ON 27 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 27, 2018
683: Death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang dynasty since 649, born on July 21, 628
http://www.learnchinesehistory.com/emperor-gaozong-tang-dynasty/
1723: Emperor Yongzheng acceeds to the throne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongzheng_Emperor
1796: Birth of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet who died on February 15, 1869
http://www.indiaparenting.com/stories/greatindians/gi013.shtml
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/27th-december-1797-mirza-ghalib-indian-poet-was-born
1875: Birth of Cambodian king Sisowath Monivong, who died on April 24, 1941
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisowath_Monivong
1897: According the December 14 Pact of Biak-na-Bato, Aguinaldo and his government left the Philippines and retire in voluntary exile to Hong Kong
http://www.philippine-history.org/biak-na-bato.htm
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/843/today-in-philippine-history-december-27-1897-general-emilio-aguinaldo-sailed-for-hongkong-in-compliance-with-the-terms-of-the-pact-of-biaknabato
1911: “Jana Gana Mana”, the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh26zOjIh9I
1922: Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world
http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_cv_hosho.htm
1923: Namba Dausuke, a Japanese communist student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namba_Daisuke
1924: Birth of Hung Sin-nui, Chinese actress and singer who died on December 13, 2013
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201401/28/P201401280598.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Sin-nui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlR91fOKXQ
1931: Birth of Le Kha Phieu, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_Kh%E1%BA%A3_Phi%C3%AAu
1941: Japanese bombers attack Manila, despite its claim as an open city
1942: Ambarawa 1st Japanese women camp in Indonesia goes into use
http://www.awf.or.jp/e1/netherlands.html
http://www.academia.edu/715763/_Sources_of_Truth._Dutch_Diaries_from_Japanese_Internment_Camps_in_Remco_Raben_ed._Representing_the_Japanese_Occupation_of_Indonesia._Personal_Testimonies_and_Public_Images_in_Indonesia_Japan_and_the_Netherlands_Zwolle_Waanders_1999_163-176_with_Mariska_Heijmans-van_Bruggen_also_published_as_Bronnen_van_waarheid._Nederlandse_dagboeken_uit_de_Japanse_interneringskampen_in_Remco_Raben_ed._Beelden_van_de_Japanse_bezetting_van_Indonesi%C3%AB._Persoonlijke_getuigenissen_en_publieke_beeldvorming_in_Indonesi%C3%AB_Japan_en_Nederland_Zwolle_Waanders_1999_163-176_with_Mariska_Heijmans-van_Bruggen_
1945: At the Moscow Conference, the former Allied nations of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to divide Korea into two occupation zones and govern them for five years. They found a Soviet-US commission in charge to establish a national government in Korea
1949: Ahmed Sukarno, leader of the Indonesian Nationalist Party, returns to Batavia (Jakarta) after A.H.J. Lovink, representative of the Netherlands government, signed a protocol transferring sovereignty to an Indonesian delegation. The United States of Indonesia is proclaimed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution
1949: The Republic of China government troops evacuate Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province
1960: Death of Yang Naimei, Chinese actress, born in 1904
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Naimei
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3550725/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
1965: Birth of Salman Khan, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006795/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-b76igTy8
1967: North Vietnam rejects President Johnson offer to cease North Vietnam in exchange with negociations. Its demands the end of the bombing first
1969: In Japan the Liberal Democratic Party wins the legislative elections
1972: Marshal Kim Il Sung, head of the North-Korean governement, becomes president of the Republic as a New constitution comes into effect
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Kim-Il-Sung
1972: The Republic of China (Taiwan) severs diplomatic relations with Chad
1974: Birth of Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masi_Oka
http://www.tv.com/masi-oka/person/44167/summary.html
1974: Birth of Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese seiyu and singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumiko_Orikasa
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=912
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgMRMARKqU
1975: Birth of Masi Oka, actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masi_Oka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP-0i_ZPgxQ
1975: China frees three Soviet airforce pilots prisoners since 1974
1979: In Afghanistan, overthroned president Hafizullah Amin is executed and replaced by Babrak Karmal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-take-over-in-afghanistan
http://movies2.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1227.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storm-333
1981: Foundation in Beijing of the “Taiwan National Compatriots Association” for Taiwanese living on Continental China
1983: Death of film actor Jin Yan, born on April 7, 1910
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jin_Yan
1988: Birth of Taecyeon, South Korean actor & singer (2PM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taecyeon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8-MJKG1sKk
1996: Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidify their buffer zone around Kabul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagram_air_base
2001: The People’s Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the USA
2002: North Korea orders United Nations nuclear inspectors to leave the country to leave the country and said it would restart a laboratory capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons
2005: Indonesia’s Aceh rebels formally abolished their 30-year armed struggle for independence under a peace deal born out of the 2004 tsunami
2007: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in an suicide Attack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/world/asia/28bhutto.html
https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/who-killed-former-pakistan-prime-minister-benazir-bhutto-1.665423
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNO_3qHHsgA&feature=related
2007: Japanese Prime Minister arrives to Beijing for a visit that will greatly improve the relations between the two countries
2012: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, vowed to continue his mother’s fight for democracy on Thursday night as he declared himself the heir to her political dynasty
https://upclosed.com/people/bilawal-bhutto-zardari/
2013: Death of Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor, born onMarch 25, 1948
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/actor-farooq-sheikh-dies-of-heart-attack-in-dubai-464102
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/nationgeneral/2013/December/nationgeneral_December213.xml§ion=nationgeneral
2013: A long-simmering dispute between the United States and Japan over the fate of a Marine base on Okinawa is apparently resolved as the Okinawan governor gives his approval to move the base to a remote area
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/deal-to-move-okinawa-base-wins-approval.html?ref=asia
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/12/okinawa-governor-approves-us-base-relocation-2013122744845561601.html
2015 : China officially ends its one-child policy with the signing into law of a bill allowing all married couples to have a second child
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1895411/china-officially-ends-one-child-policy
2016 : Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy is sentenced to five years in prison over a post on his Facebook page, a conviction that makes his return from self-imposed exile unlikely
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2057431/cambodian-court-sentences-exiled-opposition-leader-sam
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-president-sam-rainsy-sentenced-five-years-prison-122517/
2016 : Death of Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, former Sri Lanka Prime Minister
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_16B/Dec27_1482847217CH.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake
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