ON 7 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 7, 2019
1242: Death of Japanese emperor Juntoku (1210-1221)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Juntoku
1661: Guru Har Krishan, born on July 7, 1656, becomes the 8th guru of Sikhism, died on March 30, 1664
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Guru_Har_Krishan
1708: Death of Guru Gobing Singh the 10th Sikh guru
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Guru_Gobind_Singh
1737: 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 in Bengal, India
1860: During the Second Opium War, the Anglo-French invasion army burns and loots the Yuanmingyuan (Beijing Summer Palace)
http://granitestudio.org/2010/10/24/the-burning-of-the-yuanmingyuan-150-years-later/
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/9703.html
1901: Birth of Prince Souvanna Phouma, four times Laos’s Prime Minister, who died on January 10, 1984
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/souvanna-phouma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvanna_Phouma
1914: Birth of Begum Akhtar, Indian singer who died on October 30, 1974
http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-music/indian-singers/begum-akhtar.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzq1rpuFMig
1940: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day–McCollum-Memo-Delivered.html
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/McCollum/index.html
1942: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Actions_along_the_Matanikau
1943: 96 American Prisoners of War are executed by the Japanese on Wake Island for allegedly trying to make radio contact with U.S. forces
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-execute-nearly-100-american-prisoners-on-wake-island
1944: Birth of Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2005-2012)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4335331.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tsang
1945: Japanese at Rioekioe Islands surrender
1946: Birth of Yukiko Kobayashi, Japanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462085/
1946: Birth of Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei
http://www.bruneiresources.com/rajaisteri.html
1947: Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi
1949: Establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Poland
1950: The US -led U.N. forces cross the 38th parallel and enter North Korea. China in November proved their threat to enter the war by sending several hundred thousand troops over the border into North Korea
1950: Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order “The Missionaries for Charity”
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/7th-october-1950-mother-teresa-founded-the-missionaries-of-charity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity
http://www.motherteresa.org/07_family/Volunteering/v_cal.html
1950: The invasion of Tibet by China starts in the provinces of Kham and Amdo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chamdo
1958: President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza with the support of Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P015
1958: Birth of Yoshihiro Kato, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174634/
http://jdorama.com/artiste.601.htm
1960: Birth of Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Kyosuke_Himuro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMyAZh_BT4s
1961: Conference of Ban Hin Heup (Laos) aiming to form a government including all the factions
1965: China announces it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border
1966: During the Cultural Revolution, the Soviet Union expels all the Chinese students
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19661007&id=AZYiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9qkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1728,495701
1969: Birth of Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Chan_Ho_Man
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1653
1970: In a televised speech, President Richard Nixon announces a five-point proposal to end the war, based on a “standstill” cease-fire in place in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
1972: Birth of Shinsuke Izutsu, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412839/
1973: Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka begins a visit to Moscow, until October 10
http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1973TOKYO14218_b.html
1976: Succeeding Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng is elected chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese communist party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng
1979: Birth of Tang Wei, Chinese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Wei
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmuJXgehN8
1982: Birth of Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist
http://yundili.homestead.com/bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yundi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1xAU5EkIwk
1986: Death of Chinese Marshal Liu Bocheng, born on December 4, 1892
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bocheng
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/9723.html
1986: Death of Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese novelist, born on January 25, 1900
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Djir%C5%8D_Ishizaka
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411151/
1990: Birth of Park Sanghyun, Korean singer and dancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_(singer)
2001: United States launches Operation Enduring Freedom, its attack on the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan, in response to the 11th September attack on America
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7/newsid_2519000/2519353.stm
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-navy-operation-enduring-freedom-2001-2002.html
2004: Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk abdicates because of poor health
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3722294.stm
2008: China cancells or put on hold several planned military exchanges with the United States as part of a backlash against a planned multi-billion dollar US arms sale to Taiwan
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/200810763413290753.html
2008: Thailand riot police fired tear gas and clash with protesters attempting to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat’s maiden speech in parliament. At least 70 people are injured
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7656073.stm
2010: Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurates the High Peace Council, charged with negotiating with the Taliban and other insurgents that have been attempting to destabilize the country since start of the US-led invasion nine years ago
http://www.france24.com/en/20101007-karzai-inaugurates-high-peace-council-negotiate-taliban-afghanistan-nine-year-anniversary-afghanistan-war
2012: President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines says that a deal had been agreed with the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front on establishing an autonomous region for the nation’s Muslim minority, the result of 15 years of negotiations.
http://www.france24.com/en/20121007-philippines-aquino-peace-deal-agreement-muslim-militants-milf-liberation-insurgents-moro
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19860907
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/philippines/9592414/Philippines-president-announces-landmark-peace-plan-with-Muslim-rebels.html
2013: The Maldives Supreme Court annulls results from the first round of voting in presidential elections, and called a fresh ballot for 20 October.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24436773
2014: Three Japan-born scientists — Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura — win the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy-efficient and environmentally friendly light source
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29518521
2014: Myanmar’s government pardons 3,073 prisoners, including 58 foreign nationals, as part of an amnesty that rights groups said included more than a dozen political prisoners
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/10/myanmar-pardons-more-than-3000-prisoners-20141078411568883.html