ON 27 AUGUST IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 27, 2019
1664: Foundation of the French East India Company
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-EastIndF.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_East_India_Company
1883: Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, erupts. It is one of the most powerful volcanic events recorded in modern times, with shock waves traveling around the Earth’s surface and tsunamis killing an estimated 36,000 people world-wide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/krakatoa-erupts
1957: The Constitution of Malaysia came into force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Malaysia
http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/malaysia.pdf
1964: South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Thi%E1%BB%87n_Khi%C3%AAm
1967: Birth of Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer and actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogie_Alcasid
1972: US Aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong
1975: In East-Timor, beginning of a civil war between political parties
1988: Death of Mario Montenegro, Filipino film actor, born on July 25, 1928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Montenegro
2009: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Kokang_incident
2010: Burmese junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe and his deputy, Gen Maung Aye resigned their military posts, along with six other top military. They retain their government posts
2011: For the first time in almost 20 years, voters in Singapore vote to choose their next president: Tony Tan won
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/08/201182835857891767.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14690176
http://www.france24.com/en/20110828-singapore-former-deputy-pm-narrowly-elected-president-tony-tan
2012 : Myanmar President Thein Sein announced a long-awaited reshuffle of his cabinet on Monday that sees his top reformers moved into key ministerial posts and reassignments for remnants of the former military junta
2015 : Indonesia and Timor Leste agree to begin negotiating unresolved land and maritime border issues and enhance bilateral ties, particularly on trade and Investment
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/27/ri-timor-leste-agree-resolve-border-problems-boost-ties.html