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ON THIS DAY IN ASIA HISTORY

Each day I will give the main facts that happened on this day in Asia
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ON 6 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on September 6, 2009

1511 : Death of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi in charge from 1494 to 1508
www.spiritus-temporis.com/ashikaga-yoshizumi/

1689 : By the Nertchinsk Treaty (Nibuchu in Chinese) Chinese Emperor Kangxi establishes diplomatic relations with Russia after a Chinese victory. First treaty with a European power
www.speedylook.com/Treaty_of_Nertchinsk.html

1899: U.S. secretary of state John Hay circulates a letter arguing for an Open Door policy with regard to trade with China, rather than one that would carve up China into European spheres of influence

1926: The Kuomintang Chinese nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-shek reach Hankou at the confluence of the Han and the Yangtze rivers; Hankou becomes the Kuomintang capital

1929 : Birth of Yash Johar, famous India Bollywood film producer, who died on June 26, 2004
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_Johar

1939 : Birth of Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel prize for physiology and Medicine in 1987
nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/lau...onegawa-autobio.html

1947 : United Nations adopts a resolution for the organization of elections for the constitution of a only one government of Korea

1965 : Indian troops invade West Pakistan, in Penjab province. General mobilization is declared in India as Pakistan asks for western help. UN Security Council asks U Thant to do his best to stop the hostilities
news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/storie..._3632000/3632092.stm

1969 : In North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, who died on September 2, is succeeded by a collective committee
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=2782

1972 : In South Vietnam, President Thieu abolishes popular elections
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=1340

1976 : Birth of Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Young


1976 : Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=2782
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Belenko

1977 : Birth of Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Hikawa


1981 : Birth of Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer
www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8206602&publicUserId=5844801
www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_yumiko.htm

1983 : The Soviet Union admits to the shooting of Korean Airlines 007. They said the pilots were not aware that their target was a civilian airplane
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_KAL-007

1989 : Birth of Kim So Eun, Korean actress
wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_So_Eun
www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_So-eun.php

1990 : First meeting between South and North PM. North Korea recognizes Seoul as a legitimate government

1998: Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who often adapted Western literary works and forms to Japanese subjects, dies at the age of 88
encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761568412
www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa/obituary.html
www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046485/Ku...ira?source=ONTHISDAY

1999 : At Dili, in East Timor, militiamen attack International Red Cross building and Mgr Belo residence where 5,000 people took refuge

2002 : Iajuddin Ahmed becomes president of Bangladesh (up to February 2009)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iajuddin_Ahmed
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2003 : In Taipei, 100 000 separatists demonstrate for the change of name from Republic of China to Taiwan

2005 : Death of Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist, poet and political activist, born on July 7, 1920
www.dawn.com/2005/09/07/top14.htm

2006 : In Japan, Princess Kiko, spouse of Prince Akishino, second son of Emperor Akihito, give birth to a son, Hisahito, putting an end to the dynasty problem
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hisahito_of_Akishino
people.famouswhy.com/prince_hisahito/
www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asi...STIStory_426211.html

2008 : Asif Ali Zardari is elected president of Pakistan
www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_...d=51814&Itemid=1
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7602113.stm


Holidays and observances

Pakistan : Defence Day (Pak-Army Day) Since 1965

ON 7 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on September 7, 2009

786 : Birth of Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842)
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Emperor-Saga-of-Japan

1539 : Angad Dev becomes 2nd guru of the Sikh
www.sikhs.org/guru2.htm

1552 : Death of Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak2.html

1809 : Death of Chao Phraya Chakri (Rama I) founder of the current Thailand Chakri dynasty who established Bangkok as the capital of Siam
sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/chakri/rama1.html

1840 : Birth of Sisowath, king of Cambodia, who died on August 9, 1927
angkor1431.tripod.com/index/id17.html

1901: The Peace of Beijing formally ends the Boxer Uprising in China. Under the agreement, China pays an indemnity to the European powers and lowers trade barriers.
encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761576765
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Protocol

