ON 14 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 14, 2018
1256: Death of Kujo Yoritsugu, 5th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (1244-1252), born on December 17, 1239
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuj%C5%8D_Yoritsugu
1493: Birth of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord, who died on December 31, 1568
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Shimazu_Tadayoshi
1610: Death of Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1540
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amago_Yoshihisa
1643: Birth of Bahadur Shah I, Mughal emperor who rules briefly India and died on February 27, 1712
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P065
http://www.indianetzone.com/37/bahadur_shah_i_mughal_emperor.htm
1854: Signature at Nagasaki of the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Anglo-Japanese_Friendship_Treaty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Japanese_Friendship_Treaty
1867: The 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, resigns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/147.html
1867: Birth of Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku & tanka poet who died on September 19, 1902
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki
http://terebess.hu/english/haiku/shiki.html
1882: Foundation of the University of Punjab (Lahore), today in Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Punjab
1900: Birth of Kyoko Chigusa, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157374/bio
1901: Birth of San Yu (Chang Yu), Chinese painter who will die on August 12, 1966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanyu_(painter)
https://www.google.fr/search?q=San+Yu+(Chang+Yu)&biw=1255&bih=550&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFhoTBxdjPAhWIyRQKHZ2iALQQ_AUIBygC&dpr=1.53
1911: Birth of Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese Foreign minister and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Duc_Tho
1931: Birth of Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician who died on January 27, 1986
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nikhil-banerjee-mn0000407724/biography
1942: Birth of Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer and civil servant, gunned down on February 11, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelio_Javier
1942: Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1943: After Japan declared Philippines independence, José Laurel is elected president, up to August 14, 1945
http://todayinphilhistory.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/october-14-japan-established-the-republic-of-the-philippines-under-the-japanese-sphere-of-influence-1943/
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/685/today-in-philippine-history-october-14-1943-jose-p-laurel-sr-was-inaugurated-as-president-of-the-japanesesponsored-philippine-republic
1946: Netherland and Indonesia sign cease fire
1947: In Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Don Stephen Senanayake is elected Prime Minister up to 1952
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.S._Senanayake
1949: Chinese Red Army occupies Guangzhou (Canton)
1950: South Korean Rev Sun Myung Moon is liberated from Hung Nam prison
http://www.reverendsunmyungmoon.org/life_biography.html
1952: During the Korean War, United Nations and South Korean forces launch Operation Showdown against Chinese strongholds at the Iron Triangle. The resulting Battle of Triangle Hill was the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952
https://erenow.com/ww/korea-traces-of-a-forgotten-war/6.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Showdown
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/9841.html
1955: West Pakistan province is founded
1956: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/14th-october-1956-b.r.-ambedkar-converts-to-buddhism-along-with-365000-followers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2014/08/dr-b-r-ambedkar-untouchable-reformer-founding-father.html
1958: Birth of Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese film director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Ikeya
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216767/
1960: Birth of Takashi Ishihara, Japanese film producer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410984/
1963: Birth of Kim Jae-beom, South Korea singer
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Jae-beom.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69OoudikRo
1968: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio in San Francisco for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War
1968:The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-servicemen-sent-to-vietnam-for-second-tours
1973: Thailand’s University Students protest for a democratic government. 77 are killed and 857 injured
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/14/newsid_2534000/2534347.stm
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/thai-students-overthrow-military-thanom-regime-1973
http://teakdoor.com/thailands-festivals-and-celebrations/37238-thailand-oct-14-1973-a.html
1980: Birth of Oh Yun-ah, Korean actress
http://www.asiandb.com/browse/people_detail.pfm?code=1781
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Yoon-ah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5RpyImVp00
1982: Birth of Angela An, Chinese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Youqi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9VPpz4iepE
1984: From all parts of Bangladesh, 2 million people converge to Dacca demanding the end of the two and half year Martial Law
1991: The Norwegian Nobel Committee decides to award the Nobel Price to Aung San Suu Kyi for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/press.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9LizSi4zc&NR=1
1996: Death of Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian politician, born on March 4, 1919
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Chee_Khoon
2001: Giving in to political parties and Muslim associations, Indonesia president Megawati Sukarnoputri condemns US strikes on Afghanistan
2001: Death of general Zhang Xueliang, ruler of Manchuria, who forced Chiang Kai-shek to ally with the Communist for fighting the Japanese, born on June 3, 1901
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/9918.html
2004: In Cambodia, Prince Sihamoni is unanimously selected by the throne Council as the next king (coronation on October 29)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3740282.stm
http://alchetron.com/Norodom-Sihamoni-417407-W#-
2004: Death of Yoneo Iguchi, Japanese actor, born on December 20, 1924
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407277/
2006: United Nations Security Council, unanimously votes an embargo on arms sales and luxury goods against North Korea
2007: In Cambodia, Prince Ranariddh, former leader of the royalist party, is sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison
2008: In China, eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life
2011: Burma law to allow labour unions and strikes forbidden since 1962
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15303968
http://www.france24.com/en/20111014-burmese-granted-right-strike-unionise-thein-sein-workers-labour-rights-ilo-un
2013: According to a Malaysian court: ‘Allah’ is Muslim-only word. The Court says the Catholic Herald newspaper is banned from using Islamic term, in ruling that affects other publications.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/10/malaysian-court-allah-muslim-only-word-2013101434515414336.html
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Malaysia-,-Christians-banned-from-using-Allah-.-Catholics-announce-appeal-29266.html
2013: Death of Kōichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet, born on February 25, 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Iijima
2015: Myanmar’s government and eight smaller ethnic rebel armies signed a ceasefire agreement to end more than six decades of fighting, but other more powerful groups refused to come on board, signaling that peace will remain elusive.
http://www.france24.com/en/20151015-burma-myanmar-government-ceasefire-rebels
http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/15/myanmar-s-president-hails-ceasefire-deal-with-rebels-as-historic/
2016: The Sultan of Kelantan Muhammed V is named new Malaysian king for five years
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/kelantan-sultan-will-be-new-malaysia-king
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2003410