ON 24 MARCH IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 24, 2019
1885: During the Sino-French War, Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bang_Bo_(Zhennan_Pass)
1905: Birth of Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer, died on January 15, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Santillan-Castrence
1926: Death of Phan Chu Trinh, Vietnamese nationalist, born on September 9, 1872
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Chu_Trinh
1934: Bao Dai, emperor of Vietnam, marries a Catholic South Vietnamese girl named Jeanette Nguyen-Huu-Hao, the later Empress Nam-Phuong
https://saigoneer.com/old-saigon/old-saigon-categories/10536-photos-vietnam’s-last-imperial-wedding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Phuong
1934: The Tydings McDuffie Act, otherwise known as the Philippine Independence Act, is approved by the US Congress, providing for the independence of the Philippines from the United States by 1946
http://www.chanrobles.com/tydingsmcduffieact.htm
1935: First day of self governance for the Philippines
1944: Maj. Gen. Orde Wingate, leader of the 77th Indian Brigade, also called the Chindits, dies in a transport plane crash. He was 41 years old
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wingate-dies-in-burma
http://ww2live.com/en/content/major-general-charles-orde-wingate-dso-2-bars
1955: In Cambodia, Prince Sihanouk forms his own political movement Sangkum Reastr Niyum (Popular Socialist Coordination)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangkum
1975: The North Vietnamese “Ho Chi Minh Campaign” begins. Despite the 1973 Paris Peace Accords cease fire, the fighting had continued between South Vietnamese forces and the North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-launch-ho-chi-minh-campaign
1974: Birth of Tado, Filipino comedian and actor who died in a bus accident on February 7, 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tado_(comedian)
1975: Birth of Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisdayanti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j80HqZrw9kA
1986: In the Philippines, the February 7, presidential election giving Ferdinand Marcos as the winner is nullified in favor of Corazon Aquino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_presidential_election,_1986
1990: Birth of Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aljur_Abrenica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bnHPeXBecw
2004: Former Indonesia president Suharto tops of the most corrupted leaders by Transparency International
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3567745.stm