On 29 September in Asian history
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Updated on September 29, 2019
1637: Killing in Japan of Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino martyred for the Christian faith and the first Filipino saint
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=231
http://thepinoycatholic.blogspot.fr/2009/06/st-lorenzo-ruiz.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/647/today-in-history-philippine-september-29-1637-lorenzo-ruiz-the-first-filipino-saint-was-hung-upside-down-to-death-in-nagasaki-japan
1856: French forces land in Tourane (now Danang) in Annam (now central Vietnam)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tourane
1898 : In Philippines, the Malolos Congress ratified the June 12, 1898 Act of the Declaration of Independence from Spain
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1288/today-in-philippine-history-september-29-1898-the-malolos-congress-ratified-the-declaration-of-independence
1915: Birth of Brenda Marshall, Filipino actress who died on July 30, 1992
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Marshall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktj81S7W2gM
1918: Hara Takashi becomes Prime Minister of Japan, up to his killing on November 4, 1921
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/172.html
1920: Birth of Noriyoshi Matsuura, Japanese film maker who died on January 15, 2005
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559676/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4430
1929: Death of Giichi Tanaka, Japanese baron and general, 26th Premier (1927-29), born on June 22, 1864
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Giichi
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6136245
1932: Birth of Mehmood Ali, Indian actor who died on July 4, 2004
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/mehmood-ali.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgrhR9rjyM
1936: Volksraad (People Council) votes to support petition for autonomy for Indonesia within the constitution of the Netherlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksraad_(Dutch_East_Indies)
1945: British forces land in Indonesia
1946: Birth of Ravi Baswani, Indian actor, who died on July 27, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Baswani
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060629/
1949: China’s Initiation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-Existence
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/ziliao_665539/3602_665543/3604_665547/t18053.shtml
1949: The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People’s Republic of China
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1949-ccp-program.html
1950: The United Nations Security Council invites Red China to participate on discussions on Taiwan
1954: USA says it will contribute financially to the French forces in Indochina and will give aid to these associated states
1955: In Indonesia, elections show big gains for NU and PKI, but disappointment for Masyumi; many small parties win seats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_legislative_election,_1955
1957: A passenger train collides with an oil-tanker train in the Gambar province of western Pakistan, killing 300 people
1965: Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals
1967: US president Johnson proposes to meet Ho Chi Minh and to suspend bombings on North if he accepts negotiations (see previous exchanges of letters)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1967-vietnam-letters1.html
1968: Birth of Samir Soni, Indian actor
http://www.webindia123.com/personality/men/samir_soni/samir.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGJCE2Sef0I
1972: Publication of a Joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations between China and Japan
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/japan01.htm
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/china/joint72.html
1977: Birth of Sin Joo-ri, Korean actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176586/
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Sin_Joo-ri.php
1977: Birth of Won Bin, South Korean actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=8058
1979: Just before the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, self-criticism by the Communist Party on the Cultural Revolution excesses
1988: In Bangladesh, floods cause 30 million people with no shelter
1996: Death of of Endo Shusaku, Japanese Catholic author, born in March 1923
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-EndoShu.html
2001: Death of Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (1967-1975), born on April 5, 1923
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1358069/Nguyen-Van-Thieu.html
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oct/02/guardianobituaries2
2006: Death of Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic, born in 1926
http://www.dawn.com/news/212670/khalique-ibrahim-dead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalique_Ibrahim_Khalique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNMwpLHc2oE
2007: Terrorist attack in Malé (Maldives), twelve foreign tourists wounded
2008: Afghanistan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claims responsibility in a video message for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Sarobi. The attack, in which 21 troops were also wounded, shocked France and sparked debate about the country’s involvement in war-torn Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2584302/10-French-soldiers-killed-by-the-Taliban-in-Afghanistan.html
2011: China successfully launches an experimental craft paving the way for its first space station amid a blaze of national pride, bringing the growing Asian power closer to matching the United States and Russia with a long-term manned outpost in space
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110929-302326.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15112760
2012: Death of Nan Huai-Chin, Chinese scholar, born on March 18, 1918
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Huai-Chin
2013: Thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei in a series of protests on Sunday, hurling shoes at the portrait of the beleaguered President Ma Ying-jeou and demanding he step down
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1320699/thousands-rally-taiwan-leaders-resignation
https://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/372123/protests-demand-taiwan-leader-quit
2013: Death of Toyoko Yamasaki, Japanese journalist and author, born on November 3, 1924
http://www.mutanteggplant.com/vitro-nasu/2013/09/30/toyoko-yamasaki-champion-of-social-issues-dies-at-88/
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Toyoko%20Yamasaki
2014: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is sworn in as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 US-led invasion toppled the Taliban
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29375438
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/07/profile-ashraf-ghani-20147883632825529.html
2016: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has formalised a peace treaty with Hezb-i-Islami, an armed group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a deal the government hopes will lead to more agreements with other fighters
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/afghanistan-ghani-hekmatyar-sign-peace-deal-160929092524754.html
2017: Cambodia mourns legendary architect Vann Molyvann
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083941/nation-mourns-legendary-architect-vann-molyvann/
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visionary-architect-vann-molyvann-dies-90
2017: UN chief urges Burma to end ‘nightmare’ for Rohingyas
http://www.france24.com/en/20170929-united-nations-chief-guterres-urges-burma-myanmar-end-nightmare-rohingyas
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/28/asia/myanmar-un-security-council/index.html
2018: Maldives election body endorses opposition leader Solih’s victory amid threats
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/maldives-election-body-endorses-opposition-leader-solihs-victory-amid-threats
https://maldivesindependent.com/politics/solih-confirmed-winner-of-maldives-presidential-election-141611