This page is the first posted. To get the today one click on "End" on the page line

Here I start a new forum called

ON THIS DAY IN ASIA HISTORY

Each day I will give the main facts that happened on this day in Asia

To see the today events, click on "End" on the page line at the top of this page

ON 15 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 15, 2009

220 : Death of Cao Cao, king of Wei State (China), born in 155
http://www.yutopian.com/go/gowinds/caocao.html

221 : Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession of the Han dynasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bei

1638 : Birth of the Chinese Emperor Shunzhi, who died on February 5, 1661
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/shunzhi_en.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor

1818 : Birth of, Filipino general Mariano Alvarez, who died on August 25, 1924 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_%C3%81lvarez
.

1874 : Treaty of peace and alliance between France and Annam kingdom (Vietnam) to which Hanoi is retroceded. France keeps Indochina and gets religious freedom and navigation freedom

1897 : Birth of Kikou Yamata, female Nippon-French writer who died in March 1975
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/birades/home/english.html
http://www.speedylook.com/Kikou_Yamata.html

1904 : Birth of Yu kwan-sun, Korean independence fighter who died on October 20, 1920
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Gwan-sun

1934 : Birth of Kanshi Ram, Indian Dalit leader who died on October 9, 2006
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1275961/Kanshi-Ram

1943 : Allied reconnaissance flight over Java

1944 : Birth of Chi Cheng, Taiwanese athlete and politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Cheng

1945 : Birth of A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician who died on July 19, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Faezul_Huq

1946 : Birth of Masaharu Sato, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Sat%C5%8D

1947 : In the Philippines, a referendum gives the same rights to US and Filipino citizen

1960 : Syngman Rhee is reelected president of South Koreaby election fraud, sparking unrest
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDsyngman.htm

1967 : Birth of Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoko_Takeuchi
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=82

1968 : Birth of Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahimi_Karie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dbz4BpiPmU

1969 : End of two-day fighting between Soviet Union and China on Issuri river. Moscow says that its forces have killed at least 800 Chinese, conceading 60 deads

1973 : President Nixon hints that the United States might intervene again in Vietnam to prevent communist violations of the truce. A cease-fire under the provisions of the Paris Peace Accords had gone into effect on January 27, 1973, but was quickly and repeatedly violated by both sides http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1730

1981 : The passengers and crew of a Pakistan Airways plane held hostage for nearly two weeks are relased http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/ newsid_2818000/2818437.stm

1985 : Death of Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer, born in February 1921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_Krishna_Choudhary

1897 : Birth of Kikou Yamata, French-Japanese writer who died on March 12, 1975.
http://www.speedylook.com/Kikou_Yamata.html

1989 : Death of Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet, born in May 1915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Jameel_Didi

1991 : Birth of Kii Kitano, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kii_Kitano

1998 : In India, the nationalist BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee forms a new government

2002 : In Burma, the son-in-law of ex-president Ne Win (1962-1988) and several generals are arrested on plot charge and Ne Win, 92 yars old, is put in arrest house
http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/1101021216/newin.html

2002 : Sharia becomes officially in force at Aceh (Indonesia)

2003 : CCP General secretary Hu Jintao succeeds Jiang Zemin as president of the PRC
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_403.html

2005 : Death of Shoji Nishio Sensei, Japanese martial artist, born in December 1927
http://www.aikidojo.info/html/shoji_nishio_sensei.html

ON 16 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 16, 2009

1521 : Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines http://www.reference.com/search?q=Ferdinand%20Magellan

1527 : The Emperor Babur defeated the Rajputs at the Battle of Kanvaha in India.

1792 : Tippoo Sahib, the sultan of Mysore, surrenders to British forces in India on this date, ending his campaign against colonial rule

1800 : Birth of Ninko, the 120th Japanese emperor (1817-1846) who died in February 1846
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Nink%C5%8D

1908 - China released the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru.

1941 : Birth of James Wong, Hong Kong composer who died on November 24, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Jim

1942 : Birth of James Soong, Taiwanese politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Soong

1943 : Birth of Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor who died on April 16, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Mu-saeng

1945 : During World War II, Allies secure Iwo Jima http://www.reference.com/search?q=Iwo%20Jima
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6744

1946 : After the agreement between French delegate Sainteny and Ho Chi Minh, General Leclerc enters in Hanoi

1947 : Birth of Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Baek_Yoon-sik.php
http://www.koreanmovie.com/Baek_Yoon_sik_ka148/

1961 : Death of Chen Geng, Chinese military leader, born on March 16, 1903
http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/War/Army-General-Chen-Geng.html

1963 : Mount Agung erupts on Bali (Indonesia). 11,000 dead

1968 : In South Vietnam, massacre of My Lai. 504 civilians including 182 women and 173 children are killed by an US platoon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/my_lai.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52554
http://www.reference.com/search?q=My%20Lai%20Massacre

1968 : Birth of Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/ananya-khare/20304
.


