ON 22 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 22, 2019
239: Death of Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei, born in 205
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Rui
1258: Hulagu Khan , after severely beating the army of the caliphate, besieges Baghdad
http://historyofislam.com/contents/the-post-mongol-period/the-fall-of-baghdad/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan
1553: Birth of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior, who died on 27 April 1599
http://www.samurai-archives.com/terumoto.html
1555: The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now present-day Burma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Kingdom
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Toungoo_Dynasty
1666: Death of of Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire (1628-1658) who build the Taj Mahal, born on January 5, 1592
http://www.islamicart.com/library/empires/india/shahjahan.html
http://www.edwebproject.org/india/shahjehan.html
1760: French General Thomas Arthur Lally-Tollendal, defeated in the Wandiwash Battle by the British is besieged in Pondicherry. After a long resistence, he will capitulate on January 16, 1761
http://www.historynet.com/seven-years-war-battle-of-wandiwash.htm
http://philbancients.blogspot.fr/2012/04/battle-of-wandiwash-famous-battles-you.html
1849: During the Second Anglo-Sikh War, The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Multan
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/22-january-1849-the-siege-of-multan-ended-in-second-anglo-sikh-war
1878: After an agreement was signed between the Sultanate of Sulu and British commercial syndicate (Alfred Dent and Baron von Overback), which stipulates that North Borneo is either ceded or leased (depending on translation used) to the British syndicate in return for payment of 5000 Malayan Dollar per year, baron-von-overbeck-is-conferred-the-title-datu-bandahara-by-the-sultan-of-sulu
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1423/today-in-philippine-history-january-22-1878-baron-de-overbeck-was-conferred-the-title-datu-bandahara-by-the-sultan-of-sulu
1886: Birth of Baron Ungern von Sternberg, a white Russian, short time leader of Outer Mongolia who was killed on September 15, 1921
http://kaiserreich.wikia.com/wiki/Roman_von_Ungern-Sternberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReGejUmQpII
1909: Birth of U Thant, third United Nations General Secretary (1961-1971) who died on November 25, 1974
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/u-thant-7042.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPPd8KwkiyI
1916: Birth of Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati author, poet, astrologist, who died on Juanary 15, 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harilal_Upadhyay
1928: Birth of Shozo Shimamoto, Japanese painter who died on January 25, 2013
http://artasiapacific.com/News/MemoryOfShozoShimamotoGutaiArtistHonored
http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/artists/shozo-shimamoto/bio
http://www.google.fr/search?q=shozo+shimamoto&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-ozeUpeXArLOyAPI54GIDA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=628
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpnezZxkhY
1928: Birth of Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian who died on February 27, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiko_Amino
1934: Birth of Vijay Anand, Indian film director who died on February 23, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Anand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gE145s_7mI
1936: Birth of Ong Teng Cheong, president of Singapore (1993-1999) who died on February 8, 2002
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong_Teng_Cheong
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/ong-teng-cheong
http://www.askmelah.com/the-ong-teng-cheong-saga/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8HYcuNrG4
1943: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua New Guinea. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna-Gona
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Battle_of_Buna-Gona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNCBEZtzSz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbG0kRnlNw&feature=related
1945: In China, resumption of negociations between the CCP and KMT
1949: Mao Zedong troops enter in Beijing
https://everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org/2017/10/15/a-collection-the-pla-enter-beijing-in-1949/
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/909.html
1952: Birth of Ace Vergel, Philipino actor who died on December 15, 2007
http://dokumentaryonijuantagalog.weebly.com/ace-vergel.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894063/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijM1FbafFZ4
1953: Birth of Myung-Whun Chung, South Korean Conductor and pianist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myung-whun_Chung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJppsRx9oR8
1955: Birth of Park Kwang-su, Korean filmmaker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Kwang-su
1957: Birth of Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor who died on July 24, 1993 of tubercolisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Requiestas
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720159/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-GepOLJJwE
1962: Birth of Mizan Zainal Abidin, king of Malaysia (2006-2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizan_Zainal_Abidin
1962: Birth of Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddZT1wxc27s
1965: Birth of Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chintara_Sukapatana
1969: Birth of Xu Qing, Chinese actress
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=10213
http://www.dianying.com/en/person/XuQing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgxpK5DzubI
1971: The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Declaration
http://thecommonwealth.org/sites/default/files/history-items/documents/Singapore%20Declaration.pdf
1972: Birth of Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romi_Paku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgH_QNvYghU
1972: Birth of Namrata Shirodkar, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namrata_Shirodkar
1973: US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
1980: Birth of Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese Writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Ram_Prajapati
1981: Death of Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist, born on November 20, 1903
https://www.pakpedia.pk/ishtiaq-hussain-qureshi
1986: Three Sikh who assassinated Indira Gandhi are condemned to death penalty
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19860123&id=r6ojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6749,4495905
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-01-23/news/mn-27947_1_indira-gandhi
1986: Birth of Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Pa-ni
1987: Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/77487/news/mendiola-massacre
1993: Death of Abe Kobo, Japanese writer, born on March 7, 1924
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kobo-abe-1480301.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/23/obituaries/kobo-abe-68-the-skeptical-poet-of-an-uprooted-society-is-dead.html
1999: Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/staines-killing-murder-of-australian-missionary-and-his-two-sons-in-orissa-shocks-india/1/253086.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Staines
http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/23oris.htm
2001: Filipino justice opens an enquiery on former president Joseph Estrada, accused to have dilapided the economy of the country
2004: Assassination of Cambodia free trade union leader Chea Vichea
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/cambodia-murder-mystery-who-killed-vichea-20131028103744329535.html
http://www.itvs.org/films/who-killed-chea-vichea
2006: The Cambodia People’s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen wins 43 of the 57 seats for Senat. Funcinpec gets 12 seats ans opposition Sam Rainsy 2 seats
2007: Death of Ngo Quang Truong, South Vietnam general, born in December 1929
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/01/26/ngo_quang_truong_called_key_s_vietnamese_general/
2010: Death of Iskandar, the sultan of Johor, born on April 8, 1932
http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2010%2F1%2F23%2Fnation%2F5534068
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandar_of_Johor
2013: The Philippines take the step of bringing its West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) territorial disputes to China before an Arbitral Tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to achieve a peaceful and durable solution to the disputes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21137144
2013: Death of John Cheng, Singaporean actor, born in 1961
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/getai-veteran-ah-nan-has-died-apparently-heart-attack-20130122
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cheng
2013: The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution expanding and strengthening sanctions against North Korea as a response to Pyongyang’s launch of a long-range rocket last month – a violation of existing U.N. résolutions
http://www.voanews.com/content/north-korea-sanctions-un-rocket-launch-reuters/1588988.html
2014: Death of Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer, born on September 23, 1924
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/legendary-telugu-actor-akkineni-nageswara-rao-dies-of-cancer/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao
2015: South Korea’s Supreme Court uphold a nine-year prison sentence for a former leftist lawmaker convicted of inciting an armed revolt in the event of war breaking out with North Korea
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150122001171
2016 : Authorities in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang have jailed a Han Chinese rights activist for 19 years on subversion and spying charges after he openly criticized government policy in the troubled region
http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/240488077
2016: The communist party of Laos elects a new leader, putting Bounnhang Vorachith in charge of the single-party country as it takes its turn as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Bounnhang-Vorachith