ON 9 APRIL IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on April 9, 2019
1288: During the Mongol invasions of Vietnam, Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_B%E1%BA%A1ch_%C4%90%E1%BA%B1ng_(1288)
http://www.academia.edu/1152652/Understanding_the_Bach_Dang_battlefield_from_recent_research_results
1910: Birth of Nouhak Phoumsavanh, president of Laos (1992-1998) who died on September 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouhak_Phoumsavanh
1942: US commander on Bataan, capitulates to the Japanese
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1063/today-in-philippine-history-april-9-1942-general-edward-king-was-forced-to-surrender-to-the-japanese
http://www.historynet.com/a-dreadful-step-surrender-at-luzon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan
1946: Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) is founded, with limited former Japanese small aircraft
1956: In South Vietnam, President Ngo Dinh Diem renounces to organize elections on reunification of Vietnam as planned in Geneva agreement in July 1954
1961: Ngo Dinh Diem is reelected president of South Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem
1966: Death of Sutan Sjahrir, first PM of Indonesia (1945-1947), born on March 5, 1909
http://www.slideshare.net/irwanarfandi/sutan-sjahrir-the-biography
1973: Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1988: Birth of Dino Imperial, Filipino actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Imperial
Holidays and observances
Philippines: Day of Valour, also known as the “Bataan Day”