1975 : In Vietnam War, South Vietnamese troops withdrawal from Pleiku and Kontum begins, as thousands of civilians join the soldiers streaming down Route 7B toward the sea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1732

1977 : In India, Indira Gandhi loses the elections

1979 : The last Chinese troops leave Vietnam
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE3-3/bakshi.html

1999 : The first bus line between India and Pakistan is opened

2003 : Wen Jiabao replaces Zhu Rongji as Chinese Prime Minister

ON 17 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 17, 2009

927 : Birth of Zhao Kuangyin who will be first Song dynasty Emperor (960-976)
http://melanconent.com/lib/knowl/history/china/song/north.html
.

1231 : Birth of the 87th Japanese emperor Shijo in 1232, who died in an accident in February 1242
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shij%C5%8D

1272 : Death of Go-Saga, the 88th emperor of Japan (1232-1246), born in April 1220
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Saga

1425 : Death of Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1423 to 1425
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshikazu

1824 : British and Dutch sign Treaty of London and divide the Indies between themselves. The Dutch claim Sumatra, Java, Maluku, Irian Jaya, and so on. The British claim Malaya and Singapore, and retain an interest in North Borneo. Aceh is supposed to remain independent. http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Angloutch:Treaty:of:1824.htm

1864 : Birth of Joseph Baptista, Indian Home Rule Movement founder who died in 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Baptista

1907 : Birth of Takeo Miki, 66th Japanese premier (1974-1976), who died on November 4, 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Miki

1920 : Birth of Sheik Mujibur Raman, father of Bangladesh independence (1971) assassinated in August 1975
http://www.bangabandhu.org/

1939 : The Battle of Nanchang, between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nanchang

1941 : Birth of Wang Jin-pyng, TaiwaneseKMT politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jin-pyng

1942 : General MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0317.html#article

1946 : Death of Dai Li, Chinese Chiang Kai-shek head of secret police born on May 17, 1897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Li

1953 : Birth of Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary, assassinated on February 6, 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Lagman

1957 : Death of the Philippines président Ramon Magsaysay in an airplane crash
http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Ramon-Magsaysay/ramon-magsaysay.htm

1959 : Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Lhasa to India http://www.tibet.com/DL/biography.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7948547.stm

1963 : Birth of Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Chinese actor
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t27369.html
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/fong_alex.htm

1968 : Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/17/ newsid_2818000/2818967.stm

1970 My Lai massacre In 1968 : The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.

1973 : Birth of Rico Blanco, Filipino singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Blanco

1973 An Cambodian Air force officer robs an airplane and attacks the palace of the president Lon Nol. Around 20 are killed

1979 : Birth of Sharman Joshi, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharman_Joshi
http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/sharman-joshi/19803

1980 : Death of Prince Boun Oum, twice Laos’ prime minister : 1948-1950 and 1960-1962
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum

1998 : Zhu Rongji is elected as Chinese prime minister by the National Congress

1999 : In Indonesia, beginning of riots in West-Kalimantan against Madura migrants. More than 250 will be killed

2008 : In China, the Premier Wen Jiabao forms a new cabinet including five super ministers
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/17/content_7810070.htm

2008 : Violence spilled over Tibet into neighboring provinces http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/16/asia/tibet.php

ON 18 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 18, 2009

1184 : In Japan, victory of Minamoto on Taira in the battle of Ichi-no-Tani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ichi-no-Tani

1241 : Krakow is ravaged by Mongols

1871 : Death of Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician, born on June 27 1806
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/ De_Morgan.html

1910 : Birth of Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek and president of the ROC (Taiwan) from May 1978 to his death in January 1988
http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report08.html

1922 : In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disbedience. He would serve only 2 years

1928 : Birth of Fidel Ramos, president of the Philippines from June 1992 to June 1998
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/ramos.html

1938 : Birth of Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Kapoor
.

1945 : Birth of Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroh_Kikai
http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2008/11/ interview-with-japanese-photog.html

1950 : In a surprise raid on the communist People's Republic of China (PRC), military forces of the Nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan invade the mainland and capture the town of Sungmen
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2610

1950 : Birth of Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and film director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Okuda
http://asianmediawiki.com/Eiji_Okuda

1955 : Prime minister I Hatojama is re-elected by Diet vote, defeating the socialist Mosaburo Suzuki in this election.

