ON 19 NOVEMBER IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on November 19, 2018
1850: Birth of Isabelo Tampinco, Filipino sculptor, who died on January 30, 1933
http://ph.asiatatler.com/society/the-life-and-art-of-isabelo-tampinco
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1357/today-in-philippine-history-november-19-1850-isabelo-tampinco-was-born-in-binondo-manila
https://www.google.fr/search?q=isabelo+tampinco+sculpture+works&biw=1080&bih=496&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CCEQsARqFQoTCNDF66DOmskCFUbbGgod5ZcGNw
1946: A French patrol boat is fired on whilst seizing a Chinese junk in Haiphong harbor. Viet Minh forces also attack a French detachment at Langson
1971: Cambodians appeal to Saigon for help as communist forces move closer to Phnom Penh
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cambodians-appeal-for-help
1980: Start of three days of anti-Chinese rioting break out in Surakarta (Indonesia). Violence spreads to Semarang, Pekalongan, and Kudus. Military is brought in to restore order
1999: Indonesia rules out Aceh independence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/526420.stm
2001: 600 partisans of Nur Misuari, leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) attack a barrack in Jolo, opposing 26 November local elections
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Modules/Modules/Separatist_Groups/nur_misuari.htm
2004: Death of George Canseco, Filipino composer, born April 23, 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Canseco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00ecAO-5qU
2007: Khieu Samphan, head of state of the Khmer Rouge from 1976 to 1979, is arrested
http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/11/khieu-samphan-arrested.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7101154.stm
2009: Philippine President Arroyo quits as ruling party head
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8368139.stm
2012: Burma is on a “remarkable journey” of reform that has much further to go, Barack Obama said as he made the first visit to the South East Asian nation by a serving US president.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20386066
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/11/20121118171250497121.html
2014: Jakarta’s first Christian governor in nearly 50 years, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, is sworn in amid protests from religious hardliners opposed to a non-Muslim taking over one of Indonesia’s most powerful political jobs
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-politics/non-muslim-to-be-sworn-in-as-jakarta-governor-despite-protests-idUSKCN0J306920141119
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-19/ahok-sworn-in-as-jakarta-governor/5904404
2015: Death of Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic, born on August 17, 1953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korrie_Layun_Rampan
2015: Indonesia releases prominent West Papuan pro-independence leader Filep Karma from jail
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/19/pro-independence-papua-convict-released-after-11-years.html