ON 28 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 28, 2019
1225: Death of Jien, Japanese poet and historian, born on May 17, 1155
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jien
1420: Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming Dynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, is completed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_City
1627: Death of Nuruddin Jahangir, Mughol emperor, born on September 20,
1569
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir
1707: The Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1707_H%C5%8Dei_earthquake
1837: Birth of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan’s last shogun, who died on November 22, 1913
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Yoshinobu_Tokugawa.html
1860: Birth of Jigoro Kano, founder of judo Kodokan who died on May 4, 1938
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigoro_Kano
1891: A quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan, killing 7,300
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Mino%E2%80%93Owari_earthquake
1928: In Indonesia, Nationalist Declaration of the Youth Pledge. For the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, is sung
https://fathir139.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/youth-pledge/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Pledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_Raya
1928: Birth of Yoko Sugi, Japanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837476/
1945: In Indonesia, after the Japanese defeat, the British who land to occupy the whole country by force, meet strong Indonesian resistance to their occupation of Surabaya. The fights will last until November 13
1950: Second Indian protest after Tibet invasion by communist China
1953: Laos signs a mutual defense treaty with France
1958: In Burma, replacing U Nu, general Ne Win becomes head of the caretaker government up to 4 April 1960
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/myanmar/government-1948-62-6.htm
1964: US officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam
1967: Birth of Monica Chan, Hong Kong actress and winner of 1989 Miss
Hong Kong Pageant
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151044/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Chan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLkQ2kMA6G8&feature=related
1978: Death of Rukmani Devi , Sri Lankan singer and actress, born on February 29, 1923
http://www.rukmanidevisrilanka.org/biography/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzVZr13OlE8
1979: Chairman Hua Guofeng arrives in London for the first visit of a communist
Chinese leader in UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/28/newsid_4114000/4114964.stm
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104156
1982 : Birth of Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Kuraki
1988 : Birth of Ko Eun-ah, South Korean actress
http://www.koreanmovie.com/Ko_Eun_ah_ka743/
http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/koeunah/
1998: An Air China jet is hijacked and flown to Taiwan by a pilot upset with his pays and working conditions. He was taken into custody
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/202960.stm
2001: Christians killed in Pakistan massacre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/28/newsid_2478000/2478093.stm
2008: Mohamed Nasheed beats Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in the first democratic presidential election in the Maldives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_presidential_election,_2008
2009: A car bomb has exploded in a crowded market in the northwest Pakistan’s city of Peshawar, killing at least 105 people and wounding about 100
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8329244.stm
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/10/2009102874426304327.html
2010: Death of Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, born on August 4, 1932
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/15/liang-congjie-obituary
2013: Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers just outside the Beijing Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-24722898
2013: Death of Rajendra Yadav, Indian author, born on August 28, 1929
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Eminent-Hindi-writer-Rajendra-Yadav-passes-away/articleshow/24887036.cms
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-24722967
2015 : Nepal’s parliament elects communist lawmaker Bidhya Bhandari as the country’s first female president
http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/28/bidhya-bhandari-elected-nepal-s-first-female-president/
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/who-is-bidya-devi-bhandari/
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-10-28/bhandari-elected-first-woman-prez.html
2015 : A group of 10 Indian filmmakers return national awards in protest at what they say is a rising climate of intolerance, including prominent directors Dibakar Banerjee and Anant Patwardhani
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34657716
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/dibakar-banerjee-nine-other-filmmakers-return-national-award-to-protest-rising-intolerance/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/ftii-protest-filmmakers-return-national-awards/article7814594.ece?homepage=true
Holidays and observances
Indonesia: Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda