ON 10 MARCH IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 10, 2019
1830: The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/nl-landmacht-knil.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2RYcv-yPQY
1906: Birth of Alejandro G. Abadilla, Filipino poet who died on August 26, 1969
http://kahimyang.info/kauswagan/articles/993/today-in-philippine-history-march-10-1906-alejandro-g-abadilla-was-born-in-rosario-cavite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_G._Abadilla
1909: By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Siamese_Treaty_of_1909
1917: Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines’s earliest encomiendas
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Encomienda
1945: Japan declares Vietnam independence
1948: Laos becomes a member of the French Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Union
1949 : Birth of Sam Rainsy, Cambodian politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rainsy
1951: Birth of Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress, Miss Universe 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Diaz
http://www.globalbeauties.com/mbmu/2011/03/55th-place-gloria-diaz-miss-universe-1969/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSpocfZ8Qu8
1965: During the Konfrontasi, in Singapore a bomb placed by two Indonesian marines explodes in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building known as MacDonald House. The explosion killed 3 people and injured 33 others
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_62_2004-12-17.html
https://roots.sg/learn/stories/macdonald-house-bombing/story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4NSDSj0lgA
1966: North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_A_Shau
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=0ahUKEwj667fVprTLAhVJtRoKHRiLDMUQFghTMAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catkillers.org%2Fhistory-1966-Battle-of-A-Shau.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHyjd0GrJqo6qsT124k3r49xNdAwA&sig2=S55ozbEloVQPru0RJnxHOw
1966: Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Chanh_Thi
1968: During the Vietnam War, Battle of Lima Site 85, a victorious attack by forces of the Vietnam People’s Army on a clandestine United States base in the neutral Kingdom of Laos
http://historywarsweapons.com/battle-of-lima-site-85/
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/95unclass/Linder.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC3mqwVuLgU
1970: Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/MYLAI.HTM
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-captain-charged-with-my-lai-war-crimes
1971: Saigon announces that an South Vietnamese offensive in Laos in the purpose to cut the Ho Chi Minh track caused the death of 7,000 communist
1972: Marshal Lon Nol takes all powers in Phnom Penh and becomes President of the Khmer Republic up to the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/banyan2.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7288655
1974: Last Japanese soldier, Hiroo Onada, a guerilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/onoda.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/a-japanese-soldier-who-continued-fighting-wwii-29-years-after-the-japanese-surrendered-because-he-didnt-know/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivAuQRrNevA
1975: North Vietnamese take the larger part of Ban Me Thuot, capital of High-Plateau in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-surround-ban-me-thuot
1983: General Suharto, only one candidate is reelected President of Indonesia for the fourth time for five years
1986: Birth of JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JC_de_Vera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCTSmBvM1jY
1998: Suharto, only one candidate is reelected unanimously President of Indonesia for the seven time, but will be obliged to resign two months later
2010: Myanmar’s military government announces a new election law that bars Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s detained opposition leader, from standing in polls expected later this year. The Political Parties Registration Law excludes anyone convicted of a crime from joining a political party and thus, from contesting in elections
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/03/2010310513981448.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8559048.stm
2013: Death of Danny Zialcita, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter, born on November 24, 1939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Zialcita
http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/24309-danny-zialcita-tribute
http://starforallseasons.com/2013/02/15/danny-zialcitas-vilma-santos-films/
2013: Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/10/aung-san-suu-kyi-reelected-burma-opposition
2015: At least 16 police officers and eight protesters are reportedly hurt, after Myanmar police clashed with students, monks and journalists as they broke up protesters calling for academic freedom
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/myanmar-police-crack-student-protesters-150310123609713.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31812028