ON 16 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on June 16, 2019
1139: Birth of Konoe, 76th emperor of Japan (1142-1155), who died on August 22, 1155
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Konoe
1407: During the Ming–Hồ War, retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%E2%80%93H%E1%BB%93_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_dynasty
1801: In now Vietnam, Nguyen dynasty is installed in Hue (Annam), it will later seize Tonkin
http://orderofthedragon.homestead.com/nguyen.html
http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/14.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhydMuiR0dQ
1858: Battle of Morar, during the anti-British Indian mutiny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Mutiny
https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Battle_of_Morar
1878: Death of Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter, born on November 28, 1781
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuchi_Y%C5%8Dsai
https://www.google.fr/search?q=Kikuchi+Y%C5%8Dsai&biw=1188&bih=566&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI9JWWopWSxgIVwbYUCh2W8ABp&dpr=1.15
1899: During the Philipine Americain war, Filipinos attack San Fernando
http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/battlesatsanfernando.htm
1908: Birth of Sarit Thanarat (Dhanarajata), Thailand’s PM (1958-1963) who died on December 8, 1963
http://www.academia.edu/10191362/Field_Marshal_Sarit_Thanarat_1908-1963_
1924: In China, the Whampoa military academy is inaugurated
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_Military_Academy
http://www.republicanchina.org/Whampoa_Military_Academy.pdf
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5758.html
1925: Death of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter, born on November 5, 1870
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/chitta-ranjan-das/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Das-Chit.html
1934: Birth of Kumari Kamala, Indian dancer and actress
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/classicist-to-the-core/article2777478.ece
https://sangeethas.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/know-thy-dancer-kamala-lakshmi-narayanan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOHbEUx_6U
1941: Birth of Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Hamid_Rao
1945: In Okinawa island, Mount Yuza is taken by the US forces
1948: In Malaya, after three European planters were murdered by communist rebels, state of emergency is declared in Perak and Johor
1950: Birth of Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/mithun-chakraborty/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/june-16-1950-famous-hindi-film-actor-mithun-chakraborty-is-born
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LHGYXmtqPg
1960: Because violent anti-US demonstrations, at the request of Japan’s government, president Eisenhower cancels his visit to Tokyo
1960: Soviet Union protests for the flight over its territory by two US U-2 planes that came from Japan
1961: US President Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train South Vietnamese troops
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-agrees-to-send-instructors-to-train-troops
1962: Birth of Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/wong_yiu_ming.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upplxd05O44
1970: In Cambodia, North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks almost completely isolate Phnom Penh
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-isolate-phnom-penh
1970: Birth of Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet, academic, and humanitarian, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younus_AlGohar
http://www.younusalgohar.com/
1972: Birth of John Cho, Korean-American actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cho
http://www.tv.com/john-cho/person/19200/summary.html
1978: Beijing demands the closing of the Vietnamese consulates in South China
1978: Birth of Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Leong
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/05/09/1042@355492.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLH6OmOCL-E
1981: In the Philippines, First elections after dictator Marcos lifted martial law. The opposition boycotts the election and Marcos wins a huge majority for another six year term as President
1982: Birth of Jodi Santamaria, Filipina actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Santamaria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sox5aYF6qTI
1994: Birth of Aarya Ambekar, Indian Marathi singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarya_Ambekar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhcgloiwnQ
2000: Death of Japanese empress Kojun, widow of emperor Hirohito
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Djun
http://royal-portraits.blogspot.com/2007/11/empress-kojun-of-japan.html
2004: Death of Field Marshal Thanom Kittichorn, twice premier of Thailand, born on August 11, 1912
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/21/guardianobituaries.johnaglionby
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E4DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63
2005: In Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, gets the support of 710 of the great electors and will become the second Chief of the Executive of the Special administrative Region after appointment by Beijing
2006: In Sri Lanka, after an attack on a bus that caused 69 killed, new war between government troops and the Tamil Tigers
2009: The leaders of India and Pakistan meet for the first time since last November’s Mumbai (Bombay) attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8102223.stm
2010: Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Control_Act_of_Bhutan_2010
2011: The general command of al-Qaeda announces the appointment of Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri as head of the group.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/20116167027684907.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13788594
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/analysis.al.qaeda.zawahiri/index.html
2011: Abu Bakar Bashir, the controversial Indonesian cleric, is jailed for 15 years on charges he helped plan and fund a camp of fighters in the western Aceh province which aimed to kill the country’s president.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/201161643518233306.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13781199
2012: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gives her Nobel speech in Norway, more than two decades after she won the peace prize
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/16/world/europe/norway-suu-kyi-nobel/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-accepts-nobel-peace-prize.html?ref=asia
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/06/201261610252337322.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NihXxEDFIBM
2012: China launches its first female space traveller aboard a rocket that blasted off from the Gobi Desert on one of the country’s most ambitious space missions yet.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/06/2012616104437633910.html
2013: Death of Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic, born on January 4, 1950
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/jun/16/professor-khondakar-ashraf-hossain-dies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khondakar_Ashraf_Hossain
2014: Chinese authorities execute 13 people for « terrorist attacks and violent crimes » in the violence-wracked northwestern region of Xinjiang
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/16/world/asia/china-executions/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
2015 : In the Philippines, The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) begins the first phase of a staggered decommissioning of its weapons, marking the group’s commitment to end the armed conflict that has plagued the region for décades
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33144749