ON 19 FEBRUARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 19, 2019
1886: Birth of Jose Abad Santos, Philippine national hero, executed by the Japanese on May 2, 1942
http://www.andropampanga.com/bio/jsantos.htm
http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/judiciary/sc/cj/jose-abad-santos/the-execution-of-jose-abad-santos/
1888: Birth of Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines, who died on August 1, 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Quezon
http://www.quezon.ph/familyinfo/aurora-a-quezon/
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/942/today-in-philippine-history-february-19-1888-dona-aurora-aragon-quezon-was-born-in-baler-tayabas
1945: 980 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on Ramree Island, Burma
http://iberianature.com/wildworld/tag/massacre-by-crocodiles-on-ramree-island/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPrK1ndjbZI
1948: The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_of_Youth_and_Students_of_Southeast_Asia_Fighting_for_Freedom_and_Independence
1952: French offensive at Hanoi
1955: South-East Asia collective Defense Treaty (SEATO), signed in September 1954, goes into effects
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/int/seato.htm
1965: Dissident officers move several battalions of troops into Saigon on this day with the intention of ousting Gen. Nguyen Khanh from leadership. General Khanh escaped to Dalat with the aid of Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-coup-unsuccessful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDRlr0pIcQ
1983: Birth of Assunta De Rossi, Italo-Filipino actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033858/
http://assuntaderossi.tripod.com/gallery.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocz4qqwuEuI&feature=related
1989: Second informal Jakarta meeting between all the Cambodian factions
1993: Birth of Empress Schuck, Filipina actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Schuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3WsJh6fveY
2001: General Tin Oo, number four in the Burmese military junta is killed in an helicopter crash
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/1323414/Helicopter-crash-kills-chief-in-Burmese-junta.html