1962 : Birth of Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Toyokawa_Etsushi
http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Etsushi_Toyokawa

1965 : Birth of Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235345/
http://www.yorikofan.com/index_yorikolab.html

1966 : In Indonesia, General Suharto forms his first government as president

1968 : Birth of Shinichiro Miki, Japanese, voice actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichiro_Miki
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=659

1969 : Beginning of heavy US bombing on Cambodia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1736

1970 : In Cambodia, coup d'état by rightist factions led by prince Sirik Matak and general Lon Nol with US support. Beginning of Lon Nol’s military regime. Sihanouk flees to China. http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/history/coup.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1735

1974 : Former Cambodian capital Oudong is captured by the Khmer Rouge. The 20,000 inhabitants are killed or deported http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudong

1978 : Pakistan former Prime Minister Ali Bhutto is sentenced to death http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bhutto_Ali.html

1998 : Prince Norodom Ranariddh, co-Premier minister, ousted the prior year by Hun Sen, is sentenced in abtentia to 30 years in prison for plot http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138763.stm

2000 : In Taiwan, for the first time, an opposant to Kuomintang, Chen Shui-bian is elected president
http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/president.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2172980.stm

2000 : In the second ever direct elections for President and Vice President of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party are elected president and vice president, respectively. This puts an end to more than half a century of Kuomintang rule on Taiwan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROC_presidential_election,_2000

2001 : India gets a one billion population

2001 : In Afghanistan, the Mollah Mohammad Omar, leader of the Talibans order the destruction of all the Buddha statues http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1161617

2008 : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah unveils his new cabinet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7303560.stm

ON 19 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 19, 2009

1279 : In China, a Mongol victory in the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty. In the battle, Chine Emperor Bing is drown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yamen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Bing_of_Song

1434 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, 7th shogun (1442-1443) of the Ashikaga Shogunate, who died in a riding accident in August 1443
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshikatsu
http://www.japan-photo.de/e-yoshikatsu.htm

1571 - Spanish troops occupy Manila.

1623 : Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in January 1556
http://www.samurai-archives.com/kagekatsu.html

1853 : In China, Taiping rebels capture Nanjing

1919 : Birth of general Sein Win, seventh Premier of Burma (1974-1977) who died on March 29, 1977
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/7979027
.

1945 - World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.

1947 : The Nationalists troops of Chiang Kai-shek capture Yan’an (Yenan), the communist capital of Mao Zedong http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/ mswv4_18.htm

1955 : Ichiro Hatoyama is elected Japan Prime Minister and forms a Liberal government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6135682

1960 : General elections in Sri Lanka after PM Bandaranaike was shot by a Buddhist monk, won by the United National Party

1965 - Indonesia nationalized all foreign oil companies.

1966 : The South Korean Assembly votes to send 20,000 additional troops to Vietnam to join the 21,000 Republic of Korea (ROK) forces already serving in the war zone
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1737

1970 : In Cambodia, the National Assembly grants "full power" to Premier Lon Nol, declares a state of emergency, and suspends four articles of the constitution, permitting arbitrary arrest and banning public assembly http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1738

1972 : India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty

1973 : Opening at La celle-Saint-Cloud (France) of long negotiations between the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) of the Vietcong and a delegation of the Saigon government http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/PRG(1969-1975)TVT.html

1975 : Birth of Vivian Hsu (Hsu Shu-juan), Taiwanese actress, model and singer
http://women.stareastasia.com/vivian-hsu/
http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/09/03/vivian-hsu/

1980 : Birth of Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikuni_Shimokawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUwsL5Ud6PQ

1981 : Birth of Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Rae_Won

1995 : Death of Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor, born on September 10, 1932
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_Yamada
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=788

1998 : In Cambodia, Ousted Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh, is condemned in absentia at thirty years in prison, accused of having fomented a coup d’état with the Khmer Rouge in July 1997

1998 : In India, the Hindu nationalist Atal Bihari Vajpayee forms a new government
http://www.bjp.org/leader/atalji.htm

2002 : In Afghanistan, end of Operation Anaconda (Started March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020318/popup/

2004 : Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian vice-president Annette Lu are lightly wounded in an pistol attack, the day before new presidential elections
http://www.tzengs.com/News/Assasin/photos_.htm

2008 : Death of Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor, born on December 11, 1948
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37336.html

ON 20 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 20, 2009

1127 : Jin troops summon the Song emperor Qinzong and his father Huizong two captured emperors to their camps on a directive from Taizong. Beginning of weeks of looting, rapes, arson and execution of prisoners of war and civilians.

1602 : The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is established http://www.reference.com/search?q=Dutch%20East%20India%20Company

1736 : Birth of Chao Phraya Chakri who founded the current Chakri dynasty in Thailand in April 1782 (Rama I) and died in September 1809
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_I

1739 : Nader Shah occupies Delhi and sacks the city, stealing the jewel of the Peacock Throne. 30,000 civilians are killed http://www.iranchamber.com/history/afsharids/afsharids.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takht_e_Taus

1865 : Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai, born in 1833
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanami_Keisuke

1913 : Song Jiaoren (Sung Chiao-jen), a founder of the Kuomintang is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies two days later http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9070370/Sung-Chiao-jen
.

1923 : Birth of Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, Journalist and political activist who died in December 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaukat_Siddiqui

1926 : Chiang Kaishek (Jiang Jieshi), then head of the KMT military, launches a coup to take over power in the Guomindang. In the process, he ousted many communists who had been a part of the Guomindang-Communist alliance.

1942 : General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".

1945 : The British, with the 19th Indian Division retake Mandalay in Burma
http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/1/burma/summary.htm

1952 : The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.

1956 : Indonesian Assembly (DPR) convenes. PNI-Masyumi-NU coalition forms government. Ali Sastroamidjojo is Prime Minister.

1966 : Birth of Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alka_Yagnik
http://alkayagnik.8m.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmKd3sQx15k

1967 : Birth of Yukito Kishiro, mangaka.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukito_Kishiro
http://jajatom.moo.jp/E-top/frame.html

1969 : Wedding of John Lennon and Yoko ono http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWdyOpvSh0&feature=related

1973 : Birth of Jung Woo-sung, Korean actor http://men.stareastasia.com/jung-woo-sung/

1977 : The Indian Congress Party loses the general elections against the newly founded Janata Party. Morarji Desai is charged to form a new government.

1980 : Birth of Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ock_Ju-Hyun
http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2198

1990 : Ferdinand Marcos’s widows, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement and racketing
http://www.who2.com/imeldamarcos.html

1990 : Birth of Joaquin Maria Gutierrez, Filipino violinist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Maria_Gutierrez

1991 : Khaleda Zia first women to become PM in Bangladesh up to March 1996
http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/biography/khaleda.html

1995 : A sarin gaz attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0320.html#article
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6842

2004 : Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is reelected with less than 30,000 votes (50,11 %) more than Lien Chan (49,89 %)

2008 : Death of Shoban Babu, Indian actor
http://www.indianpad.com/story/220221

ON 21 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on March 21, 2009

1181 : Death of Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese feudal general, born in 1118, who established the first samourai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori

1188 : Accession to the throne of Japan emperor Antoku. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Antoku
.


1851 : Viêt-Nam emperor Tu Duc orders the killing of Christian priests

1857 - An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.

1900 : Birth of Sun Yu, Chinese director who died in July 1990
http://www.gildasattic.com/sunyu.html

1923 : Birth of Sri Mataji Nirmala Srivasta, founder of Sahaja Yogav
http://www.adishakti.org/shri_mataji.htm

1927 : Tchang Kaï-chek troops enter Shanghai

1945 : British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma

1947 : A pact of mutual defense is signed between the Philippines and USA

1955 : In Vietnam, the buddhists sects present President Ngo Dinh Diem an ultimatum demanding the formation of a National Union government http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/html/diem.html

1956 : In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma is named Prime Minister, putting an end to the political crisis and joins the neutralist faction http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846117.html

1959 : Birth of Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu

1960 : Birth of Benito de Leon, Filipino military officer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_T._de_Leon
http://www.bisayabloggers.com/category/col-benito-de-leon/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13460422/Message-on-Peace-and-Unity-Walk

1967 : North Vietnam rejects US president Johnson overture http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1741

1968 : In Indonesia, Suharto is officially elected President of the Republic
http://www.famousmuslims.com/Mohammed%20Suharto.htm

1972 : Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1742

1977 : Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister, resigns after she lost legislative election

1978 : Birth of Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress
http://www.rani-mukerji.com/

1980 : President Jimmy Carter informs a group of U.S. athletes that, in response to the December 1979 Soviet incursion into Afghanistan, the United States will boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2613

1985 : In Bangladesh, General Ershad gets 94,14 % of yes in the referendum he has organized to legitimate his military regime. The opposition said the vote was rigged
http://www.muktadhara.net/page41.html

1990 : In China, Deng Xiaoping renounces his last official positions

2000 : Bill Clinton arrives to India. First visit of an US president since twelve years

2000 : In Taiwan, the Legislative Yuan (National Assembly) autorizes direct links with China from the small islands of Kinmen, Matsu et Penghu.

2001 : Taliban dynamit two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan

2002 : In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1804710.stm

2004 : General elections in Malaysia. The ruling coalition Barisan Nasional Le Front National wins 198 of the 219 seats, of which 109 for Umno.

2006 : In Laos, Choummaly Sayasone, 70, a retired general, replaces Khamtay Siphandone as leader of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=86431

2008 : US Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives, Pelosi, urge the world to condemn China because its repression in Tibet http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D417F1C0-AC84-4560-AF36- 7E3AA81C2478.htm