ON 16 JUNE IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on June 16, 2019
1407: During the Ming–Hồ War, retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%E2%80%93H%E1%BB%93_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_dynasty
1801: In now Vietnam, Nguyen dynasty is installed in Hue (Annam), it will later seize Tonkin
http://orderofthedragon.homestead.com/nguyen.html
http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/14.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhydMuiR0dQ
899: During the Philipine Americain war, Filipinos attack San Fernando
http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/battlesatsanfernando.htm
1908: Birth of Sarit Thanarat (Dhanarajata), Thailand’s PM (1958-1963) who died on December 8, 1963
http://www.academia.edu/10191362/Field_Marshal_Sarit_Thanarat_1908-1963_
1948: In Malaya, after three European planters were murdered by communist rebels, state of emergency is declared in Perak and Johor
1961: US President Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train South Vietnamese troops
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-agrees-to-send-instructors-to-train-troops
1970: In Cambodia, North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks almost completely isolate Phnom Penh
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-isolate-phnom-penh
1978: Beijing demands the closing of the Vietnamese consulates in South China
1978: Birth of Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Leong
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/05/09/1042@355492.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLH6OmOCL-E
1981: In the Philippines, First elections after dictator Marcos lifted martial law. The opposition boycotts the election and Marcos wins a huge majority for another six year term as President
1982: Birth of Jodi Santamaria, Filipina actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Santamaria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sox5aYF6qTI
2004: Death of Field Marshal Thanom Kittichorn, twice premier of Thailand, born on August 11, 1912
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/21/guardianobituaries.johnaglionby
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E4DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B6
2011: Abu Bakar Bashir, the controversial Indonesian cleric, is jailed for 15 years on charges he helped plan and fund a camp of fighters in the western Aceh province which aimed to kill the country’s president.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/201161643518233306.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13781199
2012: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gives her Nobel speech in Norway, more than two decades after she won the peace prize
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/16/world/europe/norway-suu-kyi-nobel/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-accepts-nobel-peace-prize.html?ref=asia
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/06/201261610252337322.html
2015 : In the Philippines, The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) begins the first phase of a staggered decommissioning of its weapons, marking the group’s commitment to end the armed conflict that has plagued the region for décades
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33144749