ON 11 JUNE IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on June 11, 2019
631: Emperor Taizong of Tang dynasty sends envoy to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk and obtains that 800,000 enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang are freed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong’s_campaign_against_Xueyantuo
758: Ablasid Arabs and Uygur Turks arrive at Chang’an, the Tang dynasty capital in order to offer tribute to the imperial court
1594: Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%C3%ADa
1662: Birth of Tokugawa Ienobu, Edo shogun who died on November 12, 1712
https://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=126
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ienobu
1868: Death of James Brooke, first White Rajah of Sarawak (in Borneo Island) since August 1841, born on 29 April 1803
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brooke
1897: Birth of Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist and poet, one founder of Hindustan Republican Association, who died on December 19, 1927
http://www.poemhunter.com/ram-prasad-bismil/biography/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/ram-prasad-bismil.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Republican_Association
1898: Chinese Emperor Guangxu launches a reforms period which will last 100 days
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/known/guangxu.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days%27_Reform
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5197.html
1899: Birth of Yasunari Kawabata, Nobel Prize in Literature 1968, who committed suicide in April 1972
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasunari_Kawabata
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442704/bio
1922: General Li Yuanhong becomes president of the Republic of China for the second time, till June 13, 1923
http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/l/li.html
1937 : Bith of Ganesh Pyne, Indian artist, who died on March 12, 2013
http://www.indiaart.com/Articles-and-Features/Ganesh-Pyne-brush-with-mythology/Ganesh-Pyne-brush-with-mythology.asp
http://www.akarprakar.com/portfolio_item/ganesh-pyne/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFQcQfhiv0A
1938: In the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Wuhan starts
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=176
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1WlnhuqZAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEn-e44tWXg
1944: Fifteen US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas
1947: Birth of Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/laloo-prasad-yadav/biography.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3514292.stm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/11-june-1948-lalu-prasad-yadav-chief-minister-of-bihar-was-born
1949: Choekyi Gyaltsen is enthroned 10th panchen lama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choekyi_Gyaltsen,_10th_Panchen_Lama
1951: Birth of Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese appropriation artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasumasa_Morimura
1956: Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that targeted minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_Oya_riots
1962: Death of Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor, born on July 12, 1900
http://upperstall.com/profile/chhabi-biswas/
http://www.indiavideo.org/text/chhabi-biswas-actor-1287.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGx2gHYb9RI
1963: Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc immolates himself on a Saigon street to protest the dictatorial regime of South Vietnamese Catholic president Ngo Dinh Diem
http://www.onthisdeity.com/11th-june-1963-%E2%80%93-the-revolutionary-suicide-of-thich-quang-duc/
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-burning-monk-1963/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E37cMtCrKoA
1964: Death of Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram, twice premier of Thailand (1938-1944 and 1948-1957), born on July 14, 1897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaek_Pibulsonggram
1965: Birth of Joey Santiago, Filipino artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Santiago
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sooz/1857390/
1969: Beijing announces that in the night of 10 to 11 a new border incident append with Soviet Union in Xinjiang
1970: Beginning of the Battle for the control of Kompong Speu in Cambodia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kompong_Speu
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-for-control-of-kompong-speu-in-cambodia
1975: Birth of Choi Ji-Woo, Korean actress
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/choi-ji-woo-34285.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNmoN-nHrHo
1975: In Hanoi, opening of talks between Vietnam and Cambodia
1978: Altaf Hussain founds the students’ political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Pakistan_Muttahidda_Students_Organization
http://www.dawn.com/news/743914/born-to-run-the-rise-and-leveling-of-the-apmso
1981: Ministerial reshuffle in Aghanistan. Babrak Karmal quits as premier minister, a position he had while chairman of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in favor of sultan Ali Keshtmand
http://www.khaama.com/sultan-ali-keshtmand
1983: Death of the Chinese painter Li Kuchan, born in 1898
http://www.shelleydrakehawks.com/li-kuchan-gallery.html
https://www.google.fr/search?q=Li+Kuchan+biography&biw=1188&bih=566&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI7q2ssdKFxgIVyrIUCh0sRQAc&dpr=1.15
1988: Birth of Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yui_Aragaki
1989: China issue warrant for Tian’anmen dissident and astrophysicist Fang Lizhi who had taken refuge in the US embassy in Beijing
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/apr/13/on-fang-lizhi/
1991: Death in jail of Maung Thaw Ka, Burmese former Navy officer and democracy fighter, born in 1928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maung_Thaw_Ka
http://www.irrawaddy.org/feature/magazine-feature/tribute-maung-thaw-ka.html
1995: Death of Rodel Naval, Filipino Singer, born on February 16, 1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodel_Naval
http://rodelnaval.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmnQX7Qpyzc
1996: Seoul announces a 3 million USD food help to North Korea
1998: Pakistan announces a moratorium on nuclear testing and offers to talk with India over disputed Kashmir
2008: Death of former Vietnamese premier Vo Van Kiet (1991-1997), born on November 23, 1922
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7447572.stm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5662.html
2010: Death of Shunsuke Ikeda, Japanese actor and model, born on November 11, 1941
http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2010/06/rest-in-peace-actor-shunsuke-ikeda.html
2010: Taiwan’s high court has reduced the prison sentence for Chen Shui-bian, the former president, from life to 20 years
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/06/201061142346945130.html
2012: Indian and Pakistani defence officials hold a fresh round of talks seeking to end decades of dispute over the Siachen Glacier, dubbed the world’s highest battlefield.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9323679/India-and-Pakistan-in-talks-over-Siachen-Glacier.html
2012: Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong marched to the China’s central government office yesterday (June 10) to demand an investigation into the suspicious death of a pro-democracy dissident Li Wangyang in Hunan province.
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/More-than-25-thousand-in-Hong-Kong-march-to-demand-an-investigation-into-the-death-of-Li-Wangyang-24996.html
2013: China launches a manned space mission, continuing its ambitious goal of building its own space station. China launched the manned Shenzhou-10 spacecraft from a satellite launch center in the Gobi desert. The space craft is carrying two men and one woman and will travel through space for 15 days.
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/10/world/asia/china-space-mission/index.html
http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/11/china-launches-sacred-space-mission/
2014: Death of Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan buddhist shamarpa and educator, born on October 27, 1952
http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/category/buddhist-teachers/shamar-rinpoche/
2014: Protesters turned Hong Kong’s constitutional document into toilet paper in an angry demonstration against Beijing’s publication of a controversial White Paper reasserting China’s control over the city
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-27790302
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/11/world/asia/hong-kong-beijing-two-systems-paper/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
2015: China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang is jailed for life – the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/11/china-s-crackdown-on-corruption-ex-security-chief-handed-life-sentence/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33095453
2018: Hong Kong jails top independence activist Edward Leung for six years
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/hong-kong-jails-activists-edward-leung-years-years-180611050444768.html
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1401002-20180611.htm
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/11/edward-leung-meteoric-rise-fall-hong-kong-independence-leader/