ON 8 JANUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on January 8, 2019
307: Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by his son Jin Huaidi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Hui_of_Jin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huai_of_Jin
647: Death of Seon Deok, Qeen of Silla kingdom (Korea), born in 606
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Seondeok_of_Silla
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine7.html
http://koreanhistory.info/Shilla.htm
1037: Birth of Chinese poet Su Shi who died on August 24, 1101
http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/calligraphy-su-shi.php
http://www.chinese-poems.com/su.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ7hDxFZzQ
1556: Birth of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord who died on April 19, 1623
http://www.samurai-archives.com/kagekatsu.html
1761: In India, the French garrison surrenders Pondichery to the British. Next February, Mahe will also do it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_India
1781: Birth of Chinese national hero Admiral Guan Tianpei who during the Opium War died in a battle on February 26, 1841
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Tianpei
1884: Death of Keshub Death of Chandra Sen, social reformer and philosopher, born on November 19, 1838
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshub_Chandra_Sen
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/8th-january-1884-keshub-chandra-sen-social-reformer-and-philosopher-died
1899: Birth of Solomon Bandaranaike, fourth Ceylon’s Prime minister (1956-1959), assassinated by a buddhist monk on September 26, 1959
http://www.swrdbandaranaike.lk/his_life.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Bandaranaike
1902: In China, after the international expedition, imperial court comes back to the Fobidden City and empress Cixi retakes the power
1909: Birth of Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet who died on January 13, 1995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashapoorna_Devi
http://www.kalpana.it/eng/writer/indian_writers/asha_purna_devi.htm
1912: Birth of Susumu Fujita, Japanese actor who died on March 23, 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susumu_Fujita
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297843/filmoyear
1912: Birth of Tadashi Imai, Japanese film director who died on November 12, 1991
http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Ha-Ji/Imai-Tadashi.html
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/tadashi-imai
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408033/
1925: Birth of Mohan Rakesh, Indian author who died on January 3, 1972
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Rakesh
1926: Birth of Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian odessi dancer who died in April 2004
http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profl111.html
1929: Birth of Kotoe Hatsui, Japanese actress who died on September 21, 1990
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368969/
1929: Birth of Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006762/
1933: Birth of Ko Un, Korean poet
http://www.koun.co.kr/
1939: Birth of Nanda, Indian actress who died on March 25 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanda_(actress)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/5-interesting-lesser-known-facts-about-Bollywood-actress-Nanda/photostory/32666993.cms#32667179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5gAXCa6Mk
1942: Birth of Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Prime Minister (2001-2006)
http://factsanddetails.com/japan/cat16/sub110/item520.html
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/koizumi_junichiro.shtml
http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/japanese-history-biographies/junichiro-koizumi
1942: The Philippine Executive Commission, headed by Jorge B. Varga (seen here with Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma), is organized by the Japanese Military Administration and the Kalibapi founded
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Executive_Commission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KALIBAPI
1945: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces
1947: General Marshall named state secretary leaves China
1947: The State Department declares that it will approve arm sales to France, except for use in Indochina
1949: Death in prison of Japanese general Umezu Yoshijiro who signed the official surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshijir%C5%8D_Umezu
http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=813
1967: In Vietnam war, Operation Cedar Falls is launched
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-cedar-falls-is-launched
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cedar_Falls
http://www.historynet.com/operation-cedar-falls-search-and-destroy-in-the-iron-triangle.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIi3bbtClqU
1972: Freed by the Pakistani authorities under international community pressure, Mujibur Rahman, leader of Bangladesh, leave for London where he demands that his new State of Bangladesh to be recognized
http://www.thedailystar.net/the-return-of-bangabandhu-6167
1973: Vietnam peace talks resume in Paris
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peace-talks-resume-in-paris#tdih-calendar
1974: The Khmer rouge intensify their pressure on Phnom Penh by attacks on North and South of the Cambodian capital
1975: Deng Xiaoping, with the help of Zhou Enlai recovers his positions before to be demoted again after Zhou death
1975: Birth of Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Jayaraj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URNAkAVoOHQ
1976: Death of Zhou Enlai, Chinese Prime Minister since 1949
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-leader-zhou-enlai-dies
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/10/world/in-death-zhou-enlai-is-still-beloved-but-a-puzzle.html?pagewanted=all
http://chineseposters.net/themes/zhouenlai.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LydnqKl-zeg
1977: Just one year after the death of Zhou Enlai, huge demonstrations in Beijing which will continue up to 16 January. The demonstrators demand the Deng Xiaoping return to power
1977: Birth of Lee Yoo-jin (Yu-jin), Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Yoo-jin
1979: After the Vietnamese troops have taken Phom Penh, Khmer Rouge are retreating
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_2506000/2506533.stm
1982: Birth of Kim Jong-un, youngest son of Kim Jong-il and current leader of North Korea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-un
http://www.biography.com/people/kim-jong-un-21125351
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11526831/Kim-Jong-un-was-child-prodigy-who-could-drive-at-age-of-three-claims-North-Korean-school-curriculum.html
1989: Beginning of the Japanese Heise era (the current Japanese emperor)
1991: Birth of Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinoi_Asuka
1992: George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister Miichi Miyazawa’s lap
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/world/bush-in-japan-bush-collapses-at-state-dinner-with-the-japanese.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOnDatqENo
1997: In New York, Ramzi Ahmed Yussef is condemned to life for the organization of the February 1993 attack on the World Trade Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramzi_Yousef
2002: Abolition of death penalty in Taiwan. The last ten years, 176 Taiwanese have been executed, 39 of them for kidnapping
2008: The president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, escapes unhurt after an attempted knife attack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7176434.stm
2008: Sri Lankan minister for nation-building DM Dassanake dies in blast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7176207.stm
2015: Sri Lanka goes to the polls in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of corruption and a failure to bring about national reconciliation
http://www.dawn.com/news/1155688/sri-lanka-votes-in-tightest-election-in-decades
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/08/asia/sri-lanka-elections-walkup/index.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2015/01/sri-lanka-set-tight-presidential-poll-201517222939705581.html
2017: Taiwanese president heads to Central America without holding any meetings with Trump and his team during stopover in Houston
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2060386/taiwans-wise-tsai-makes-low-key-us-stop-reduces-risk
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/01/09/2003662766
2017: A South Korean monk set himself on fire to protest the government’s deal with Japan on compensation for wartime sex slaves
http://www.dw.com/en/south-korean-monk-self-immolates-over-comfort-women-deal/a-37053930
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2060309/south-korean-self-immolates-over-comfort-women-deal-japan-pm-abe
Holidays and observances
North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s Birthday