ON 21 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 21, 2019
672: Death of Kōbun, few months Japanese emperor, born in 648
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kōbun
1140: Song Dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin Dynasty general Wanyan Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yancheng
http://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/learn/article/read/item/MzUnKWQT8Cg/yue-fei-chinese-stories-history.html
1192: Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shogun and the de facto ruler of Japan
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Minamoto_no_Yoritomo
1535: Birth of Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord who died on February 18, 1619
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimazu_Yoshihiro
1581: Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai, born in 1527
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakuma_Nobumori
1856: America’s first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend_Harris
1870: Ma Xinyi, Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China, is assassinated. Born in 1821
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Xinyi
1921: The White Russian Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg who led Mongolia to independence from China in March is hand over to soviet Red army by his own troops
http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/the-bloody-baron-von-ungern-sternberg-madman-or-mystic
http://ahistoryblog.com/2012/08/14/baron-von-ungern-sternberg-1885-1921-bloody-white-baron/
1921: Birth of Jaymala Shiledar, Indian actor and singer who died on August 8, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaymala_Shiledar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAWLTpHADLk
1926: Death of Ugyen Wangchuck, first king of Bhutan, born in 1862
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugyen_Wangchuck
1937: China and Russia sign a non aggression pact
1942: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tenaru
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=177275
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEqr1xXurek
1945: General Ho Ying-chin, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, transmits to general Okamura Yasutsugu a memorandum on the preparation for the surrender of Japanese forces in China
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/surrender06.htm
1963: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. Martial law is declared
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xa_Loi_Pagoda_raids
1967: China reports downing of 2 US bombers
1971: A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured
1976: In retaliation of the August 18 murder of two US officers by the North Korean, Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paul_Bunyan
http://www.greatunclebill.com/dmzpics.htm
1978: Birth of Bhumika Chawla, Indian Actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumika_Chawla
1978: Birth of Annie Wu, Taiwanese Actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Annie_Wu
http://chinesemov.com/actors/Annie%20Wu.html
http://vimeo.com/15815916
1982: “Gang of Four” Shanghai remnants sentenced
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8092.html
1983: Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/143594-look-back-ninoy-aquino-assassination
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21/newsid_2534000/2534945.stm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8260401
http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/aug-21-1983-benigno-aquino-assassinated-10551934
1984: 900,000 Filipinos hold an anti-Marcos parade
1987: Birth of Kim Kibum, a member of Korean boy band Super junior. actor and singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kibum
1995: Death of Subrahmanyan Chandrasehkhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel Prize 1983, born on October 19, 1910
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chandrasekhar.html
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1983/chandrasekhar/auto-biography/
1997: Afghanistan suspends its embassy operations in the United States
2002: In Pakistan, President General Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amends the Pakistani constitution. He expands his term in office and grants himself powers that include the right to dissolve parliament
2004: In Bangladesh, a grenade attack against the main political party, the Awami league, causes 22 dead. Its leader, Sheikh Hasina, is wounded
2006: Death of Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, born on March 21, 1916
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismillah_Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hveeMDC6Dro
2007: In Bangladesh, Violent confrontation between students and police. Students demand the withdrawal of troops from campus and politics
2009: Death of Rex Shelley, Singaporean author, born on November 27, 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Shelley
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1641_2010-01-31.html
2010: Pakistan accepts five million dollars in flood aid from India in a rare gesture of goodwill between the two bitter rivals. Twenty million people have been affected by Pakistan’s worst natural disaster in decades
http://www.france24.com/en/20100821-islamabad-accepts-indian-aid-flood-relief-pakistan-emergency-assistance
2012: South Korea rejected Japan’s formal proposal on Tuesday that the two countries ask the International Court of Justice to settle a long-running island dispute
2014: Thailand’s junta-picked national assembly chooses coup leader, General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, as prime minister in a one-horse race that entrenches the military’s hold on power
http://www.news.com.au/world/thailand-army-chief-general-prayut-chanocha-appointed-prime-minister/story-fndir2ev-1227032107221
http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/21/thailand-s-army-chief-named-as-country-s-pm/
2014: Indonesia’s highest court unanimously upholds last month’s presidential election result, paving the way for Joko Widodo to take over as leader of the world’s third largest democracy
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/08/indonesia-upholds-presidential-poll-result-201482114431312552.html
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/21/election-finally-ends-prabowo.html
2015 : Ranil Wickremesinghe, UNP leader, is sworn-in as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister
http://asiantribune.com/node/87704
2015 : Wang Dongxing, Mao Zedong’s ex-security chief dies at age 99
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1851403/chinese-leader-mao-zedongs-main-bodyguard-and-later
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/mao-zedong-s-chief-bodyguard-wang-dongxing-dies-aged-99-report/article1-1382717.aspx
2018: Taiwan loses third diplomatic ally this year after El Salvador breaks ties
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-set-to-lose-its-third-diplomatic-ally-this-year-source
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/08/22/2003698956
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201808210031.aspx
Holidays and observances
Philippines: Ninoy Aquino Day