ON 20 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 20, 2018
1156: Death of the 74th Japanese emperor Toba (1107-1123), born on February 24, 1103
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Toba
1296: Alauddin Khilji declares himself as King of Delhi after assassinating his uncle Jalaluddin Khilji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauddin_Khilji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_ud_din_Firuz_Khilji
1402: During the Ottoman-Timurid Wars in the Battle of Ankara , Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara
1592: The Japanese capture the Korean capital Pyongyang, causing King Seonjo to request the assistance of Ming Dynasty Chinese forces, who recapture the city a year later
http://madmonarchist.blogspot.fr/2012/12/monarch-profile-king-seonjo-of-korea.html
1905 : The first partition of Bengal along religious lines is approved in London by the Secretary of State of India
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-20th-1905-first-partition-of-bengal-is-approved-in-london-by-the-secretary-of-state-of-india
1929: Soviet troops attempt to cross the Amur River into Manchuria near Blagoveschensk as tensions mount between the Soviet Union and the Republic of China
1929: birth of Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor, who died on July 29, 1999
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006348/
http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com/2007/12/jubilee-kumar-rajender-kumar.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZnKuXO0oAk
1932: Birth of Nam June Paik, American Korean-born artist, who died on January 29, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_June_Paik
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x0ir_nam-june-paik-by-me-by-paik_creation
1937: Birth of Ken Ogata, Japanese actor who died on October 5, 2008
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644523/
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ogata_Ken
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x71l4t_wonderful-spaceship-and-the-earth_travel
1944: Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo is sunk by US air attack in Guam area
1946: The US Congress’s Pearl Harbor Committee says Franklin D. Roosevelt is completely blameless for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces
1947: Police in Burma arrest former Prime Minister U Saw and 19 others on charges of assassinating Prime Minister U Aung San and six members of his cabinet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Saw
1947: The Duch cancel the Linggadjati agreement signed with the Indonesian on the creation of the United States of Indonesia. Dutch troops occupy West Java, East Java, Madura, Semarang, Medan, Palembang, Padang, bomb many cities
1947: The Viceroy of India says the people of the Northwest Frontier Province overwhelmingly voted the previous day to join Pakistan rather than India
1948: In South Korea, Syngman Rhee is elected first president
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_presidential_election,_1948
1950: Birth of Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Cinema/Naseer.html
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/naseeruddin_shah/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYYslo8BkVs
1952: Birth of Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_Matsuzaka
http://jdorama.com/artiste.925.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uDUHRboGBk
1954: The General Conference on Indochina declares a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel with the North under communist rule and the South under the leadership of Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem. Officially signed on 21
1954: Birth of Taiwanese singer Lo Ta-yu (Luo Dayou)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Ta-yu
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516340/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EukqgufYyQ
1956: Birth of Ryo Ishibashi, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_Ishibashi
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410903/
1960: In Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Sirimavo Bandanaranaike is the first Asian woman to become Prime Minister
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/newsid_2784000/2784527.stm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/6998.html
1961: In Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew expels his opponents inside his People’s Action Party
1962: In South Vietnam, the National Liberation Front publishes its manifesto
1964: During the Vietnam War, Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong-troops-overrun-town
1965: General Li Tsung-jen (Li Zongren), rival of Chiang Kai-sheik, in exile in the USA since 1949, comes back to Beijing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zongren
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/7001.html
1965: Death of Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist, born on November 18, 1910
http://arunsundar1710.blogspot.fr/2015/07/batukeshwar-dutt-forgotten-freedom.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batukeshwar_Dutt
1966: Birth of Agot Isidro, Filipino actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agot_Isidro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD9DN92lRYc
1969: Muhammad Hidayatullah becomes the first acting President of India for one month
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/government-politics/muhammad-hidayatullah.html
1971: Birth of Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644897/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqW_zuoQ08
1972: Death of Geeta Dutt, Indian singer, born on November 23, 1930
http://www.geetadutt.com/about.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtpBWIf1WZY
1973: In testimony by Assistant Secretary of Defense Jerry Friedheim to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, the US Defense Department admits it lied to US Congress about bombing Cambodia
1973: Death of Bruce Lee, American Hong Kong born actor and martial artist, born on November 27, 1940
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000045/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee
http://www.allbrucelee.com/article/mystery_of_bruce_lee.htm
1975: India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship
http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/22/archives/controls-over-foreign-newsmen-tightened-3-are-expelled-india.html?_r=0
1976: After the Vietnam War, the US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand
1979: Birth of Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Barretto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ng8fb5MpSM
1989: Burma’s ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for the first time
1989: Birth of Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witwisit_Hiranyawongkul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAgwuqs48ds
1999: Falun Gong is banned in the People’s Republic of China, and a large scale persecution of the practice is launched
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
2006: Security Council unanimously condemns the July 5 North Korean ballistic missiles tests, but with no sanctions because Chinese and Russian opposition
2009: An accord between India and the United States is reached in New Delhi clearing the way for the sale of US-made weapons to India
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15832&size=A
2009: Taiwan, restores former president Chiang Kai-shek’s name to a Taipei memorial hall housing a statue of him – the latest salvo in a partisan battle over the former Nationalist leader’s legacy
2010: Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has received international backing for plans that would see Afghan forces to take over security across the country in four years
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/07/201072052634402987.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/world/asia/21afghan.html?_r=1&ref=asia
2011: South China Sea dispute: Philippine MPs visit Spratlys. The politicians landed on Pagasa island, the only island in the Spratlys chain populated by Filipinos, and sang the national anthem with residents
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14212130
2012: Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei lost his lawsuit against the Beijing tax bureau, leaving him still subject to tax evasion charges and more than $2 million in fines
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/20/world/asia/ai-weiwei-tax-evasion-appeal/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
http://www.france24.com/en/20120720-china-court-rejects-dissident-artist-ai-weiwei-appeal-against-tax-evasion-fine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18919834
2012: North Korea has said it was being forced to « re-examine » its nuclear programme because of fresh signs the US remains hostile towards the country, indicating it will step up defiant efforts to boost its nuclear arsenal
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/07/201272011434388132.html
2013: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou is overwhelmingly reelected chairman of the ruling party, amid corruption scandals involving top officials and public anger at his government.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130720-438837.html
2014: Death of Panna Rittikrai, Thai actor, director, and stuntman, born on February 17, 1961
http://kungfukingdom.com/farewell-panna-rittikrai/
2015: As Japan prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, one of its largest corporations, Mitsubishi, apologizes to WWII Japanese prisoners of war
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/19/asia/mitsubishi-japan-pow-apology/index.html
2017: Ram Nath Kovind elected as India’s Dalit 14th president
http://www.dw.com/en/ram-nath-kovind-as-indias-dalit-president-symbolism-and-reality/a-39767055
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40344572
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-who-is-ram-nath-kovind-all-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-next-president-2508467