WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 31 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 31, 2019
1854: The commodore Perry and the shogun sign the Convention of Kanagawa opening the Japanese ports of Shimodo and Hakodate to US trade. It will be ratified on February 21, 1855
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Kanagawa
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/treaty_of_kanagawa/
1899: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces
http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/americanscapturemalolos.htm
1904: During the British expedition to Tibet, massacre of Chumik Shenko, in which scores of Tibetans are killed by British Maxim guns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_expedition_to_Tibet
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040403.2.56
1942: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/revolt-on-christmas-island-20120313-1uy5q.html
1968: President Johnson announces the end of the bombings on North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-announces-bombing-halt
1975: The important city of Da Nang is definitively controlled by the Vietnamese communists forces
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/033075vietnam-danang.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2994.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eC73rZPH3Q
2014: South Korea returns fire into North Korean waters after the North conducted live-fire drills near disputed sea boundary, with the White House and Kremlin expressing concern over North Korea’s actions and rhetoric
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/03/rival-koreas-trade-fire-across-sea-border-201433143345118512.html