ON 27 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 27, 2019
1280: Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugaku_Sogen
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3103.html
1549: Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reached Japan, but it is only until August 15 that he went ashore at Kagoshima
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm
1709: Nakamikado ascends to throne as 114th emperor of Japan (1709-1735), born on 14 January 1702, died on 10 May 1737
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Nakamikado
1853: Death of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12st shogun (1837-1853) of the Tokugawa shogunate, born in June 1793
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyoshi
1854: Birth of Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan, assassinated on February 26, 1936
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_Korekiyo
https://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=57
1856 : Birth of Pantaleon Garcia, Brigadier General of the Philippine Revolution who died on August 16, 1936
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1585/today-in-philippine-history-july-27-1872-pantaleon-lopez-was-born-in-pandacan
http://opac.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28500&query_desc=su%3A%22andres%20bonifacio%22
1872: Birth of Pantaleon Lopez, a Tagalog dramatist, and prolific playwright
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1585/today-in-philippine-history-july-27-1872-pantaleon-lopez-was-born-in-pandacan
1880: During the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Battle of Maiwand. In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand
http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/maiwand.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand
1905: Visiting US Secretary of State W.H Taft agree with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura to let Japan have free rein in Korea in return for Japan’s non-interference with the US in the Philippines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Katsura_agreement
https://books.google.fr/books?id=dorpBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=US+Secretary+of+State+W.H+Taft+secret+agreement+with+Japanese+Prime+Minister+Katsura&source=bl&ots=rFd8m5E_Dv&sig=AcbXEnhuOLMj700cskzCnRCLWec&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CDcQ6AEwA2oVChMI2tPd6_v9xgIVTAUsCh1scwzw#v=onepage&q=US%20Secretary%20of%20State%20W.H%20Taft%20secret%20agreement%20with%20Japanese%20Prime%20Minister%20Katsura&f=false
1914: Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1248/today-in-philippine-history-july-27-1914-felix-manalo-founded-iglesia-ni-cristo-in-punta-sta-ana-manila
http://iglesia-ni-cristo.wikia.com/wiki/Felix_Y._Manalo
1923: Birth of Masutatsu Oyama, founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate, who died on 26 April 1994
http://www.fightingmaster.com/Masters/oyama/index.htm
http://martialarts.about.com/od/martialartsbasics/p/Biography-And-Profile-Of-Mas-Oyama.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCFedgDrJqY
1927: Birth of Sat Mahajan, Indian politician who died on September 1, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat_Mahajan
1931: Birth of Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge, president of the Democratic Kampuchea 1976-1979 (Cambodia)
http://angkor1431.tripod.com/index/id30.html
1941: Japanese troops occupy Southern French Indo-China
1953: End of Korean War. The United States, People’s Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0727.html#article
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-korean-war
1953: Birth of Chung Dong-young, South Korean Politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Dong-young
1954: Birth of G. S. Bali, Indian politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._S._Bali
1964: Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000
1965: US jets attack new North Vietnamese air defense sites
1966: Birth of Song Zuying, Chinese Miao singer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Zuying
http://www.visiontimes.com/2013/05/19/the-mistress-of-the-party-chief-of-the-communist-party-of-china.html
1967: Birth of Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/rahul-bose/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097893/
1972: Birth of Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Fuji
1972: Birth of Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian astronaut, the first Malaysian in space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1R1CGqrPMM
1974: Birth of Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eason_Chan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64OMq0x2bo
1976: Alfred Duraiappah, former MP and mayor of Jaffna, Sri Lanka is assassinated by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the LTTE. First murder of the LTTE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duraiappah
http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/05/26/fea06.asp
1976: Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals
http://www.rcrinc.com/tanaka/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dawHIUnPZ0E
1977: Birth of Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Swee_Chin
http://foosweechin.tumblr.com/
1982: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s first visit to the US in almost 11 years
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/28/world/mrs-gandhi-in-us-on-first-visit-in-a-decade.html
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675045035_Indian-Prime-Minister-Indira-Gandhi_American-President_Ronald-Reagan_Zubin-Mehta
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDsQFjAEahUKEwjC75uKmvnGAhUCORQKHd86C8A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.larouchepub.com%2Feiw%2Fpublic%2F1982%2Feirv09n30-19820810%2Feirv09n30-19820810_059-indira_gandhi_in_washington_dc_a.pdf&ei=Cwm1VYK-K4LyUN_1rIAM&usg=AFQjCNGzarL0dii1TRd7uy97DV_9HGDgTg&sig2=YLwz_KqaV1Z1LmpCsheN7g
1983: In Sri Lanka, in what is called the Black July, 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July
1988: General Sein Lwin is elected the 6th president of the Union of Burma. He will be forced to resign 17 days later
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sein_Lwin
1992 : Death of Bollywood actor Amjad Khan, born onNovember 12, 1940
http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/amjad-khan/biography.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amjad_Khan_(actor)
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-27-1992-popular-bollywood-actor-amjad-khan-dies
1996: In Indonesia, supporters of Suryadi, with the help of police, take the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Indonesia, held by the ones of Megawati Sukarnoputri. Two-day violences in Jakarta
2001: “Spirited Away”, a Japanese anime movie by Hayo Miyazaki, that will win the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, is released in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away
2002: Death of Krishan Kant, vice-president of the Republic of India and president of the National Assembly
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/29/guardianobituaries
2003: Elections in Cambodia. The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen gets 73 of the 123 seats but not the two-third necessary to govern alone. Funcipec gets 26 seats, and the SRP 24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_general_election,_2003
2003: Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi gets a bill that authorizes him to send 1000 soldiers for the reconstruction of Iraq
2005: Death of Swami Shantananda, Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher, born on April 7, 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantanda_Saraswathi
2008: Wonderful Chinese classical dancer Liu Yan becomes paralyzed after an accident in the rehearsal of Beijing Olympic Games
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.olympics.dancer/index.html
2008: The general elections in Cambodia are largely won by the CPP of Hun Sen
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/200872825249835666.html
2009: North Korea reiterates that it will not return to six-party talks on its nuclear programme, indicating instead that it wants bilateral talks with the US
2011: India and Pakistan pledge not to let their fragile peace process slide again because of thorny issues that have made the nuclear neighbors bitter enemies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14291484
2015: India’s former president and top scientist Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who played a lead role in the country’s nuclear weapons tests, has died aged 83
http://asiantribune.com/node/87529
http://www.thehindu.com/specials/in-depth/apj-abdul-kalam-19312015/article7470874.ece?ref=relatedNews
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dr-APJ-Abdul-Kalam-former-President-of-India-dies-in-Shillong/articleshow/48240877.cms
Holidays and observances
The Philippines: Iglesia Ni Cristo Day
North Korea: Victory Day