ON 31 DECEMBER IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 31, 2018
1225: The Ly Dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Tran Thai Tong, husband of the last Ly monarch, Ly Chieu Hoang, starting the Tran Dynasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Th%C3%A1i_T%C3%B4ng
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_Chi%C3%AAu_Ho%C3%A0ng
1600: The British East India Company is chartered by Elisabeth I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charter-granted-to-the-east-india-company
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/eic.html
1926: In Dutch Indies (now Indonesia) Kyai Haji Hasjim Asjari founds Nahdlatul Ulama, a Muslim organization dedicated to schools, charity, and economic help
1931: Sukarno gains early release from prison in Bandung
1944: During the Burma Campaign, Japanese army evacuates Akyab island (now Sittwe) at the end of Mayu peninsula
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=216
1949: 18 countries recognize the Republic of Indonesia
1959: General Phoumi Nosavan takes power in Laos and establiss a pro-Occident regime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoumi_Nosavan
1959: Birth of Alfie Anido, Filipino actor, maybe murdered on December 30, 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Anido
1964: Indonesian President Sukarno threatens to leave the United Nation if the Federation of Malaysia is admitted
1966: Washington announces that the bombing on North Vietnam will stop only if Hanoi will be decided to have serious peace talks
1978: Kampuchea (Cambodia) cuts its diplomatic relations with Vietnam after the Vietnamese invasion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWK5eZzL8aQ
2012: East Timor: UN ends peacekeeping mission. UN forces have been pulling out since October when East Timorese security forces took over responsibility for maintaining law and order
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20873267
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/12/2012123173256112503.html