ON 22 JANUARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 22, 2019
1555: The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now present-day Burma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Kingdom
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Toungoo_Dynasty
1878: After an agreement was signed between the Sultanate of Sulu and British commercial syndicate (Alfred Dent and Baron von Overback), which stipulates that North Borneo is either ceded or leased (depending on translation used) to the British syndicate in return for payment of 5000 Malayan Dollar per year, baron-von-overbeck-is-conferred-the-title-datu-bandahara-by-the-sultan-of-sulu
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1423/today-in-philippine-history-january-22-1878-baron-de-overbeck-was-conferred-the-title-datu-bandahara-by-the-sultan-of-sulu
1909: Birth of U Thant, third United Nations General Secretary (1961-1971) who died on November 25, 1974
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/u-thant-7042.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPPd8KwkiyI
1936: Birth of Ong Teng Cheong, president of Singapore (1993-1999) who died on February 8, 2002
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong_Teng_Cheong
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/ong-teng-cheong
http://www.askmelah.com/the-ong-teng-cheong-saga/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8HYcuNrG4
1943: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua New Guinea. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna-Gona
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Battle_of_Buna-Gona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNCBEZtzSz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbG0kRnlNw&feature=related
1952: Birth of Ace Vergel, Philipino actor who died on December 15, 2007
http://dokumentaryonijuantagalog.weebly.com/ace-vergel.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894063/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijM1FbafFZ4
1957: Birth of Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor who died on July 24, 1993 of tubercolisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Requiestas
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720159/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-GepOLJJwE
1962: Birth of Mizan Zainal Abidin, king of Malaysia from 2006 to 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizan_Zainal_Abidin
1965: Birth of Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chintara_Sukapatana
1971: The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Declaration
http://thecommonwealth.org/sites/default/files/history-items/documents/Declaration%20of%20Commonwealth%20Principles%201971.pdf
1973: US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
1987: Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/77487/news/mendiola-massacre
2001: Filipino justice opens an enquiery on former president Joseph Estrada, accused to have dilapided the economy of the country
2004: Assassination of Cambodia free trade union leader Chea Vichea
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/cambodia-murder-mystery-who-killed-vichea-20131028103744329535.html
http://www.itvs.org/films/who-killed-chea-vichea
2006: The Cambodia People’s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen wins 43 of the 57 seats for Senat. Funcinpec gets 12 seats ans opposition Sam Rainsy 2 seats
2007: Death of Ngo Quang Truong, South Vietnam general, born in December 1929
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/01/26/ngo_quang_truong_called_key_s_vietnamese_general/
2013: The Philippines take the step of bringing its West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) territorial disputes to China before an Arbitral Tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to achieve a peaceful and durable solution to the disputes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21137144
2013: Death of John Cheng, Singaporean actor, born in 1961
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/getai-veteran-ah-nan-has-died-apparently-heart-attack-20130122
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cheng
2016: The communist party of Laos elects a new leader, putting Bounnhang Vorachith in charge of the single-party country as it takes its turn as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Bounnhang-Vorachith