ON 23 JANUARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 23, 2019
1899: Inauguration of the First Philippines Republic in Molocos with Emilio Aguinaldo as first president
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/895/today-in-philippine-history-january-23-1899-the-malolos-republic-was-inaugurated-in-malolos-bulacan
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/aguinaldo.html
http://filipino.biz.ph/history/republic.html
http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/thephilippinerepublic.htm
1912: International Opium Convention signed by many countries including China and Siam
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/the-1912-hague-international-opium-convention.html
http://www.worldlii.org/int/other/LNTSer/1922/29.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Opium_Convention
1942: Battle of Rabaul won by the Japanese on Australians. First fighting of the New Guinea campaign
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Battle_of_Rabaul_(1942).html
http://www.kokodahistorical.com.au/index.php/history/rabaul-1942
1947: Birth of Megawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of Sukarno and president of Indonesia (2001-2004
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Megawati_Sukarnoputri
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/megawati-sukarnoputri
1950: Captain Westerling takes Bandung (Java) in a coup attempt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Westerling
1964: Indonesia and Malaysia accept a cease-fire in their not-declared war
1973: President Nixon announces that a cease-fire agreement has been signed with North Vietnam
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/23/newsid_2506000/2506549.stm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-peace-settlement-reached-in-paris
2002: The Indonesian forces kill the military commander of Aceh Free Movement (GAM), Abdullah Syafei
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/1778401.stm
2012: The European Union (EU) has agreed to start easing sanctions against Myanmar, following a visit by French Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé and Britain’s William Hague.
http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20120123-europe-ease-myanmar-sanctions-after-frances-juppe-visits
2014: Death of Khin Yu May, Burmese actress and singer, born on March 23, 1937
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125087416
2015: In Thailand, 190 MPs out of 219 vote in favor of impeachment of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The prosecutor orders indictment for corruption and negligence. For supporters the move aims to eliminate her from political life
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30928835
http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/23/thailand-army-calls-on-people-to-respect-shinawatra-impeachment/