WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 16 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 16, 2019
1945: Japan surrender Hong Kong to Admiral Cecil Harcourt
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208363
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2018/07/15/admiral-harcourt-arrives-in-hong-kong/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdMmBZxU9c
1945: British Rear Admiral Patterson lands in Jakarta. He announces that the British mission is “to maintain law and order until the time that the lawful government of the Netherlands East Indies is once again functioning”
1963: Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
http://gboybunker.blogspot.fr/2009/09/16-septemberwhats-so-special.html
http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/16/formation-of-malaysia/
http://www.insightguides.com/destinations/asia-pacific/malaysia/cultural-features/the-formation-of-Malaysia
1965: China demands that India dismantles in the coming three days its military buildings on Sikkim border
1966: Beijing says that two US warplanes have attacked two Chinese hamlets on September 9. (On September 19 Washington admitted saying there was an mistake with North Vietnam targets)
1967: United Nations General Secretary U Thant asks again the stopping of US bombing on North Vietnam
1969: US President Richard Nixon announces the withdrawal of 35,000 soldiers from Vietnam before December 15
1971: President Nixon says the U.S. will support the P.R.C.’s seating in the U.N. Security Council because it “reflects the realities of the situation,” but adds that “we will vote against the expulsion of the Republic of China.”
1975: Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia
2002: In Thailand, beginning of talks between Sri Lankan government and LTTE Tamil separatists with Norwegian mediation
2012: Six US fighter jets are destroyed and two significantly damaged when Taliban attackers stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/16-Sep-2012/six-us-fighter-jets-destroyed-in-prince-harry-base-attack
2012: Anti-Japan démonstrations gain momentum outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, where Chinese demonstrators have been protesting over a group of disputed islands for a second day running
http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/16/anti-japan-demos-in-china-gain-momentum/
http://www.france24.com/en/20120916-anti-japan-outcry-escalates-east-china-sea-islands-protests-embassies-Beijing
Holidays and observances
Malaysia: Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963)
Papua New Guinea : Independence Day (from Australia, 1975)