WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 20 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 20, 2019
1603: Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~borao/2Profesores/massacre.pdf
1868: In Japan, Beginning of the Battle of Hakodate between samurai, helped by French advisors, and the imperial army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hakodate
1944: General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, stepping ashore at Leyte, 2 1/2 years after he’d said, “I shall return.”
http://www.olive-drab.com/od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944philippines.php
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2008-10-19&e=327&c=1
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/697/today-in-philippine-history-october-20-1944-general-douglas-macarthur-landed-in-palo-leyte-to-reclaim-the-philippines-from-the-japanese
1945: In a plebiscite reportedly unanimous, Outer Mongolia declared its independence, later accepted by China
https://books.google.fr/books?id=xT9ZCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1906&lpg=PA1906&dq=1945+Outer+Mongolia+declared+its+independence&source=bl&ots=qXEvptZj3i&sig=pJysSVa-jmIBJP_FAFa38pBLTE0&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBGoVChMImo6Rp_POyAIVgn4aCh13BwDm#v=onepage&q=1945%20Outer%20Mongolia%20declared%20its%20independence&f=false
1949: Official end of the Second Eastern Turkestan Republic existing in three districts of Xinjiang since November 12, 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_East_Turkestan_Republic
1951: Opening of talks between Japan and South Korea to solve after World War II disputes
1962: China launches an offensive again India positions in NEFA and Laddakh up to November 22
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/india-china-war-of-1962/1/528159.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-China-invade-India-in-1962
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS3FhlWX7FY
1967: Thousands of demonstrators in Oakland, California, hold the biggest protest yet against the Vietnam war
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/newsid_3153000/3153144.stm
1969: The Sino-Soviet border negotiations resume in Beijing
1971: Second secret trip of Henry Kissinger to Beijing (up to 26)