ON 13 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 13, 2018
769: Death of Du Hongjian, Chinese chancellor, born in 709
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Hongjian
1627: Wei Zhongxian, maybe the most powerfull eunuch in Chinese history, commits suicide
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11668.html
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Ming/personsweizhongxian.html
1678: Birth of Yongzheng, 4th Qing emperor (1722-1735)
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yongzheng_Emperor
http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh98/yongzheng/en0201.htm
1769: After the defeat of its fourth invasion army. China renounces to invade Burma
1863: Gojong is enthroned as emperor of Korea
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/12/176_35304.html
1897: In China, Port-Arthur (Lüshun) is occupied by the Russian
1920: Birth of Kaysone Phomvihana, Laos Prime minister (1975-1991) and president from 1991 to 1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaysone_Phomvihane
1921: By a Four-Powers Pact, Britain, France, Japan and the United States pledge mutual respect for the possessions and mandates of other signatories in the Pacific
1929: Birth of Ngo Quang Truong, South Vietnam general who died on January 22, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_Quang_Tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng
1931: Japanese Government of Tsuyoshi Inukai is formed
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/17.html
1936: Birth of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV), Imam (leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims
http://www.anusha.com/agakhan.htm
1937: Japanese troops take Nanjing and start mass killings and rapes
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/nanjing-massacre
http://www.pacificwar.org.au/JapWarCrimes/TenWarCrimes/Rape_Nanking.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbzv5-Oh60I
1944: Birth of Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artistand film actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang_Lee
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=504
1944: Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
http://kamikazeimages.net/books/ships/nashville/index.htm
1954: Agreement between USA, France and Vietnam to provide military assistance to South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem government
1960: In Laos, Phoumi Nosavan attacks Vientiane. After the victory, he will install a rightist government with Boun Oum as Prime Minister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Oum
1960: Birth of Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian film actor
https://www.celebrityborn.com/biography/venkatesh-daggubati/1587
http://celebprofile.blogspot.fr/2011/03/victory-venkatesh-telugu-actor-photos.html
1964: Birth of Hide (Hideto Matsumoto), Japanese musician who commited suicide on May 2, 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musician)
1968: Birth of Chen Hong, Chinese actress, wife of Chen Kaige
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Hong_(actress)
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=8234
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNY8MjU7c4
1972: Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris deadlocked
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peace-negotiations-in-paris-deadlocked
1974: North Vietnamese begins attack on Phuoc Long Province
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-commence-attack-on-phuoc-long-province
1980: Birth of Bosco Wong, Hong Kong singer and actor
https://www.spcnet.tv/Bosco-Wong-Chung-Chak-ac11.html#.VIscP73LRMs
1986: Death of Smita Patil, Indian actress, born on October 17, 1955
http://www.hindilyrics.net/profiles/smita-patil.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smita_Patil
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/13th-december-1986-smita-patil-actress-passed-away
1991: North and South Korea sign a treaty of non aggression and reconciliation after 46 years of conflict
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/13/world/koreas-sign-pact-renouncing-force-in-a-step-to-unity.html
1993: President Fidel V. Ramos signs into law Republic Act No. 7659 imposing death penalty on heinous crimes
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/817/today-in-philippine-history-december-13-1993-president-fidel-v-ramos-signed-into-law-republic-act-no-7659-imposing-death-penalty-on-heinous-crimes
http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1993/ra_7659_1993.html
1995: China’s most influential democracy activist, Wei Jingsheng, who already had spent 16 years in prison, is sentenced to 14 more years
1996: Death of Chinese playwright Cao Yu, born on September 24, 1910
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11696.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/16/theater/cao-yu-86-modernized-chinese-drama.html
2001: Suicide attack on Indian parliament by Kashmiri militants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/newsid_3695000/3695057.stm
http://www.dw.com/en/suicide-bombers-attack-indian-parliament/a-352279
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0i40K1W0QY
2006: Sultan Nizam Zainal Abidin (elected on 3 November) starts his 5 years term as king of Malaysia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizan_Zainal_Abidin_of_Terengganu
2008: Burma’s military government frees Sandar Win, the daughter of the late leader Ne Win, who has been under house arrest for more than six years. Her husband and three sons were sentenced to death, although they have not yet been executed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7781368.stm
2008: The United States say that it will suspend fuel aid shipments to energy-strapped North Korea until Pyongyang agrees to a written plan to verify its nuclear disarmament
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812132740240913.html
2009: A cargo aircraft transporting over 35 tons of arms from North Korea is seized and its five-man crew detained after landing at Bangkok airport for refuelling
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/12/2009121343419230693.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/12/200912142174131953.html
2011: Death of Kabir Chowdhury, Bangladeshi academic, born on February 9, 1923
http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Kabir
2011: Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, 84, who was king previously in the 1970s, becomes the first person to hold the position twice and is crowned in a ceremony steeped in centuries-old Malay royal traditions
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20111213-316041.html
2012: Japan scrambles fighter jets in response to a Chinese plane in the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands dispute
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/world/asia/japan-scrambles-jets-in-island-dispute-with-china.html?_r=0
http://collapsechina.blogspot.fr/2012/12/tokyo-responds-to-chinese-plane-sending.html
2017: The Philippine Congress approves President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in the entire Mindanao island for one year, enraging civil society, church and militant groups
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/12/martial-law-philippines-extended/#cKAh2splrRIUzKu2.99
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/12/13/545458/Philippines-martial-law-Mindanao-Daesh-Duterte
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/12/14/1768251/duterte-wont-rule-out-nationwide-martial-law