ON 1st JULY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 1, 2018
1822: Birth of Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet who died on July 3, 1888
http://www.poemhunter.com/nguyen-dinh-chieu/biography/
1863: Slavery officially ends in the Netherlands Indies
1902: The US Congress passes the Philippines Government Act (or Cooper Act), providing that the Philippines be governed by a commission appointed by the President, with consent from the senate
http://nhcp.gov.ph/the-philippine-bill-of-1902-turning-point-in-philippine-legislation/
http://www.chanrobles.com/philippinebillof1902.htm#.WVc0heTzk2w
1915: Birth of Nguyễn Văn Linh, Vietnamese revolutionary and politician, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991, who died on April 27, 1998
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Linh
1945: Australian troops land at Balikpapan on Borneo, Indonesia
http://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/borneo-1945-amphibious-success-story
http://www.couriermail.com.au/extras/ww2/balikpapanfighttothefinish.htm?nk=530c9c72c3de099554c49b8e769dc706-1467486279
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhzgkL278M
1947: The Philippine Air Force is established
1964: In Paris, French president General De Gaulle and prince Sihanouk suggest a new conference of Geneva aiming to safeguard the neutrality of Cambodia and Laos
1968: The CIA’s Phoenix Program is officially established
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Program
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/vietnam-phoenix.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTE–9sPgPg
1975: Thailand establishes diplomatic relations with Communist China
1986: Birth of Agnes Monica, Indonesian singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Monica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1I3lFJ-dww