ON 10 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 10, 2019
941: Birth of Le Hoan, emperor of Vietnam who died in 1005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Hoan
1519: Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan’s death in the Philippines
1830: Birth of Okubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji restoration, and who died assassinated on May 14, 1878
http://www.jref.com/history/okubo-toshimichi/
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Okubo_Toshimichi
1860: Birth of Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician, who died on September 19, 1936
http://maestroesclassicalsingers.weebly.com/vishnu-narayana-bhatkhande.html
http://www.india9.com/i9show/Pandit-Vishnu-Narayan-Bhatkhande-36159.htm
1894: Birth of Varahagiri Ventaka Giri, fourth president of India (1969-1974), who died on June 23, 1980
http://indohistory.com/varahagiri_venkata_giri.html
1904: During the Russo-Japanese War, Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets, won by the Japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yellow_Sea
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Yellow-Sea-1904
1905: Russo-Japanese War: Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth
http://portsmouthpeacetreaty.org/process/
1907: Birth of Su Yu, Chinese Communist military leader, who died on February 5, 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Yu
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/7741.html
1923 Birth of SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter who died on October 10, 1994
http://www.bangladesh.com/blog/sm-sultan-a-talented-artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Sultan
http://www.google.fr/search?q=sm+sultan&nord=1&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=FHjmU6HBCoew0QXQr4DABA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1242&bih=571&dpr=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzxKFwtfFmk
1932: Birth of Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal and Archbishop of Manila
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudencio_Rosales
1944: During the Pacific war, American forces, who landed on July 21, defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam
https://en.wiki2.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)
http://worldwar2headquarters.com/HTML/museums/lvt-museum/battle-guam.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpBy2WHEhkg
1945: The day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announces they would surrender. The only condition is that the status of Emperor Hirohito would remain unchanged
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-accepts-potsdam-terms-agrees-to-unconditional-surrender
1947: Birth of Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician, jailed leader of the opposition
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16440290
1948: Death of Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, born on December 20, 1873
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwan-Ichi_Asakawa
1953: During the First Indochina War, end of Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam which started on July 28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Camargue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxFIc1iQYf4
1954: Agreement between Netherlands and Indonesia that abrogates the Union linking the two countries
1955: Vietnamese Prime Minister Ngo Ding Diem says that the general elections on reunification will not be organized so long the communist regime will refuse to his people democratic rights and human rights
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/diem-refuses-to-negotiate-with-communists
1961: In Vietnam War, first use of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army
http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/Pages/agent-orange-background-monsanto-involvement.aspx
http://www.gao.gov/products/CED-78-158
1963: Birth of Phoolan Devi, the India Bandits Queen, killed on July 25, 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoolan_Devi
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/10th-august-1963-one-of-indias-most-notorious-bandits-phoolan-devi-is-born
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgo8iqDm99A
1972: North Vietnamese forces attempt to cut off Saigon
1978: Birth of Claire Yiu, Hong Kong actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Claire_Yiu
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/yiu_claire.htm
1980: Death of General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, president of Pakistan (mars 1969-décembre 1971), born on February 4, 1917
http://presidentyahya.com/
1981: Birth of Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsumi_Abe
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1iei_natsumi-abe-yume-naraba
1984: Khaleda Zia is elected chairwoman of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleda_Zia
1984: Birth of Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino TV host
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_Rodriguez
http://www.starmometer.com/2007/11/22/mariel-rodriguez-is-no-23-most-beautiful-pinay-of-2007/
1988: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II
http://www.children-of-the-camps.org/history/civilact.html
1990: Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries
1993: Birth of Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor and singer
http://yutonakajima.blogspot.com/
1996: The flag of the future Hong Kong Special Administration Region is approved
http://www.geographic.org/flags/new1/hong_kong_flags.html
1998: Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei
http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Haji_Al-Muhtadee_Billah,_Prince
1999: Death of Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar in India, born on October 10, 1899
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldev_Upadhyaya
1999: Near an Indian-Pakistan border area an Indian fighter jet shots down a Pakistani naval aircraft. 16 people are killed
2000: In Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake becomes prime minister until December 2001
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=174499793
2008: A series of bombing hits Xinjiang in China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7551954.stm
2008: In Beijing, US president Bush urges China leaders to allow greater freedom of religion
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/200881075033636175.html
2010: Japan apologizes to South Korea on colonization: “For the enormous damage and suffering caused during this colonial rule, I would like to express once again our deep remorse and heartfelt apology,” Mr. Kan said in a statement, issued ahead of the Aug. 29 centenary of Japan’s annexation of Korea
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/japan.korea.apology/index.html
2011 : China’s first aircraft carrier begins sea trials A highly symbolic step in what is certain to be a years-long effort to create a carrier presence in the Pacific waters off its coast
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/08/201181051542923303.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14470882
2011: South Korea and North Korea exchange artillery fire after the South said that a shell from the North landed near waters that it claims near an island that the North shelled in late 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14471940
2011: King Bhumibol Adulyadej swears in Thailand’s new cabinet, to be led by Yingluck Shinawatra, 44, the kingdom’s first female prime minister
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13723451
2012: Death of Suresh Dalal, Indian poet and writer, born on October 11, 1932
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-12/ahmedabad/33167065_1_gujarati-language-gujarati-department-gujarati-poetry
2012: President Lee Myung-Bak of South Korea paid an unprecedented visit to remote islands disputed with Japan, sparking anger in Tokyo which recalled its ambassador from Seoul in protest
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/201281081820614896.html
2016: South Korea’s ruling Saenuri Party elected a new leader, Lee Jung-hyun. The lawmaker has close ties with President Park Geun-hye
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160810000846
2016: Bangladesh sentences Sakhawat Hossain, a former parliament member belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami party, to death for war crimes in 1971
http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-penalty-shakhawat-1267804
2017: German doctor and nun Ruth Pfau, Pakistan’s ‘Mother Teresa’ dies aged 87
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40886234
https://www.dawn.com/news/1338320
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1477955/pakistani-lepers-messiah-dr-ruth-pfau-passes-away/
2018: UN says it has reports that China is holding 1 million Uygurs in ‘secret internment camps’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45147972
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159258/un-cites-reports-china-holding-1-million-uygurs-secret