ON 8 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 8, 2019
1514: Birth of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord who died on January 9, 1562
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amago_Haruhisa
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2721.html
1641: Death of Xu Xiake, travel writer and geographer of the Ming dynasty, born in January 1587
http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2015/12/xu-xiake-the-father-of-chinese-backpacking/
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2152.html
1722: Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud, winning the battle of Gulnabad, occupies Persia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gulnabad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgI82EOB0rg
1854: US Commodore Matthew Perry arrives for a second time in Japan to negotiate the opening of Japanese ports to the West
1868: Sakai Incident, 11 sailors from the French corvette Dupleix are killed by samurai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_incident
https://samurainovelist.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/the-sakai-incident-1868/
http://netlibrary.net/articles/sakai_incident
1897: Birth of Damerla Rama Rao, Indian artist, who died on February 6, 1925
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damerla_Rama_Rao
1921: Birth of Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter, who died on October 25, 1980
http://www.poemhunter.com/sahir-ludhianvi/biography/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/8-march-1921-popular-film-lyricist-sahir-ludhiyanvi-was-born
1922: Birth of Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Mizuki
http://lambiek.net/artists/m/mizuki_shigeru.htm
1930: In India, Mahatma Gandhi begins the campaign of civil disobedience. The Salt March will begin on 12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j_yi3iwpaI
1932: End of the Shanghai Incident (or First Battle of Shanghai)
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=114
1935: Death by suicide of Ruan Lingyu, Chinese actress, born on April 26, 1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruan_Lingyu
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2434.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSFsvBVvfz0
1942: The Dutch surrender to the Japanese forces on Java after two months of fighting
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dutch-surrender-on-java
1942: In Burma, Japanese troops capture Rangoon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_conquest_of_Burma
1944: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville, in a battle that will last five days
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1624442/posts
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Rabaul/USA-P-Rabaul-17.html
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_cherryblossom_bougainville.html
1946: French troops land in Haiphong, the chief port in Tonkin
1947: 13,000 troops sent by the Kuomintang government of China arrived Taiwan after the 228 Incident (see at this date) and launched crackdowns which killed at least thousands of people, including many elites
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-24/news/mn-2041_1_army-killed
1949: By the Elysée Agreement, ratified on June 3, France recognizes the “independence of Vietnam with Bao Dai as chief of state, In the the French Union. Bao Dai and President Auriol of France sign the Elysee Agreement
http://books.google.fr/books?id=0-SE1JhIlF4C&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=1949:Elys%C3%A9e+Agreement&source=bl&ots=eb9kPmtTyO&sig=S4bk2oAqzFGjEvISrRNQg40YsCk&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=UQIaU7qbFYWzywOC0YCgDQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=1949%3AElys%C3%A9e%20Agreement&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Accords
1954: Signature of a mutual aid and mutual defense treaty between USA and Japan
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/coldwar/docs/usjapan.html
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CFEQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjapan2.usembassy.gov%2Fpdfs%2Fwwwf-mdao-mdaa1954.pdf&ei=Dlj7VNPAI8GyU-DfgugO&usg=AFQjCNHtpz6kPYEdMJFeL6EZPDvT2_ElhQ&sig2=DUxHoAmaN69FoZUbKP6-Hg
1954: France and Vietnam opened talks in Paris on a treaty to form the states of Indochina
1964: Birth of Santosh Sivan, Indian cinematographer and film director
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santosh_Sivan
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007144/
1965: The first United States combat troops, 3,500 Marines, arrive in Da Nang, South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-marines-land-at-da-nang
1966: Xingtai earthquake. The damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Xingtai_earthquake
http://smc.kisti.re.kr/quake/ruins/rns18.html
1974: Birth of Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/fardeen-khan/biography.html
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/fardeen-khan/
1975: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu orders the withdrawal of South Vietnamese forces from the Central Highlands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-orders-force-withdrawal
1975: Death of outstanding opera artist Zhou Xinfang, born on January 14, 1895
http://english.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20091103/101479.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXCbhLAz_9I
1986: Bernabe Buscayno, who led the New People’s Army, among 42 political prisoners, is freed on order of President Corazon Aquino
http://www.pcij.org/i-report/edsa20/bernabe-buscayno.html
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DA153CF930A35756C0A961948260
1986: Birth of Princess Tsuguko, Japanese princess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Tsuguko_of_Takamado
1988: Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer, is gunned down. He was born in July 1961
http://www.chamkila.org/home/history
http://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/the-unsolved-murder-mystery-of-amar-singh-chamkila-2023.html
1996: China starts a campaign of missiles shooting in the Strait of Taiwan (up to 15). The purpose is to dissuade the Taiwanese to vote for Lee Teng-hui
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
2005: Tung Chee-hwa, referring health problem confirm his resignation as chief executive of Hong Kong and is replaced by Donald Tsang on March 10
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4335061.stm
2006: Fusako Shigenobu, born September 28, 1945, the founder and former leader of the now disbanded Japanese Red Army. Is sentenced to 20 years in prison
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1012780.stm
http://www.fanoos.com/society/fusako_shigenobu.html
2007: In Bangladesh, the Military arrest a lot of high level personalities from all political parties for corruption, including Tarique Rahman, the son of ex Premier Khaledia Zia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6428979.stm
2008: In the Philippines, Imelda Marcos is cleared of corruption
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2008/03/2008525142022793828.html
2008: The Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Alliance) deny the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (National Front) of their two-third majority in Parliament for the first time in Malaysian history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakatan_Rakyat
2011: Indonesia, Philippines sign pact to fight terror, transnational crimes
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110309-324320/No-Asean-haven-for-terrorism
2013: Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) is holding its first ever congress, at which it will elect party leaders for the first time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21710640
http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/08/myanmar-suu-kyi-s-party-holds-first-ever-congress/
2017 : China proposes that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to “defuse a looming crisis”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39202088
http://www.dw.com/en/china-calls-for-stop-to-north-korea-missile-tests-and-us-south-korean-military-drills/a-37847701
2017 : The Philippine House of Representatives approves a bill to restore the death penalty, 11 years after it was abolished
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/03/philippines-house-overwhelmingly-approves-re-imposition-death-penalty/#ySBY5vgmUuqL7JR9.97
http://www.dw.com/en/philippines-moves-to-restore-death-penalty-for-drug-offenses/a-37841088
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/878935/senators-divided-on-fate-of-death-penalty-measure
Holidays and observances
International Women’s Day (United Nations)