ON 29 JUNE IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on June 29, 2018
1928: Birth of Radius Prawiro, Indonesia’s Finance Minister, Governor of the International Monetary Fund and the Vice-Governor of the Asian Development Bank for Indonesia from 1967 to 1971, who died on May 26, 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radius_Prawiro
1944: US Congress promises the independence of the Philippines on July 4, 1946
1950: Opening of the Conference of Pau between France and the three states of Indochina
1951: Attempt coup d’état against Thai Prime Minister Pibulsonggram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Rebellion
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=275
1964: First New Zealand Army Detachment Vietnam (NEWZAD) arrives in Vietnam, based at Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong province
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-new-zealand-troops-arrive
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/vietnam-war
1960: Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos for the third time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvanna_Phouma
1966: US aircraft bomb the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong for the first time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vietnam-air-war-escalates
1970: US ground troops return from Cambodia after a two-month operation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-ground-troops-return-from-cambodia
1986: Birth of Iya Villania, Filipino actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iya_Villania
http://www.philippinecountry.com/celebrities/iya_villana/
2015 : Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott sign a joint declaration on the comprehensive strategic partnership that will witness enhanced cooperation in trade and economics, foreign affairs, defense and security
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-06/29/c_134366389.htm
2017: A prominent Vietnamese blogger known as ‘Mother Mushroom’ is jailed for 10 years during a brief trial rights groups decried as « outrageous »
http://www.vietnamtribune.com/news/253782406/vietnam-blogger-gets-10-yr-sentence-for-conducting-propaganda
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-blogger-mother-mushroom-jailed-for-10-years