1904 : At the end of a British expedition to Lhasa, expedition leader Colonel Francis Younghusband forces Tibet to sign a treaty whereby the Dalai Lama cannot concede territory to another foreign power without British consent
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_74.shtml

1939 : Death of the Japanese novelist Kyoka Izumi
www.intangible.org/Features/koya/koyaintro1.html
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1945 : Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines

1953 : Mohammed Daoud becomes prime minister of Afghanistan, up to March 10, 1963
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan

1962 : Death of Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese historical novelist, born on August 11, 1892
www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/y/eiji-yoshikawa/

1965 : China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border

1965 : In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=1342

1970 : In USA, an anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland

1980 : In China, Hua Guofeng is succeeded as Prime minister by Zhao Ziyang but continues as chairman of Chinese Communist Party

1982 : Birth in Malaysia of Race Wong, Hong Kong singer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Wong
www.alivenotdead.com/racewong

1988 : Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station
www.spock.com/Abdul-Ahad-Mohmand

1997 : Under Beijing pressures, the presence of Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, China causes the failure of the International conference on the Panama Canal Except Nicaragua and Honduras, all others countries renounce to attend

1999 : In Indonesia, Xanana Gusmao, leader of the East Timor separatists, arrested in 1992, is freed

2008 : Death of Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
www.boingboing.net/2008/09/10/nagi-noda-japanese-a.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagi_Noda

ON 8 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on September 8, 2009

1380 : Russian defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning the decline of Tatars
www.fanaticus.org/DBA/battles/Kulikovo/index.html
www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=battle_kulikovo

1449 : Battle of Tumu Fortress. Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor Zhengtong
www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Battle_of_Tumu_Fortress/

1852 : Birth of Korea Emperor Gojong (Gwangmu), forced to abdicate by Japan on 18 July 1907 and who died on 21 January 1919
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojong_of_Korea

1930 : Birth of Nguyen Cao Ky, Vietnamese prime minister (1965-1967) and vice-president (197-1971)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Cao_Ky

1933 : Birth of Asha Bhonsle, Indian singer
asha-bhosle.tripod.com/

1945 : Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo attempts to take his own life rather than face a war crimes tribunal

1945 : First British troops parachute into Kemayoran Airport at Jakarta

1945 : US troops land in south of Japanese-held Korea
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=2784

1951 : End of the conference of San-Francisco for a peace treaty with Japan . Signature of a US-Japan Security which will enter into force on 28 April 1952
www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm
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1954 : The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established to stop communist spread in South-East Asia
www.bartleby.net/65/st/SthEATO.html
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=1343

1958 : Birth of Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2132

1958 : Nikita Krushchev warns US president Eisenhover that any attack on Communist China would be considered as an attack against Soviet Union

1959 : Following a call from Laos, United Nations Security Council decides to send a mission in this country

1963 : Birth of Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Matsumoto

1968 : For the first time, a South Vietnam general is killed
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=1344

1970 : Birth of Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Yuji-Nishizawa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANA_Flight_61

1972 : Birth of Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
www.tv.com/tomokazu-seki/person/82289/biography.html
www.seiyuu.info/extendedlisting.php?seiyuu=Tomokazu+Seki

1980 : First Soviet forces in Panshir valley (Afghanistan)

1981 : Death of HidekiYukawa, Nobel Prize in Physics (1949), born in January 1907
nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laur...1949/yukawa-bio.html

1981 : Violent demonstrations in Kabul after the government called all the reservists

1982 : Death of Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, chief minister of Kashmir, born on December 5, 1905
www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sheikh_Muhammad_Abdullah.aspx

1996 : Birth of Krystal Reyes, lolita Filipina actress
www.igma.tv/profile/kristal-reyes

2008 : Sri Lanka's government announces a ban on foreign aid workers and many of their local colleagues from working in Tamil-rebel held areas in the north
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7604933.stm

