ON 4 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 4, 2019
23: Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang’an during a peasant rebellion. They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang, two days later
http://totallyhistory.com/wang-mang/
http://kongming.net/novel/han/wangmang.php
763: China’s Tang Dynasty monk Jian Zhen monk dies in Japan where he was a main teacher of Buddhism
http://www.buddhisma2z.com/content.php?id=201
1305: Death of the 90th Japanese emperor Kameyama (1259-1274)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kameyama
1363: End of the Battle of Lake Poyang. The Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang
1884 : Death of Leona Florentino, the first Filipina poet in Spanish and Ilocano languages, born on April 19, 1849
http://pinoy-culture.com/leona-florentino-the-ilokana-mother-of-pilipino-poetry/
http://mambao34.blogspot.fr/2013/09/biography.html
1884: Birth of Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramaniya_Siva
1884: Birth of Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author who died on February 2, 1941
http://www.varanasi.org.in/acharya-pandit-ramchandra-shukla
1907: Birth of Shaw Run Run, Hong Kong media mogul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Run_Shaw
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=131
1918: Birth of Kenichi Fukui, chemistry Nobel Prize in 1981
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1981/fukui/auto-biography/
1931: Aerial circus star Clyde Pangborn take off from Sabishiro Beach for the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean
http://www.wired.com/2010/10/1005first-nonstop-transpacific-flight/
1945: Meeting of Minister of State Konoye and General MacArthur to discuss the necessity of a new constitution
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/shiryo/01/025_1shoshi.html
1950: U.S. aircraft bomb North Korea Datong River banks
1955: The sixth plenum of the Chinese communist Party’s 11th Central meets up to October 11, to study agricultural problems
1957: Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrives at Tokyo for a ten-day visit. The joint communiqué will insist on the necessity to suspend the nuclear tests
1957: Chin Peng sends a pamphlet to newspapers and news agencies in Singapore, proposing an end to the war and pledging Malaya Communist Party support for the government if the MCP was given the status of a legal political party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Peng
1961: Birth of Kazuki Takahashi, manga writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuki_Takahashi
1963: Birth of Koji Ishikawa, Japanese children’s book author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Ishikawa_(illustrator)
http://www.kojiishikawa.com/english/profile/index.html
1967: Brunei sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III abdicates in favor of his son Hassanal Bolkiah
http://4voicesgirls.blogspot.fr/2009/05/sultan-omar-ali-saifuddien-3.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Ali_Saifuddien_III
1967: Birth of Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Hong Kong actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekin_Cheng
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_ekin.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGF46IlNmh4
1969: China announces two nuclear tests including an open-air hydrogen one
1971: Visit of Ethiopia emperor to China
1977: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is released from charges of political corruption
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/4th-october-1977-prime-minister-indira-gandhi-released-from-charges-of-political-corruption
1978: Birth of Go Soo, Korean actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Soo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-Ut9rZ_N0
1979: The China’s first trust, the CITIC, is established by Rong Yiren
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Rong_Yiren.html
1980: The representatives of 38 Muslim countries, at the United Nations General Assembly, demand the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from Afghanistan
1981: Birth of Juka, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juka
1982: Sino-Soviet talks resumes at Beijing
1983: Birth of Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risa_Kud%C5%8D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR7doWOxtA4
1996: Death of Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director from cardiac arrest
http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Jo-Ku/Kobayashi-Masaki.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeM9n_ihDsk
2000: Death of Yu Kuo-hwa, Taiwan Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Kuo-hwa
2002: For the first time since democracy has been restored in Nepal, king Gyanendra dismisses prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and takes all the powers
2004: Death of Rio Diaz, Filipino actress & TV hosts, born on August 14, 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Diaz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsQvNu1ZZiQ
2005: Japan’s cabinet endorses a one-year extension of the country’s naval mission to support US-led troops in Afghanistan
2009: In China, Mgr. James Lin Xili, underground bishop of Wenzhou who spent 16 years in a forced labor camp, as a cobbler, dies
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Mgr.-James-Lin-Xili,-underground-bishop-of-Wenzhou,-dies-16512.html
2009: Shoichi Nakagawa, the former finance minister of Japan who was forced to deny that he was drunk at a news conference in February, is found dead
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/20091043375284638.html
2011: The leaders of Afghanistan and India sign a strategic partnership agreement during a visit by President Hamid Karzai to Delhi.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15161776
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/10/201110453629522332.html
2011: The Dalai Lama has cancelled plans to visit South Africa to attend the birthday celebrations for Archbishop Desmond Tutu after failing to obtain a visa required to travel to the country
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/2011104132043255459.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15164383
2012: In the Philippines, a court issues an arrest warrant for Mrs Gloria Arroyo, who is accused of diverting $8.8m from the state lottery charity fund for personal gain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19825408
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/10/201210472623746765.html
2013: Death of Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer, born on January 10, 1933
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/05/national/renowned-composer-akira-miyoshi-dies-at-80/#.VhAifDi6HVJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcsTWeBzJo
2013: Death of Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese general who masterminded victories against France and the US, aged 102.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24402278
http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/04/vietnam-general-behind-defeats-of-us-and-france-dies-age-102/
2015: Death of Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and Producer, born in 1934
http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/shankarabharanam-producer-edida-nageswara-rao-dead/article7723338.ece
2015: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) instructs its agencies to lift the unofficial blockade against Nepal, ending 11-day restrictions on Nepal-bound cargo trucks and freights
http://nepalforeignaffairs.com/impacts-of-indias-transit-warfare-against-nepal/
2016: Two U.S. warships make their first port call in 21 years at Vietnam’s strategic naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, marking an important step in improving military ties between the former enemies
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-vietnam-navy-idUSKCN1241D3
2016: Death of silky-voiced communist propaganda broadcaster “Hanoi Hannah”, famous for urging American GIs to leave her country during the Vietnam War, at age 87
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2024988/vietnam-war-propaganda-broadcaster-hanoi-hannah-dies