ON 10 MAY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on May 10, 2019
1756: Birth of Singu Min, King of Burma, who died on February 6, 1782
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singu_Min
1824: A British army under Commodore Charles Grant and Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, enters the Rangoon River, and anchors off the town of Rangoon. (After initial resistance Rangoon will surrender)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War
http://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/16521/lieutenant-joseph-moore-captain-frederick-marryat/view-of-the-landing-at-rangoon-of-part-of-the-combined-forces-from-bengal-and-madras-under-the-orders
1833: The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Le Van Duyet by Emperor Minh Mang provokes his adopted son to start a revolt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Van_Duyet
1886: Birth of Felix Manalo, Philippine Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo, who died on April 12, 1963
http://www.letusreason.org/Iglesia2.htm
1897: Andrès Bonifacio, the founder of the Katipunan secret organization in the Philippines, is executed by Aguildano soldiers
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/bonifacio.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1123/today-in-philippine-history-may-10-1897-andres-bonifacio-was-executed-for-being-guilty-of-treason-and-sedition
1938: Birth of Dang Nhat Minh, Vietnamese director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_Nhat_Minh
1940: Dutch-Indies governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end of state of siege
1942: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phayap_Army
1968: Preliminary Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris between American and North Vietnamese
1969: In Vietnam, the National Liberation Front bombs more than 150 targets and launches many assaults around Saigon while US launch Apache operation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-apache-snow-is-launched
1969: In Vietnam, during the Apache Snow operation, the Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill, up to May 20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hamburger_Hill
http://www.historynet.com/battle-for-hamburger-hill-during-the-vietnam-war.htm
https://ehistory.osu.edu/articles/battle-dong-ap-bia-hill-937-10-21-may-1969-battle-hamburger-hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYyOk0uqOgQ
1992: Birth of Zia Marquez, Filipina actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia_Marquez
1994: Birth of Charice Pempengco, Filipina singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charice_Pempengco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8fR2jroUxE
2004: Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is elected with 39,5 % of the votes, against 36,6 % for her main rival, the actor Fernando Poe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Poe,_Jr
http://www.nndb.com/people/278/000047137/
2007: In an interview with a foreign press agency, former Vietnam’s premier Vo Van Kiet urge the communist party leaders to talk with political dissidents
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6638347.stm
2008: In Burma, the military junta organizes a referendum on a new constitution in its favor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7408738.stm
2010: Presidential election in the Philippines Benigno Aquino junior III (Noynoy) is elected with 42 % of the votes
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/06/20106941734617825.html
2010: The senior US diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific has warned Myanmar’s government against buying weapons from North Korea, calling on the country to abide by UN sanctions prohibiting such transactions
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/05/201051125758430876.html
2018: Mahathir Mohamad sworn in as Malaysia’s PM
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/152/184/211/1525962653359.html
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2145471/malaysian-election-result-najib-accepts-will-people-says-no
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/10/asia/mahathir-malaysia-election-intl/index.html