ON 31 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on 31 May 2019
1162: Birth of Genghis Khan, the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan
https://www.biography.com/people/genghis-khan-9308634
1223: Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River – Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kalka_River
http://begaarchers.com.au/?page_id=1170
1408: Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, 3th shogun (1368-1394) of the Ashikaga shogunate. Born on September 25, 1358
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshimitsu
1764 : The Spaniards take back Manila from the British following the signing of peace treaty at Paris
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1812/today-in-philippine-history-may-31-1764-the-spaniards-took-back-manila-from-the-british-following-the-signing-of-peace-treaty-at-paris
1802: Gia Long (1762-1820) is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Long
1835: Birth of Hijikata Toshizo, deputy military leader of Shinsengumi, who resisted to the Meiji Restoration, and died in a battle on June 20, 1869
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/316.html
1900: US troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion
http://www.smplanet.com/teaching/imperialism/#boxer
1914: Birth of Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, who died on February 2, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Ifukube
http://www.akiraifukube.org/home.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNMpGrRk50
1923: China and USSR exchange diplomats
1923: The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) forms in Durban, South Africa, with Omar Hajee Amod Jhaveri as President
http://v1.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/onlinebooks/bhana/part02-A-54.htm
1924: The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an « Integral part of the Republic of China » whose « sovereignty » the Soviet Union promises to respect
http://www.endofempire.asia/0814-2-sino-soviet-friendship-and-outer-mongolia-4/
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2667632?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
1935: A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in now Pakistan killing 40,000
http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake1935PakistanQuetta.html
http://quetta-city.blogspot.fr/2007/06/earthquake-1935.html
1942: Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia
http://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/japanese-midget-submarine-attack-sydney-harbour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour
http://naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs192.aspx
1951: Omar Ali Saifuddin III is crowned 28th sultan of Brunei
http://4voicesgirls.blogspot.fr/2009/05/sultan-omar-ali-saifuddien-3.html
http://alchetron.com/Omar-Ali-Saifuddien-III-1382981-W
1966: In South Vietnam, A 17-year old buddhist girl commits suicide by setting herself alight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2973000/2973209.stm
1973: The US Senate votes the end of the bombing of Cambodia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2481000/2481543.stm
1974: Malaysia is the first among ASEAN countries to forge diplomatic ties with China
1976: An “East Timor People’s Assembly” selected by Indonesian intelligence services accepts annexation by Indonesia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor
1981: Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdx1QvkMo8
1987: Death of John Abraham, Indian film director, born on August 11, 1937
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abraham_(Director)
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/31-may-1987-john-abraham-indian-director-and-screenwriter-died
1994: Birth of Shim Eun-kyung, South Korean child actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_Eun-kyung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJu_vKqXy8
1996: Named Indian prime minister on May 16, Atal Bihari Vajpayee renounces because he could not obtain a parliamentary majority
2006: Local elections in South Korea. The Grand National Party largely defeat the Uri party supporting the president Roh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_local_elections,_2006
2006: The Korean Energy Development Organization (KEDO) formed by South Korea, USA, Japan and EC announces that it put an end to the project of building two nuclear plants in North Korea as planed in the 1994 agreement between USA and North Korea
2012: North Korea proclaimed itself a “nuclear state” this week following a revision of its constitution earlier this year.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/31/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-constitution/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
2013: More than 100 people whose relatives were killed during China’s 1989 crackdown on protestors in Tiananmen Square have lashed out at Xi Jinping, accusing the country’s new president of taking “giant steps backwards”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10091067/Tiananmen-Mothers-condemn-Chinas-President-Xi-Jinping.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22727940
2014: The United States accuses China of acting as a “destabilising” force in pursuing its territorial claims in the South China Sea, saying its failure to resolve disputes with its neighbours threatens the region’s long-term progress
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/05/us-china-destabilising-asia-pacific-region-20145317512706660.html
2016: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak rebukes Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s suggestion that he may reignite the Sabah dispute between the two nations
2017: At least 80 killed, hundreds injured in Kabul diplomatic quarter blast
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40102903
http://www.dw.com/en/huge-explosion-in-kabul-extensive-damage-to-german-embassy/a-39056329
Holidays and observances
Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day