ON 3 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on 3 June 2019
628: Death of Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_Shidu
1571: The Battle of Bankusay marks the last resistance to the occupation of Manila by the Spaniards. The victory enables the Spaniards to establish themselves throughout the city and its neighboring towns
http://nhcp.gov.ph/the-battle-of-bangkusay-a-paradigm-of-defiance-against-colonial-conquest/
http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/battle_of_bangkusay
1615: Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai, born in 1567
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Sanada_Yukimura
1818: On the run, Baji Rao II, Peswa (Prime Minister) of Maratha, surrender to the British. Official end of the Third Anglo-Maratha War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baji_Rao_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Maratha_War
1839: Lin Zexu commissioner of Guangdong destroys 1.2 million kg of opium in Humen, confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a Casus belli to open hostilities with China, resulting in the First Opium War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Zexu
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/exhibit/the-burning-of-opium-at-humen/AR2zugte?hl=en-GB
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5166.html
1865: Death of Okada Izo, Japanese samurai, born in 1838
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okada_Iz%C5%8D
http://www.tozandoshop.com/The_Legend_Series_Okada_Izo_s_Tadahiro_Koshirae_p/070-lgizo.htm
1876 : Birth of Jose Palma, Filipino poet who wrote the lyrics of the Philippine national anthem, who died on February 12, 1903
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1160/today-in-philippine-history-june-3-1876-jose-palma-was-born-in-tondo-manila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Palma
1890: Birth of Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who died on January 16, 1954
http://cineplot.com/baburao-krishnarao-mestri-aka-baburao-painter-1890-1954/
https://wiki.indiancine.ma/wiki/Baburao%20%20Painter
1896: The Li-Lobanov Treaty, signed between China and Russia, allows Russia to signifiently increase its presence in Manchuria
http://old.study-in-china.org/ChinaFeature/History/20119212036569007.htm
http://www.onthisday.com/asia/manchuria.php
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5168.html
1901: Birth of Zhang Xueliang Chinese warlord who died on October 15, 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xueliang
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/zhang-xueliang-9185588.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPK05CcrKiw
1924: Birth of M. Karunanidhi, Indian Politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Karunanidhi
1928: Death of Li Yuan-hung (Li Yuanhong), Chinese general and politician, twice president of the Republic of China, born in 1864
http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/l/li.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yuanhong
1942: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-aleutian-islands-recapturing-attu.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTyUkaQbYY
1944: After 6000 soldiers killed or wounded, the Japanese renounce to a two months siege of Kohima (Burma)
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/the-pacific-war-1941-to-1945/the-battle-of-kohima-1944/
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/warsinasia/fl/The-Battle-of-Kohima-1944.htm?nl=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q50rUdO8Ag
1945: Birth of Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founder of the Rajah Broadcasting Network
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Jacinto
1947: At the «Round Table Conference» in New Delhi, Lord Mountbatten plan for the sharing of India is adopted
1952: A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea is put down by American troops
1953: The Buddhist Association of China is established
http://www.foreignercn.com/yellowpages/store-1879.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5177.html
1954: General Paul Ely is appointed Commissioner General and Commander in Chief in Indochina. General Raoul Salan is named as his military deputy
1955: In London, opening of peace talks between Japan and Soviet Union
1959: Singapore constitution enter in force becoming a self governing state in the Commonwealth of nations
1961: Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew accepts the proposition of a federation with Malaya if Singapore people approve it by referendum
1963: Birth of Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
http://asianmediawiki.com/Toshiaki_Karasawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GmX8VKIZyo
1963: The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attacks protesting Buddhists in Hue with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments
1966: During the Cultural Revolution, Beijing mayor Peng Zhen is dismissed
http://universalium.academic.ru/253282/Peng_Zhen
http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/p/e.htm#peng-zhen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Man_Group
1966: After their confrontation, Malaysia and Indonesia normalize their relations
1968: Le Duc Tho, a member of the North Vietnam Communist Party’s Politburo, joins the North Vietnamese negotiating team as a special counselor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/le-duc-tho-joins-negotiations-in-paris
1970: Nixon calls Cambodian operation a success
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-calls-cambodian-operation-a-success
1975: Death of Eisaku Sato, Japanese Prime Minister from November 1964 to July 1972, Nobel Peace Prize (1974), born in March 1901
http://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/03/archives/eisaku-sato-expremier-of-japan-dies-at-74-shared-nobel-peace-prize.html?_r=0
1984: The Indian National Army starts the attack of the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism, near Amritsar (operation Blue Star, up to June 6)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10881115/Operation-Blue-Star-How-an-Indian-army-raid-on-the-Golden-Temple-ended-in-disaster.html
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/uk-docs-on-operation-bluestar-time-to-probe-indira-gandhis-role-1338879.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VxiYR2xsS0
1987: Birth of Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masami_Nagasawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jIeQZ7P-nQ&NR=1
1989: At 10:30 pm, in Beijing, beginning of the assault of the Chinese troops on Tian’anmen Square
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/6/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8cVklR5hvg
1991: Mount Unzen erupts in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Unzen
1993: After the general elections under the NU control, Sihanouk announced the formation of a national government in Cambodia
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/04/world/sihanouk-names-a-government-in-cambodia-then-withdraws.html
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2051_93.htm
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/khmer/ledgerwood/free_and_fair.htm
2007: North Korea break off inter-Korean dialogue after Seoul refused to deliver food so long Pyongyang don’t close its nuclear center as promised in February
2009: Death of Shek Kin, Hong Kong actor, born on January 1, 1913
http://yeinjee.com/2009/shek-kin-1913-2009/
2010: The founder of Aceh’s separatist rebel movement, Hassan di Tiro, dies aged 85 after two weeks in an intensive care unit on Sumatra island
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10225928
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/05/hasan-di-tiro-the-rebel.html
2010: South Korea’s ruling party wins the key Seoul mayoral poll but suffered upsets in several other local elections held amid tensions over North Korea’s alleged torpedoing of a navy ship
2010: Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno, credited with bringing the Butoh style to wider audiences, dies at the age of 103
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10229537.stm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUjhQLB0hXY
2012: Leon Panetta visits a former U.S. Navy base in Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam, marking the first trip to the base by an American defense secretary since the war ended.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/03/us/panetta-vietnam-visit/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
2013: Taiwan’s imprisoned former President Chen Shui-bian tries to kill himself but is stopped by guards
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/06/20136374625995221.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22750253
2015 : India and the US ink an expansive new defence framework to bolster their strategic partnership over the next 10 years
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-US-ink-new-10-year-defence-framework/articleshow/47532249.cms
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/asia/2015-06/03/content_15272120.html
2015: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen says she had left her home in India for the United States after receiving death threats from Islamists behind the recent murders of atheist bloggers in her home country
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32989070
http://www.dawn.com/news/1185927/bangladeshi-writer-taslima-nasreen-leaves-for-us-after-islamist-threats
Holidays and observances
Taiwan: Opium Suppression Movement Day
