ON 24 JANUARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 24, 2019
1917: Death of Colonel Quintin Salas, Filipino hero, born on October 31, 1870
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/896/today-in-philippine-history-january-24-1917-general-quintin-salas-died
http://harrybalais.com/2013/09/col-quintin-salas-the-last-ilonggo-standing/
1942: World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom
1942: Japanese take Balikpapan (East Borneo) in spite of a strong Dutch and U.S. attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Balikpapan_(1942)
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/balikpapan.htm
1960: Birth of Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker & actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Neo
1966: In Vietnam, Operation Masher/White Wing/Thang Phong II is launched
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-masherwhite-wingthang-phong-ii-launched
http://study.com/academy/lesson/operation-masher-white-wing-description-phases-strategies.html
https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/operation-masher-white-wing-thang-phong-ii-launched-jan-24-1966-history-com
1967: A visit of General Nguyen Cao Ky, head of the Saigon’s government to New-Zeland causes demonstrations against the War of Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Cao_Ky
1968: During the Vietnam War, the 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa, up to March 1
http://anzaccentenary.sa.gov.au/story/operation-coburg/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Coburg
1973: The US negociator Henry Kissinger announces that the Paris Peace Agreement, signed the day before with the North Vietnamese representative Le Duc Tho, put an end not only tho the War of Vietnam, but also to the fights in Laos and Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truce-is-expected-in-laos-and-cambodia
1982: Birth of Fiona Xie, Singapore actress
http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/10/27/fiona-xie-wan-yu/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfSQVMCUfqk
1985: The Philippine government formally charges and issued arrest warrants for 25 soldiers, including General Fabian Ver, and one civilian, all of whom been charged with the murder of opposition leader Benigno Aquino in 1983
2002: The Malaysian government announces that students will have, by writting, to declare upon oath their loyalty to the king and the government
2010: Death of Ghazali Shafie, aged 87, veteran of the independence of Malaysia, born on March 22, 1922
http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx/?file=%2f2010%2f1%2f25%2fnation%2f5539677&sec=nation
http://tunkuaisha.blogspot.fr/2010/01/al-fatihah-tun-ghazali-shafie-dies.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazali_Shafie
2011: Gerardo Ortega, Filipino journalist and environmentalist, born on August 28, 1963, is assassinated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Ortega
https://cpj.org/killed/2011/gerardo-ortega.php
2014: Philippine government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel Ferer and MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal sign the final annex of a peace agreement in Kuala Lumpur. On March 27, 2014, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro will be signed in Manila
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/01/26/1283077/govt-milf-sign-final-annex
http://www.manilatimes.net/govt-milf-sign-final-peace-annex/70687/