ON 25 FEBRUARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 25, 2019
1605: Portuguese garrison on Ambon (Now in Indonesia) surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen
1677: The Dutch East India Company (VOC) makes a treaty with Amangkurat I: VOC will help Mataram, VOC territory around Batavia will be extended eastward, VOC may establish a factory anywhere they like without any restrictions on exports or imports
1885: Birth of Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak who died on November 11, 1971
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Brett
1943: Vietminh forms Indochinese Democratic Front
1964: Death of Mariano Jesus Cuenco, a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer, born on January 16, 1888
http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senpres/cuenco.asp
1965: Birth of Maricel Soriano, Filipina actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maricel_Soriano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkQ-QcXA4l0
1968: During the Vietnam War, 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam’s Qu?ng Nam Province are killed and buried in mass by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Ha My massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_My_massacre
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/594848.html
https://apjjf.org/-Heonik-Kwon/2451/article.html
1982: Ven. Thich Quang Do and Thich Huyen Quang, the two most prominent figures of the “recalcitrant opposition UBCV.” are arrested and exiled to separate locations
1986: Ferninand Marcos flees to Hawaii. Cory Aquino sworn in as president of the Philippines up to June 1992
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4694000/4694530.stm
http://kahimyang.info/kauswagan/articles/959/today-in-philippine-history-february-25-1986-president-corazon-c-aquino-was-sworn-in-as-the-11th-president-of-the-philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marcos-flees-the-philippines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40BEywMpksI&feature=related
1993: Death of Mary Walter, Filipino actress, born on September 10, 1912
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Walter
http://pelikulaatbp.blogspot.com/2008/09/mary-walter.html
1996: Death of Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor, born on March 22, 1940
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628955/
http://www.picsearch.com/pictures/actors/academy%20awards%20winners/best%20supporting%20actor/haing%20s.%20ngor.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGkaF5kDiGU
2008: The 22nd anniversary of the People Power movement turns into anti-Arroyo demonstrations demanding her resignation
2012: Thailand’s parliament votes to pave the way for a rewrite of the military-backed 2007 constitution. After a two-day debate, both houses voted to permit a redrafting of the charter written after the September 2006 coup toppled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra
2018: Cambodia’s ruling party claims sweeping win in Senate vote
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02/25/cambodias-ruling-party-claims-sweeping-win-in-senate-vote.html
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/25/553575/Cambodia-ruling-party-elections-opposition-crackdown-lawmakers
Holidays and observances
Philippines People Power Day