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ON 7 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY

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Updated on 7 June 2019

156 BC: Birth of Emperor Wu of Han (Han Wudi) who died on March 29, 87 BC
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/wudi-emperor.htm

1003: Birth of Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, killed by his son on January 19, 1048
http://www.worldebooklibrary.org/article/whebn0002589286/emperor%20jingzong%20of%20western%20xia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jingzong_of_Western_Xia

1358: Death of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Ashigaga shogunate (1338-1958), born in 1305
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Takauji

1893: Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience in South Africa
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/7-june-1893-mahatma-gandhi-carried-out-first-act-of-civil-disobedience
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi#Civil_rights_movement_in_South_Africa_.281893.E2.80.931914.29

1916: General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the first time, till July 17, 1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yuanhong

1920: Birth of Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar’s Premier (1977-1988) who died on 30 April 1995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Maung_Kha

1938: The Chinese Nationalist government starts to cause the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed
http://www.disasterhistory.org/yellow-river-flood-1938-47
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZtdf3q_WRQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_vUWh56idU

1942: Japanese are defeated in the Battle of Midway. Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/7/newsid_3499000/3499378.stm
http://www.molossia.org/milacademy/midway.html

1942: Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-attu
http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/11/the-forgotten-battle-japanese-invasion.html
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-the-Japanese-occupy-Attu-and-Kiska-during-the-second-world-war

1944: Birth of Annette Lu, Vice President of Taiwan (2000-2008)
http://www.gluckman.com/Lu.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Lu

1945: Death of Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher, born on June 17, 1870
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nishida-kitaro/

1955: Jawaharlal Nehru goes to Soviet Union
https://in.rbth.com/arts/2015/07/02/six_decades_since_nehrus_first_official_ussr_visit_44003
http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/nehrus-soviet-sojourn/article7407454.ece

1956: Singapore government of David Marshall resigns after the collapse of independence talks with great Britain

1958: Birth of Surakiat Sathirathai, Thai politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surakiart_Sathirathai

1970: Birth of Cha Seung-won, South Korean model and actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_Seung-won
http://asianwiki.com/Cha_Seung-Won

1971: India seals its border with Bangladesh due to millions of refugees pouring over the border because the civil war in Pakistan

1973: Birth of Song Yun-ah, South Korean singer, model and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yun-ah
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Song_Yoon-ah.php

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmk8IWcRbrk

1977: Vietnam proposes to resume border talks with Kampuchea

1993: Death of Chinese dramatist Yang Hansheng, born on October 8, 1902
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=18384
https://books.google.fr/books?id=edqxAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Yang+Hansheng&source=bl&ots=y9GEmZf2Uk&sig=HXgAeXKEdodjGZcJcL1krsc4WKQ&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs5trdlZTNAhXEVhoKHYW6Cu0Q6AEISTAJ#v=onepage&q=Yang%20Hansheng&f=false
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/perch_1021-9013_1993_num_17_1_1693

1993: Birth of Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Ji-yeon

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJJiqt3RsFE

1995: Death of Hsuan Hua, influential Chinese Chan Buddhist monk, born on April 16, 1918
http://www.buddhanet.net/masters/hsuan_hua.htm

1999: First free parliamentary election in Indonesia since 1955. Large victory of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle of Megawati Sukarnoputri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_legislative_election,_1999

2002: In Sulu (Philippines), military operation against Abu Sayyaf movement aiming to free two Americans hostages. One of the missed killed and the other wounded

2002: Death of Basappa Danappa Jatti, vice president of India (1974-1980), born on September 10, 1912
http://www.indianetzone.com/3/basappa_danappa_jatti.htm

2005: Lal Krishna Advani, criticized for having pay homage to Jinnah during a trip to Pakistan, resigns as chairman of Indian Buddhist party BJP

2007: Costa Rica, one of the most Taiwan’s allies, establishes diplomatic relations with Beijing

2008: Death of Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor, born on March 3, 1953
http://www.pep.ph/news/17791/Action-superstar-Rudy-Fernandez-succumbs-to-cancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Fernandez_(actor)

2008: Japan and North Korea resume talks after a break of nine months

2011: Death of Nataraja Ramakrishna, Indian classical dancer and composer, born on March 31, 1923
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kuchipudi-legend-nataraja-ramakrishna-passes-away/article2084870.ece
http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profl125.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdujWUZBO7g

2016: Death of Amber Gurung, Nepalese composer of the national anthem, singer, and lyricist, born in 1938
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-06-07/legendary-musician-amber-gurung-dies-at-the-age-of-78.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Gurung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awUxdlGdzJk