ON 1st DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
To see another date, on Internet (Google…), type “On (day + month) in Asian history”
Updated on December 1, 2018
1433: Death of Japanese 100th emperor Go-Komatsu, born on August 1, 1377
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Komatsu
1521: Birth of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord who died on May 13, 1973
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Takeda_Shingen
1602: Death of Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord, born in 1577
http://www.samurai-archives.com/hideaki.html
1687: Siam enters into another treaty with France giving more privileges to the French East India Company
http://epicworldhistory.blogspot.fr/2012/06/french-east-india-company.html
1870 : Birth of Jose Alejandrino, Filipino engineer and a general in the revolutionary army of General Emilio Aguinaldo, who died on June 1, 1951
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1630/today-in-philippine-history-december-1-1870-jose-alejandrino-was-born-in-binondo-manila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alejandrino
1886: Birth of Zhu De, Chinese Marshal, who died on July 6, 1976
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_De
1887: By the Treaty of Beijing, Portugal gets definitively Macao
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Portuguese_Treaty_of_Peking
1916: Birth of Wan Li, Chinese government official, who died on July 17, 2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Li
1920: Birth of Le Duc Anh, president of Vietnam (1992-1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Duc_Anh
1922: Agreement on detailed arrangements for the settlement of outstanding question relative to Shantung (Shandong) between China and Japan
1927: Chiang Kai-shek marries Soong May-ling
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11293.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong_Mei-ling
1933: Birth of Japanese cartoon artist Fujio Fujiko who died in September 1996
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297742/bio
1935: In China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is elected chairman of Kuomintang
1936: Birth of Akira Kubo, Japanese actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473530/
1937: Japan recognizes Franco government
1941: Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
1942: Foundation of the Communist party of Thailand by Indian-born Prasert Sapsunthorn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Thailand
1943: Death of Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian, founder of the modern Thai education system as well as the modern provincial administration, born on June 21, 1859
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Damrong_Rajanubhab
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Rajanubhab_Damrong.html
1943: “Cairo Communiqué.” result of the Cairo Conference to discuss their policy on Japan, by the President of the U.S. Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the U.K. Winston Churchill, and President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek. The declaration mentioned the unconditional surrender of Japan
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/shiryo/01/002_46shoshi.html
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/shiryo/01/002_46/002_46tx.html
1945: Birth of Junko Fuji, Japanese actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fuji_Junko
1945: The Communist Party of Malaya, gives back the weapons provided by the British to fight the Japanese
1947: Birth of Jinpachi Nezu, Japanese actor
http://eiga.wikia.com/wiki/Jinpachi_Nezu
1951: Birth of Albert Ho, Hong Kong politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ho
1956: Mohammad Hatta, vice-president of Indonesia, resigns. (No more vice-president again until 1973)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hatta-Mo.html
1957: Indonesian authorities take retaliations against Dutch after a failed bomb attack against failed killing of president Sukarno
1959: Death of Jose Nepomuceno, Filipino film maker and producer, pioneer in the Philippine film industry and is therefore called the “father of the Philippine movie”, born on May 15, 1893
http://pelikulaatbp.blogspot.fr/2008/09/jose-nepomuceno-father-of-rp-movies.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/788/today-in-philippine-history-december-1-1959-jose-nepomuceno-died-at-the-age-of-66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkLlnvUW84
1961: The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea
1963: Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India
https://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/1st-december-1963-nagaland-became-the-16th-state-of-india
1964: US president Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-administration-makes-plans-to-bomb-north-vietnam
1965: US government says it is ready to a new Geneva conference on Vietnam and accuses China to help Hanoi
1965: The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the border
1966: Death of Pai Chung-hsi (Bai Chongxi), Chinese Muslim general, born on March 18, 1893
http://wikivisually.com/wiki/Pai_Chung-hsi
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11308.html
1968: Death of Kim Seung-ho, South Korean actor, born on July 13, 1917
http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/Kimseungho/fiche.html
1970: The People’s Republic of China is recognized by Ethiopia
1971: The Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and Ba Ray
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/situation-in-cambodia-worsens
1971: The Indian Army recaptures part of Kashmir occupied forcibly by Pakistan
1973: Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia
1975: Trip of US president Gerald Ford to China (up to 5). He meets Mao Zedong
http://www.upi.com/Archives/Audio/Events-of-1975/Ford-Visits-China/
1977: Death of Yuko Mochizuki, Japanese actress, born on January 28, 1917
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595105/
1981: Birth of Park Hyo Shin, Korean singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Hyo-shin
http://es.drama.wikia.com/wiki/Park_Hyo_Shin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LjpcqxK3RQ
1988: Beginning of a three-day visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen to Moscow, the first after 30 years
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-12-02/news/8802210475_1_sino-soviet-summit-khmer-rouge-cambodia-issue
1989: Right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed forces Movement (RAM) attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d’etat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_the_Armed_Forces_Movement
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/01/philippines-cia-declassified-reveals-aquino-us-airstrikes-rebels-1989/
1990: Death of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian diplomat and politician, Nehru’s sister, born on August 18, 1900
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/obituaries/vijay-lakshmi-pandit-politician-and-nehru-s-sister-is-dead-at-90.html
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/vijaylaxmi-pandit.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAfYWATSJ8c
1997: In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxmanpur_Bathe
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/laxmanpur-bathe-massacre-no-one-killed-58-dalits-1166975.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/patna-court-frees-all-ranveer-sena-convicts-laxmanpur-bathe-dalit-massacre/1/313889.html
1999: Indonesian President Wahid begins state visit to China; issues press release stating that restrictions against ethnic Chinese and expressions of Chinese culture in Indonesia will be lifted
2001: Birth of Princess Aiko, the only one child of crown prince Naruhito
https://imperialfamilyjapan.wordpress.com/tag/princess-aiko/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ENXohZQaU
2001: Death of Lin Haiyin, Taiwanese writer, born on March 18, 1918
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/311858.Lin_Haiyin
http://www.liquisearch.com/lin_haiyin
2009: US President Barack Obama orders 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan but warns America would begin to withdraw its military forces by 2011
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8389778.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/world/asia/02prexy.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
2011: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to improve ties with Burma if current reforms continue. After meeting Burmese President Thein Sein, Mrs Clinton said the US would reward Burma’s leaders if they kept “moving in the right direction”
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/01/world/asia/myanmar-clinton-visit/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15978893
2013: China launches Yutu or Jade Rabbit, its first lunar rover, as part of the Chang’e 3 lunar exploration mission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutu_(rover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCSqW1HEdU
2014: A row between London and Beijing over China’s refusal to allow British MPs to visit Hong Kong escalates with Downing Street describing the decision as “mistaken” and “counter-productive”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11265202/China-warns-Britain-to-stay-out-of-its-affairs.html
2016 : Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn is proclaimed king of Thailand, ascending the throne 50 days after his father’s death
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38168912
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2050883/new-era-thai-monarchy-crown-prince-set-be-proclaimed-king 
2017: On Bangladesh visit, Pope urges ‘decisive measures’ to tackle Rohingya crisis
http://www.france24.com/en/20171130-pope-francis-bangladesh-rohingya-muslim
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/pope-francis-awaits-rousing-reception-in-bangladesh-as-he-arrives-dhaka-roman-catholic-church-1498540
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/43/81/21/1512053986586.html
Holidays and observances
Thailand: Damrong Rajanubhab Day
World AIDS Day