ON 21 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 21, 2019
1546: Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1491
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azai_Sukemasa
1853: Birth of Leon Ma. Guerrero y Leogardo, Filipino writer, revolutionary leader, politician, the first licensed pharmacist in the Philippines, and one of the most eminent botanists in the country in his time, who died on April 13, 1935
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/893/today-in-philippine-history-january-21-1853-leon-ma-guerrero-was-born-ermita-manila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Mar%C3%ADa_Guerrero
1883: Birth of Amang Rodriguez, Filipino politician, who died on December 19, 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulogio_Rodriguez
1885: Birth of Japanese general Itagaki Seishiro, hanged on December 23, 1948 as criminal war
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=648
http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/I/t/Itagaki_Seishiro.htm
1899: Aguinaldo promulgates what is now known as the Malolos Constitution (of the Philippines)
http://www.philippine-history.org/malolos-congress.htm
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2142663?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
http://filipino.biz.ph/history/constitution.html
1910: Birth of Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader who died on April 1, 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eua_Sunthornsanan
1914: The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement is reached between Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi, regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters
http://cvhf.org.uk/history-hub/the-gandhi-smuts-agreement-of-january-1914/
1918: Birth of Chichay, Filipino actress who died on March 31, 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichay
1919: Death of Gojong, Korean Emperor, born on 8 September 1852 and forced by the Japanese to abdicate on 18 July 1907
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Emperor_Gojong_of_Korea
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/southkorea/ig/Korea-s-Imperial-Family/Gojong–the-Gwangmu-Emperor.htm
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/03/177_264808.html
1930: Opening of the London Naval Conference
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/london-naval-conf
1936: Birth of Japanese filmmaker Noriyoshi Matsura who died on January 15, 2005
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559676/
1936: Birth of Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director who died in January 2005
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368057/
1945: British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ramree_Island
1945: Death of Rash Behari Bose, an Indian leader against the British Ray in India, born on May 25, 1886
http://www.hindujagruti.org/articles/90.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rash_Behari_Bose
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/21-january-1945-rashbehari-bose-indian-revolutionary-died
1947: Birth of Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, or on November 15, 1946
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebiya_Kadeer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O2gH-Q6MDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJWVt8rY3U
1948: Dutch found “Negara Madura” government on Madura
1949: The United Nations Security Council votes a resolution asking the resumption of negotiations between Netherlands and Indonesian independence leaders
1949: After all the defeats of the Nationalist troops, the president of China, Chiang Kai-shek resigns as president of the Republic of China and is replaced by Li Zongren
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zongren
1950: Nguyen Phan Long becomes Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_T%E1%BA%A5n_D%C5%A9ng
1955: US Army takes charge of organization and training of South Vietnam Army
1961: Senator Ferdinand Marcos is elected president of the Liberal party
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1427/today-in-philippine-history-january-21-1961-senator-marcos-was-elected-president-of-the-liberal-party
1963: Death of Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, born on August 9, 1893
http://www.veethi.com/india-people/acharya_shivpujan_sahay-profile-613-25.htm
1964: Birth of Wang Chao, Chinese actor
http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/wangchao/fiche.html
1968: The North Vietnamese forces attack the US Marines base of Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. One of the biggest battle of the Vietnam war, it finished only in early April
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/khe/index.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-for-khe-sanh-begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1yhbRdiZ4
1968: Birth of Sundar C., Indian actor and director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_C.
1970: After two-month, resumming of sino-Us talks in Varsovy and again adjourned on May 18
1972: Birth of Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasunori_Mitsuda
1972: Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur become full-fledged states in India
1977: President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada
1979: Birth of Inul Daratista, Indonesian dangdut singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inul_Daratista
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80J5xPnMbg
1981: Birth of Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Chung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slK9IhHnYAs
1984: Birth of Raymond and Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actors and television hosts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCY5CXY8-wo
1999: The Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen authorizes United Nations to organize the trial of Khmer Rouge
2002: Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian appoints a new government led by the General Secretary of the presidence Yu Shyi-kun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shyi-kun
2007: Suicide of U Nee, Korean pop artist, born on May 3, 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%3BNee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xJP3S5Toko
2008: Since the military seized power in September, a new elected parliament meets in Thailand
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7199647.stm
2010: A court in Vietnam convicts four activists, including prominent human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh, of trying to overthrow the Communist government
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8470110.stm
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/201012182633950983.html
2010: Joseph Estrada, the former Philippines president, is cleared to make a run for the presidency again in elections scheduled for later this year. Estrada, who was removed from office in 2001, argues that he never completed his first term
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/201012122529345315.html
2011: In a major step forward in Nepal’s tortured peace process, Maoist political leaders formally relinquish control of their 19,000-member army to a special governmental committee
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/world/asia/23nepal.html?ref=asia
2011: Death of E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian film director and producer, born on June 10, 1958
http://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/news/2011/evv-satyanarayana-died-cardiac-arrest-220111-aid0057.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/EVV-Satyanarayana-passes-away/articleshow/7339620.cms
2012: Dozens of anti-government activists are arrested in the Maldivian capital Male as the government accuses them of whipping up religious extremism
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120121-323253.html
2013: North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign mobile phones by allowing visitors to bring their own into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/21/north-korea-foreigners-mobile-phones
2013: Death of Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician; Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand since 2011, born on June 6, 1940
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/BANHARN-MOURNS-DEMISE-OF-BROTHER-CHUMPOL-30198383.html
2015: The new Sri Lankan government removes punishments imposed on controversial war-time army chief Sarath Fonseka by the previous regime
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30912331