ON 4 JANUARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 4, 2019
1823: Birth of Otto van Rees, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies
1897: In the Philippines, 11 of the 15 Bicol Martyrs are executed in Bagumbayan by the Spanish
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1377/today-in-philippine-history-january-4-1897-11-of-the-15-bicol-martyrs-were-executed-in-bagumbayan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Martyrs_of_Bicol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4x2lFGzx94
1945: US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack in the Sulu Sea (Philippines)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ommaney_Bay_(CVE-79)
1946: In Dutch Indies, Sukarno and Hatta move by night to Yogya, leaving Sjahrir and the more pro-negotiations faction in Jakarta
1948: Full Independence of Burma from Great Britain. U Nu is named Prime Minister up to June 1956
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day–Burma-Declares-Independence-from-Britain.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Burma)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Nu
1948: The territories occupied by the Dutch demand the foundation of the United States of Indonesia
1962: Agreement between USA and the government of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem: pacification, democratization, liberalization
1964: French Prime Minister Pierre Messmer offers a military aid to Cambodia
1974: South Vietnamese president Thieu announces that war has resumed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-announces-war-has-resumed
1974: The Union of Burma is renamed the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
1975: The first Communist Chinese delegation arrives to Malaysia
1995: Ven. Thich Quang Do who had wroten a 44-page document addressed to Vietnam communist party general secretary Do Muoi detailing the persecution of the UBCV since the communists came to power in Vietnam is arrested (see his trial on August 15)
http://queme.org/en/profile-venerable-thich-quang-head-ubcv/?v=11aedd0e4327
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Quảng_Độ
2004: Four policemen are killed, a military depot is looted and eighteen schools burned in the Muslim deep south of Thailand, starting a long bloody unrest
2008: Death of Jimmy Nah, Singapore comedian and actor, born on April 13, 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Nah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJSd8ysG0k
2011: Philippine police said they had arrested the communist rebel commander following a gunfight in which he was injured. The incident derails peace talks due to resume
http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20110105-philippine-police-capture-communist-rebel-commander
2013: Cambodia’s National Election Committee formally reaffirmes that exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy is ineligible to run for office or vote in the country’s upcoming élections
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-election-officials-block-rainsy-run/1577815.html
Holidays and observances
Myanmar: Burma’s Independence day