ON 6 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 6, 2019
1180: Birth of Go-Toba, 82nd emperor of Japan (1183-1198) who died on March 28, 1239
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Toba
1698: Birth of Nadar Shah, Persian emperor who invaded India and died assassinated on June 19, 1747
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir_Shah
1925: Death of Surendranath Banerjee, Indian leader of the Indian National Congress, born on November 10, 1848
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/surendranath-banerjee.html
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Surendranath_Banerjee
1933: Birth of Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai General, shortly prime minister in 1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchinda_Kraprayoon
http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Suchinda%20Kraprayoon
1937: Emperor Hirohito personally ratifies his army’s proposition to remove the constraints of international law on the treatment of Chinese prisoners. This directive also advised staff officers to stop using the term “prisoner of war”
1945: The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/6/newsid_3602000/3602189.stm
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/08/atomic-bomb-1945-destruction-150805160108614.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSt5XZ7fq4&feature=related
1946: Birth of Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
http://www.monkeyheaven.com/masaaki.html
1962: Birth of Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh
http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/thelady.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxQ-2gR1DU
1964: Birth of Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Valenciano
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3oisr_gary-valenciano-how-did-you-know_music
1965: During the Shantou or “Eight six” naval battle, Taiwanese submarine chaser Jianmen is torpedoed and sunk by PLA navy
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/7618.html
http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=50411
1965: Birth of Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Kajiura
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3914
1966: In Tibet, Red Guards start to loot Jokhang temple converting it into urinal and butchery
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/lhasa-jokhang-temple.htm
1969: In Xinjiang, new border clash between China and Soviet Union
1970: Birth of M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director
https://www.mnight.com/bio.html
1973: American forces bomb « by mistake » the city of Neak Leung in Cambodia killing and wounding hundreds of civilians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neak_Leung
1975: Indian parliament modifies retrospect the election law and nullified the charge of electoral fraud against Indira Gandhi
1975: Khmers Rouge ask to Thailand the opening of negotiations for diplomatic relations
1976: Thailand recognizes the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1976: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays foundation-stone of Port Qasim, Karachi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Qasim
1980: Birth of Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilber_Pan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFUBiU2Aqfk
1990: Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is dismissed for corruption
1991: Doi Takako, chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan’s first female speaker of the House of Representatives
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/doi_takako.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Doi
1997: Ung Huot is elected First Prime Minister of Cambodia, replacing Norodom Ranariddh ousted by Hun Sen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ung_Huot
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/relieved-ung-huot-carries-day
2001: Death of general Duong Van Minh, twice president of South Vietnam
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1336677/General-Duong-Van-Minh.html
2006: In Hong Kong, the Legislative Council pass a bill that authorizes phone tapping and e-mails control
2007: In East-Timor, former president Xanana Gusmao is appointed prime minister. To protest, Fretilin launches violent riots
2009: Death of W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwrigh, born on November 7, 1935
https://farindra.wordpress.com/tag/ws-rendra/
2010: Japan marked the 65th anniversary on Friday of the 1945 uranium bomb attack on Hiroshima in which an estimated 140,000 people died. The ceremony was the first ever to be attended by representatives from the United States, Britain and France
http://www.france24.com/en/20100805-us-attend-biggest-ever-hiroshima-memorial-japan-britain-france-nagasaki-world-war-ii
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10888571
2014: Death of Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer, born on September 5, 1954
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-veteran-marathi-actress-smita-talwalkar-passes-away-at-59-2008390
http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/veteran-marathi-actress-smita-talwalkar-dead/article6287219.ece
2015 : Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33792789
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/prayers-held-hiroshima-marks-70-years-bomb-150806055100557.html
http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/06/hiroshima-holds-70th-memorial-of-atomic-tragedy/
2017: Indonesia, Russia sign MoU to trade palm, coffee for Sukhoi jets
http://eurasiadiary.com/en/news/politics/173635-indonesia-russia-sign-mou-to-trade-palm-coffee-for-sukhoi-jets
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/04/indonesia-to-barter-coffee-cpo-for-russian-jet-fighters.html
Holidays and observances
Japan: Toro Nagashi (Hiroshima) – Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima