ON 4 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 4, 2019
265: Sima Yan, the successor to his father Sima Zhao as the Cao Wei regent, forces Cao Huan to abdicate the throne and establishes the Jin Dynasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Yan
http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Sima_Yan
1077: Birth of Zhezong, 7th Emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty (1085-1100) who died on February 23, 1100
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Zhezong
1564: Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander, born in 1514
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_Ujitsuna
1823: Birth of Otto van Rees, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies
1848: Birth of Katsura Taro, Japanese longest prime minister who died on October 10, 1913
http://www.jref.com/glossary/katsura_taro.shtml
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/52.html
1868: The restoration of Imperial rule in Japan is formally proclaimed. Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu had earlier resigned his authority to the emperor, agreeing to “be the instrument for carrying out” imperial orders. The Tokugawa Shogunate ends
1897: Birth of Chen Cheng, Chinese politician and military leader, who died on March 5, 1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Cheng
1897: In the Philippines, 11 of the 15 Bicol Martyrs are executed in Bagumbayan by the Spanish
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1377/today-in-philippine-history-january-4-1897-11-of-the-15-bicol-martyrs-were-executed-in-bagumbayan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Martyrs_of_Bicol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4x2lFGzx94
1924: Birth of Sebastian Kappen, Indian Jesuit theologian who died on November 30, 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kappen
1931: Death of Maulana Mohammad Ali, Indian Muslim leader, activist, scholar, journalist and poet, born on December 10, 1878
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jauhar
http://www.muslim.org/m-ali/contents.htm
1932: The Indian Congress Party is declared illegal by the British. Mahatmat Gandhi and Nehru are arrested
1940: Birth of Chinese-born French writer Gao Xingjian, Literature Nobel prize 2000
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2000/gao-bio.html
https://www.widewalls.ch/artist/gao-xingjian/
1943: Birth of Hwang Sok-yong, Korean writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Sok-yong
1945: US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack in the Sulu Sea (Philippines)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ommaney_Bay_(CVE-79)
1946: In Dutch Indies, Sukarno and Hatta move by night to Yogya, leaving Sjahrir and the more pro-negotiations faction in Jakarta
1946: Birth of Dr.S.Rajasekharan, Indian poet and critic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Rajasekharan
1948: Full Independence of Burma from Great Britain. U Nu is named Prime Minister up to June 1956
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day–Burma-Declares-Independence-from-Britain.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Burma)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Nu
1948: The territories occupied by the Dutch demand the foundation of the United States of Indonesia
1950: Birth of Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladeshi poet and academic who died on June 16,. 2013
http://www.poemhunter.com/khondakar-ashraf-hossain/biography/
1951: During the Korean war, Chinese and Korean Communist forces retake Seoul
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4/newsid_2494000/2494837.stm
http://mattstodayinhistory.blogspot.fr/2006/01/north-korean-and-chinese-armies-take.html
1953: Death of Prince Chichibu, younger brother of emperor Showa (Hirohito), born on June 25, 1902
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Chichibu
1956: Birth of Sarojini Sahoo, Indian feminist writer
http://sarojinisahoo.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarojini_Sahoo
1957: Birth of Gurdas Maan, Punjabi singer, actor, lyricist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdas_Maan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beQg3PxsNcY
1959: Birth of Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist
http://www.assemblylanguage.com/reviews/Nara.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRIU6_oKPps
1962: Agreement between USA and the government of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem: pacification, democratization, liberalization
1964: French Prime Minister Pierre Messmer offers a military aid to Cambodia
1966: Conference Indo-Pakistani in Tachkent (Soviet Union), up to 10. The two countries reestablish their diplomatic relations
1969 : Birth of Korean actor Yu Hae-jin
http://asianmediawiki.com/Hae-jin_Yu
http://www.asiandb.com/browse/people_detail.php?code=1476
1970: More than 15,000 people are killed in Tonghai County, China after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Tonghai_earthquake
1971: Birth of Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese sculptor
http://www.kuruizaki.com/profile/e_biography.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2007/09/20/stage/butoh-flowers-of-life-and-decay/#.VKg4-L3LTUA
1974: South Vietnamese president Thieu announces that war has resumed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-announces-war-has-resumed
1974: The Union of Burma is renamed the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
1975: The first Communist Chinese delegation arrives to Malaysia
1980: President Jimmy Carter announces economic sanctions against Soviet Union which invaded Afghanan on 27 December 1979
1982: Birth of Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
http://asianwiki.com/Kang_Hye-Jung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Hye-jung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQuYORWO1q8
1988: Birth of Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabila_Jamshed
1991: Suicide of San Mao, Taiwanese writer, born on March 26, 1943
http://thelostseasons.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/the-life-of-san-mao%E3%80%8A%E5%9B%9E%E5%A3%B0%E3%80%8B/
1994: Death of Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor, born on June 27, 1939
http://www.panchamonline.com/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/4th-january-1994-r.d.-burman-renowned-music-director-died
1995: Ven. Thich Quang Do who had wroten a 44-page document addressed to Vietnam communist party general secretary Do Muoi detailing the persecution of the UBCV since the communists came to power in Vietnam is arrested (see his trial on August 15)
http://queme.org/en/profile-venerable-thich-quang-head-ubcv/?v=11aedd0e4327
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Quảng_Độ
2004: Four policemen are killed, a military depot is looted and eighteen schools burned in the Muslim deep south of Thailand, starting a long bloody unrest
2004: During SAARC summit, in Islamabad, general Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee have long talks and decide to have discussions on Kashmir
2004: Afghans approve a new constitution
http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/current_constitution.html
2008: North Korea pledges to strength its “war deterrent” , days after it missed a year-end deadline for declaring its nuclear activities
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7171096.stm
2008: Death of Jimmy Nah, Singapore comedian and actor, born on April 13, 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Nah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJSd8ysG0k
2011: The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, is shot dead by an armed man, thought to be part of his security detail, at a busy market in Islamabad
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/01/201114115730846269.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/world/asia/05pakistan.html?_r=1&ref=asia
2011: Philippine police said they had arrested the communist rebellion commander following a gunfight in which he was injured. The incident derails peace talks due to resume in a week
http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20110105-philippine-police-capture-communist-rebel-commander
2012: The Taliban confirms it has come to an “initial agreement” to open a political office overseas as part of peace talks with the US
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/01/201213112718977856.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/world/asia/taliban-to-open-qatar-office-in-step-toward-peace-talks.html?_r=1&ref=asia
2013: Cambodia’s National Election Committee has formally reaffirmed that exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy is ineligible to run for office or vote in the country’s upcoming elections
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-election-officials-block-rainsy-run/1577815.html
Holidays and observances
Myanmar: Burma’s Independence day