ON 2 DECEMBER IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 2, 2018
1228: Thai Prince Sukaphaa reaches Assam after a 13-year expedition from Mong Mao (southern China) and begins the task of establishing the Ahom kingdom (current Assam)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukaphaa
1899: Battle of Tirad Pass. Filipino General Gregorio del Pilar is killed in action against US forces, born on November 14, 1875
http://filipinoscribbles.wordpress.com/tag/battle-of-tirad-pass/
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/790/today-in-philippine-history-december-2-1899-the-battle-of-tirad-pass-took-place
http://opmanong.ssc.hawaii.edu/filipino/triad.html
1940: The Thai government closes its delegation in France and a French patrol ship is attacked by a Thai airplane
1953: Death of Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (1945), born on January 1, 1883
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Tr%E1%BB%8Dng_Kim
1962: Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war’s progress
1975: In Laos, the government of Prince Souvanna Phouma is dissolved. Abdication of King Savang Vatthana and the monarchy is abolished. The country becomes a people’s democratic republic with Souphanouvong as president and Kaysone Phomvihane as prime minister
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19751203&id=IJBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6704,303233
http://books.google.fr/books?id=jEGwwJjEbjkC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Lao+monarchy+abolished&source=bl&ots=Umt6gjRc0A&sig=ngZBRFO4YFRhjp6KcexzxuTGXf4&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=17J8VMTaB8jeat2igNAO&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Lao%20monarchy%20abolished&f=false
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50543960@N00/2880566689
1985: General Fabian Ver, chief of the Philippines armed forces, and 24 others military are acquitted of charges related to the 1983 shooting death of opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19851202&id=DF4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6E4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2168,8810
http://www.fampeople.com/cat-fabian-ver
1989: At the town of Had Yai in Southern Thailand, Chin Peng, communist leader, signs separate peace agreements between the MCP and both governments. The MCP laid down its arms
2008: Thailand’s Constitutional Court orders the dissolution of the ruling People Power party (PPP) for electoral fraud. The court also rules that Somchai Wongsawat, the prime minister, and 36 other party members be banned from politics for five years
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812253333787863.html
Holidays and observances
Laos National Day