ON 30 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 30, 2018
758: Guangzhou (Canton) is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates
1218: Birth of the 85th Japanese emperor Chukyo, who died on June 18, 1235
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Chukyo
1226: Tran Thu Do, head of the Tran clan of Vietnam, forces Ly Hue Tong, the last emperor of the Ly dynasty, to commit suicide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Th%E1%BB%A7_%C4%90%E1%BB%99
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_Hu%E1%BB%87_T%C3%B4ng
1502: Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India for the second time
1654: Death of the 110th Japanese emperor Go-Komyo (1643-1654), born on April 20, 1633
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Komyo_of_Japan
1859: Rear Admiral Rigault de Genouilly quits his command in Annam (Vietnam) cheered by his soldiers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rigault_de_Genouilly
1883: Death of Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar, born on February 12, 1824
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayananda_Saraswati
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqat4mBCp50
1887: Birth of Sukumar Ray, Bengali Writer who died on September 11, 1923
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukumar_Ray
http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/translations/essays/pZinia_sukumar.html
1909: Birth of Homi J. Bhabha, physicist, father of the Indian nuclear programme, who died on January 24, 1966
http://www.famousscientists.org/homi-jehangir-bhabha/
http://in.rediff.com/news/homi06.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/science-technology/homi-j-bhabha.html
1911: The Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, aged five, grants a new Constitutional monarchy constitution officially ending three centuries of the Manchu dynasty
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/chinese-rev
1919 : Following the passage of Act No. 2871 of the Philippine Legislature, Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison restores the use of the Filipino Flag
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/718/today-in-philippine-history-october-30-1919-flag-day-was-declared-by-governorgeneral-francis-burton-harrison
1932: Birth of Barun De, Indian historian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barun_De
1945: British Major General Hawthorn flies to Surabaya from Jakarta. Sukarno, Hatta, Mallaby, and Hawthorn sign a cease-fire. Five hours later British Brigadier Mallaby is killed. British bombard Surabaya as punishment, thousands are left dead or homeless
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya
1945: Death of Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer of “Yellow River”, born on June 13, 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_Xinghai
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUiBjzDRLt1YRFp1VMvRig
1949: Birth of Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician, who died on 3 May 2006 after been shot by his brother
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan
1951: Birth of Liu Xiaoqing, Chinese actress
http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20100513-chinas-liu-xiaoqing
http://www.danwei.org/magazines/liu_xiaoqing_billionaire_actre.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKTPW7qV8dk
1954: In Pondicherry (India), for the last time, at 6 o’clock, as the sun sets, the French flag is lifted off the mast
http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/26/stories/2005072605720200.htm
http://nitawriter.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/puducherry-is-quite-french/
1963: Death of U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician, born on October 30, 1908
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._Muthuramalingam_Thevar
1963: During the Vietnam War, First massive attack of the National Liberation Front against Bien
1964: Tran Van Huong is appointed premier of South Vietnam
http://alchetron.com/Tran-Van-Huong-979624-W
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Tran_Van_Huong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_V%C4%83n_H%C6%B0%C6%A1ng
1964: Birth of Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi Writer & Journalist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humayun_Kabir_Dhali
1965: During the Vietnam War, just miles from Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marines-repel-attack-near-da-nang#tdih-calendar
1969: Birth of Ha Hie-ra (Han Hee Ra), South Korean actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1141498/bio
http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=836
1969: Birth of Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanori_Hikichi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFwHZQ88RUA
1970: In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War
1974: Death of Begum Akhtar, Indian singer, born on October 7, 1914
http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-music/indian-singers/begum-akhtar.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65A2OgG8c0
1979: Birth of Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620090/
http://asianwiki.com/Yukie_Nakama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukie_Nakama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHAn4uZ_V7E
1981: Birth of Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ji-hyun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfIgbKcShE&feature=related
1988: Sun Myung Moon, head of the Unification Church, concecrats the marriage of 6,516 couples in Seoul
1990: Death of V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer, born on November 18, 1901
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Shantaram
http://chiloka.com/celebrity/v-shantaram#person_details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMy9lJO0-gY
2005: Death of Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian communist leader, born in 1942
http://www.bannedthought.net/India/PeoplesMarch/PM1999-2006/archives/2005/nov-dec2k5/ks.htm
2006: Death of Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar, born on August 2, 1914
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Kinoshita
http://www.shakespeare-company.net/english/president-s-essay/a-word-or-two-on-mr-junji-kinoshita/
2009: South Korea announces its decision to dispatch military forces to Afghanistan to augment Korean civilian operations, but said the troops would be strictly noncombat. Korea will send about 300 troops and police officers
2009: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou calls on China to withdraw missiles targeting the island to ensure peace between the two former bitter rivals
2012: Death of Samina Raja, Pakistani poet, born on September 11, 1961
http://dawn.com/news/760521/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/458817/poet-samina-raja-passes-away/
2013: In a rare crossing to North, a group of South Korean lawmakers cross the fortified border into North Korea to visit a jointly run industrial park that recently re-opened after military tensions caused a five-month closure
2018: Louis Cha, knowed as Jin Yong the newsman and master storyteller whose unputdownable wuxia novels made him the most popular living Chinese author in his lifetime, has died in Hong Kong at the age of 94
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/55/155/97/1540912772843.html?newsId=52223
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/obituary-jin-yong-fused-martial-arts-fantasy-history-and-romance-into-must-read-novels