ON 17 AUGUST IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 17, 2019
1798: The Vietnamese Roman Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Lady of La Vang
http://www.divinemysteries.info/our-lady-of-la-vang-vietnam-1798/
http://catholicism.org/our-lady-of-la-vang-the-catholic-side-of-vietnam.html
1938: Birth of Abu Bakar Bashir, spiritual leader of the Islamist terrorist movement Jemaah Islamiyah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakar_Bashir
1945: Sukarno proclaims Indonesia independence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Declaration_of_Independence
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sukarno%27s_Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oXN2-ifFYI
1945: General Leclerc is appointed commander in chief for French forces in Far East, and Admiral d’Argenlieu administrator of French Indo-China
1945: President Jose P. Laurel announces the dissolution of the Republic of the Philippines established during the Japanese occupation
1949: Death of Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician, born on November 28, 1891
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Perfecto
1950: The United States of Indonesia changes itself in the Republic (united) of Indonesia
1953: Birth of Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic who died on November 19, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korrie_Layun_Rampan
1960: Indonesia break up its diplomatic relations with Netherlands
1970: Death of Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker, born on May 22, 1908
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.fr/2008/05/ratana-pestonji-father-of-contemporary.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676112/
1973: The United States and Thailand agree to begin negotiations on the reduction of American troops in Thailand
1991: Birth of Qory Sandioriva, Indonesian beauty queen, Puteri Indonesia 2009
http://qorysandioriva.com/
1996: Birth of Ella Cruz, Filipina child actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Cruz
1999: Sellapan Rama Nathan is elected president of Singapore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellapan_Ramanathan
2009: Thousands of supporters of Thailand’s former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, have joined a rally in Bangkok to present a petition to the king, seeking a royal pardon for his 2008 corruption conviction
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/20098174323179370.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8204589.stm
2015 : A bomb explodes close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 100
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33963280
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/17/asia/thailand-bangkok-bomb/index.html
Holidays and observances
Indonesia : Independence Day