami Taksal, is killed http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1984/jun/07/fromthearchive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6920
2003 : Cambodia government and United Nations agree on the formation of an tribunal in charge to try the former Khmer Rouge leaders for crime against humanity
2003 : Following huge demonstrations against his appointment, Nepal’s premier Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand
2004 : Tamil is established as a classical language by the president of India, in a join sitting pf the two houses of the parliament
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ON 7 JUNE I ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 7, 2008
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1358 : Death of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Ashigaga shogunate (1338-1958), born in 1305 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Takauji
1893 : Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience in South Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Gandhi#Civil_rights_movement_in_South_Africa_.281893.E2.80.931914.29
1900 : In China, Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Beijing and Tianjin
1916 : General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the first time, till July 17, 1917 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048087/Li-Yuan-hung
1920 : Birth of Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar’s Premier (1977-1988) who died on 30 April 1995 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha
1942 : Japanese are defeated in the Battle of Midway http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/7/
newsid_3499000/3499378.stm
1942 : Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian islands off Alaska
1956 : Singapor government of Marshall resigns after the collapse of independence talks with great Britain
1971 : India seals its border with Bangladesh due to millions of refugees pouring over the border because the civil war in Pakistan
1973 : Birth of Song Yun-ah, South Korean singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yun-ah http://www.songyunah.com/
1977 : Vietnam proposes to resume border talks with Kampuchea
1995 : Death of Hsuan Hua, influential Chan Buddhist monk, born on April 16, 1918 http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/VenHua/MasterHuaBio.htm http://www.drba.org/dharma/hsuanhuabio.asp
1999 : First free parliamentary election in Indonesia since 1955. Victory of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle of Megawati Sukarnoputri
2002 : In Sulu (Philippines), military operation against Abu Sayaf movement aiming to free two Americans hostages. One of them is killed and the other wounded
2005 : Lal Krishna Advani, criticized for having for having pay homage to during a trip to Pakistan, resigns as chairman of Indian Buddhist party BJP
2007 : Costa Rica, one of the most Taiwan’s allies, establishes diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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ON 8 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 8, 2008
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1384 : Death of Kanami, Noh actor, born in 1333 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanami
1505 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Hongzhi 1487-1505), born on July 30, 1470 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Emperor
1921 : Birth of Suharto, second president of Indonesia, who died on January 27, 2008 http://www.famousmuslims.com/Mohammed%20Suharto.htm
1928 : Chinese Nationalist forces, under the command of Chiang Kai-shek capture Beijing defeating the northern warlords
1938 : Birth of Martin Lee http://www.martinlee.org.hk/eng/about/about.html
1942 : Japanese imperial submarines shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Neawcastle
1946 : Sukarno calls for the people of Indonesia to mobilize against the Dutch in an anti-colonial campaign
1955 : Birth of Shusuke Kaneko, Japanese director http://www.shusuke-kaneko.com/eng/bio.html
1956 : In Singapore, Lim Yew Kock forms a new cabinet http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/independence/ref/lyh1.html
1966 : Birth of Yumi Morino, Japanese actress
1965 : The US forces in Vietnam get the green light to fight in ground operations http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1894
1967 : The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) recognizes the border and neutrality of Laos
1969 : President Nixon and Thieu meet at Midway. USA decides the immediat withdraw of 25,000 soldiers from Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1895
1972 : After the war for Bangladesh independence, Indira Gandhi and Ali Buttho meet at Simla (India) http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/15spec.htm http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071228/jsp/nation/story_8718400.jsp
1973 : Birth of Kim Min-jeong, South Korean actress http://www.hancinema.net/person.php?person=Kim_Min-jeong
1983 : Birth of Mamoru Miyano, Japanese actor http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10397
2003 : Eleven Pakistani police trainees are killed, and nine other injured by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in Quetta
2006 : Choummaly Sayasone is elected president of Laos
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ON 9 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
Created on June 9, 2008
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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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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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