ON 14 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 14, 2019
820: Chinese emperor Xianzong, born in 778, and in power since 805, is murdered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xianzong_of_Tang
1483: Birth of Babur, First Emperor of the Mughal Empire, who died on December 26, 1530
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A011
1718: Death of China’s Ming Dynasty dramatist Kong Shangren, born in 1648
http://what-when-how.com/writers/kong-shangren-kung-shang-jen-writer/
http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Culture/FeelBJ/t1068365.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqxSLDfwFSs
1782: Death of Singu Min, King of Burma, born on May 10, 1756
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singu_Min
1791: Birth of Minh Mang, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam 1820-1841), who died on January 20, 1841
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Mang
1841: Thieu Tri becomes the third emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam, up to his death on November 4, 1847
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thieu_Tri
1878: Birth of Koki Hirota, Japanese Prime Minister (1936-1937), executed on December 23, 1948
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dki_Hirota
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hirota-K.html
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19340521,00.html
1885: During the Sino-French War, Battle of Shipu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shipu
1885: Birth of Syed Zafarul Hasan, prominent Muslim Indian-Pakistani philosopher who died on June 19, 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Zafarul_Hasan
1912: Birth of Nie Er, Chinese composer best known for March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China, who died on 17 July 1935
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nie_Er
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6icFnCSF2yA
1912: Birth of Maria Kalaw Filipino writer and first female elected senator who died on December 10, 1992
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1480/today-in-philippine-history-february-14-1912-maria-kalaw-was-born-in-manila
http://nhcp.gov.ph/maria-kalaw-katigbak-beauty-queen-and-senator/
http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.fr/2009/02/65-1931-miss-philippines-of-manila.html
1916: Birth of Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director who died in October 1996 from cardiac arrest
http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Jo-Ku/Kobayashi-Masaki.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Kobayashi
1933: Birth of Madhubala, Indian actress who died of illness on February 23, 1969
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/madhubala.html
http://www.madhubalano1.20m.com/
1942: The Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Pasir_Panjang
https://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/tag/battle-of-pasir-panjang/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faXzZfuDx8&feature=related
1942: Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang, Sumatra
1944: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java (Indonesia)
1950: In Moscow, signature of a Treaty of Amity, alliance and mutual assistance between China and Soviet Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_Treaty_of_Friendship,_Alliance_and_Mutual_Assistance
http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~worldjpn/documents/texts/docs/19500214.T1E.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1113.html
1950: During the Chinese Civil War, the National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People’s Liberation Army
http://toknowtheroadahead.blogspot.com/2008/10/battle-of-tianquan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tianquan
1962: Birth of Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakina_Jaffrey
1965: Beijing says it could be involved helping Hanoi and warns Washington recalling Korea War
1971: Birth of Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Sakai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGnvc_C2ws0
1971: Birth of Kris Aquino, Filipino actress and TV Host, sister of President Aquino III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Aquino
http://krisaquino-unlimited.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIvsaicNaPk
1972: Birth of Hiroshi, Japanese comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_%28owarai%29
1979: In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Dubs
1980: Birth of Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Ye
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=5769
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MHPb-vxjB4
1980: Death of Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor, born on 1926
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra_Baruah
1985: Birth of Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer, TV and movie actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Evangelista
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLxYUszaAUI
1989: A fatwa requiring Salman Rushdie’s execution is proclaimed by Ayatola Khomeni
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/14/newsid_2541000/2541149.stm
http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/14-non-fiction/8919-joseph-anton-rushdie?start=1
1995: Death of Burmese politician U Nu, born in May 1907
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/15/obituaries/u-nu-first-premier-of-independent-burma-and-democracy-advocate-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-u-nu-1573985.html
1996: China launches a Long March 3B rocket, carring the Intelsal 708 satellite. The rocket flew off 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708
2002: In Taiwan, Yu Shyi-kun becomes Prime Minister, replacing Chang Chun-hsiung, up to 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shyi-kun
2003: President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung, expresses sorry to the country for secretly giving 186 million US dollars to Pyongyang before historic June 2000 summit
2003: For the first time since 1953, a road is opened through the demilitarized zone allowing South Korea’s tourists to visit Mt Kumgang in North Korea
2005 Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines’ Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4264227.stm
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28870
2008: Mahn Sha Lar Phan, Secretary general of the Karen National Union is killed at his home in Mae Sot in Thailand
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2008/02/2008525183655333519.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/18/burma
2014: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi party sent shockwaves through India’s political establishment in local elections last year, quits to protest blocking of anti-corruption bill after fewer than 50 days in office
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10639605/Delhi-chief-minister-quits-after-corruption-bill-blocked.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26192983
2014: Hundreds of riot police have moved through parts of the Thai capital to retake areas occupied by protesters who have been demanding the resignation of the government for the past three months
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/02/thai-police-retake-protest-camps-bangkok-20142145210548224.html