2008 : Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp has won 23 out of the 30 elected seats in the Legislative Council, and so retains a key veto over future bills
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7603312.stm

ON 9 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY

Updated on September 9, 2009

1466 : Birth of Ashikaga Yoshitane, 10th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who died on May 23, 1523
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ashikaga-Yoshitane

1487 : Death of Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Chenghua (1464-1497), born on December 9, 1447
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenghua_Emperor
library.thinkquest.org/C0126670/emperors/chenghua_en.htm

1612 : Death of Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord, born in 1570
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Nakagawa-Hidenari
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9...akagawa_Hidenari.jpg

1878 : Birth of Sergio Osmena, 4th President of the Philippines, who died on October 19, 1961
www.angelfire.com/on/philpres/osmena.html

1892 : Birth of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress, who died on October 18, 1961
www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Aoki-Tsuru.html

1905 : Birth of Hussain Sha, Indian Saint, Philosopher ,Pithapuram who died on September 24, 1981
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmarishi_Hussain_Sha

1911 : Birth of Kozaburo Yoshimura, Japanese film maker who died on November 7, 2000
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5212/is_2000/ai_n19128305

1920 : Birth of Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and scientist, who died on August 17, 1993
lsec.cc.ac.cn/fengkangprize/fkbib.html

1935 : Birth of Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author who died on April 23, 2002
infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_452_2005-01-22.html

1942 : A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon in an attempt to set fire to the forests in Oregon and Washington. The forest did not ignite.
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=6578

1944 : Beginning of the negotiations between Gandhi and Jinnah on the Muslim question (up to 22)

1945 : Japanese forces in China surrender to the Chinese Guomindang government representative general Ho Ying-chin
www.taiwandocuments.org/surrender02.htm

1946 : Birth of Hayato Tani, Japanese actor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayato_Tani


1948 : The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is proclaimed by Kim Il-sung

1949 : Birth of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, current president of Indonesia
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3725301.stm

1953 : The USA give an 385 millions USD aid to Indochina

1955 : In Geneva, signature of a Sino-US agreement for the repatriation of US civil citizens

1959 : Moscow condemns Beijing for its misconduct in Tibet and gives its support to India

1962 : Beijing announces that a US U-2 airplane has been shot down over eastern China and accuses the USA to prepare a new war

1965 : Autonomous Region of Tibet is formally founded

1969 : North Vietnam president Ho Chi Minh is buried in Hanoi
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...=Article&id=1345

1976 : Death of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, born in 1893
news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/storie..._3020000/3020374.stm
www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?a...Article&id=60044
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1982 : Birth of Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Otsuka
suisse.ironie.org/aiotsuka/

1983 : Birth of Kristine Hermosa, Filipina actress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_Hermosa
kristinehermosa.shorturl.com/


1983 : Birth of June Natsukawa, Japanese actress and model
www.babebio.com/babe/jun_natsukawa/

1983 : Birth of Kim Jung-hwa, South Korean actress and model
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-hwa


1990 : Batticaloa massacre, massacre of 184 minority Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Batticaloa_massacre

1993 : Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is buried in his homeland. The event occurred about four years after his death in exile

1996 : Megawati Sukarnoputri, expelled from her Democratic Party of Indonesia, is banned to challenge the elections by the Government Commission

2001 : Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood is fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists
hometown.aol.com/mbeve10258/Assassination.html

2008 : Death of Nouhak Phoumsavanh, former president of Laos (1992-1998), born on April 9, 1910
rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap/newmandala/2008/09...-nouhak-phoumsavanh/
fr.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080911/img/pwl-la...ms-8cd9ae149c36.html

2008 : Court rules that Thailand Prime Minister Samak must resign
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/...008999398621985.html

2008 : George Bush, the US president, announces that 8,000 troops will be pulled out of Iraq over the coming months and 4,500 sent to Afghanistan by January
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/20...008991444715547.html

Holidays and observances

Japan : Chrysanthemum Day (Kiku no Sekku)
North Korea : Republic Day (1948)