ON 28 AUGUST IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 28, 2019
1943: Birth of General Surayud Chulanont, Thai 24th Prime Minister from October 1, 2006 to January 29, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont
1950: Death of Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indonesian freedom fighter, born on October 8, 1879
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Douwes_Dekker
1956: First official visit of Indonesian president Sukarno to Moscow marking his Marxist drifting
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/president-soekarno-in-moscow/query/Sukarno
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/soviet-policy-indonesia-during-the-liberal-democracy-period-1950-1959
1968: At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-at-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago
1987: In Manila, mutinous soldiers led by Lt Col Gregorio Honasan launch an attack on the presidential palace
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-31/news/mn-3295_1_marine-officer
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8173.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bo0mwuSA0U
1991: Birth of Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Sarah_Jane_Santos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYNkeQ49uI&feature=related
1993: In Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong, previously deputy to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, is the first directly elected president in Singapore
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/a99d1364-fdfd-4a05-9f04-be0746d762d5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_presidential_election,_1993
2014: Vietnam and China agree to restore their strained relations
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/259401/vn-and-china-agree-to-restore-relationship.html