ON 19 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 19, 2016
806: Death of Li Shigu, Chinese general, born in 778
http://www.snipview.com/q/Li%20Shigu
931: Death of Uda, Emperor of Japan, on May 5, 867
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Uda
1688: Birth of Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China, famous for his paintings who died on July 17, 1766
https://vmfa.museum/learn/activities/giuseppe-castiglione-in-china-imperial-painter-humble-servant/
http://www.visiontimes.com/2013/07/10/giuseppe-castigliones-chinese-painting-part-1.html
https://www.google.fr/search?q=Giuseppe+Castiglione+in+China&biw=1138&bih=523&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIvcPvlJzlxgIVS2kUCh105wfd
1827: Birth of Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter, hanged on April 8, 1857
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/mangal-pandey.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/mangal-pandey.html
1864: During the Taiping Rebellion, by the Third Battle of Nanking the Qing Dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
http://noitesfolk.blogspot.fr/2008/10/third-battle-of-nanking.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Nanking
1868: Death of Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, born in 1842
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okita_S%C5%8D
1894: Birth of Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Governor general of Pakistan then Prime Minister (October 1951 to April 1953), who died on October 22, 1964)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Nazimuddin
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P011
1895: Birth of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, who died September 26, 1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Beihong
http://www.xubeihong.org/
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Xu+Beihong&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=vg8lTuueJsyp-ga468ThCw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCEQ_AUoAQ&biw=1058&bih=498
1909: Birth of Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author who died on September 29, 2004
http://www.veethi.com/india-people/balamani_amma-profile-2225-25.htm
http://profkurakar.blogspot.fr/2011/11/nalappat-balamani-amma.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPF-1iLBWII
1943: Birth of Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Sai_Por
http://www.hansaipor.com/
1944: During the Philippine Sea War, in the Marianas, Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho, Shokaku and Zuikatu are sunk by US submarines
http://www.combinedfleet.com/shoksink.htm
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=
1947: Prime minister of shadow Burma government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated on order of Galon U Saw
http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/galon-u-saw/
1947: Death of Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated), born on February 13, 1915)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San
http://www.aungsan.com/
1947: Death of U Razak, Burmese politician (assassinated), born on January 20, 1898
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Razak
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/U_Razak_of_Burma.pdf
1947: The king of Tehri Garhwal, Manvendra Shah, announces a merger with the Indian Union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garhwal_Kingdom
http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modules13d0.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=167&page=20
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1549372/Manvendra-Shah.html
1947: Korean politician Yuh Woon-Hyung is assassinated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuh_Woon-Hyung
1949: Laos becomes associated state within French Union
1958: Establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia
1961: Birth of Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Nakata
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620378/
1962: Birth of Aya Kito, Japanese child writer who died on May 23, 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aya_Kit%C5%8D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Litre_no_Namida
1964: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-khanh-calls-for-expanding-the-war
1964: Birth of Masahiko Kondo, Japanese singer, actor and racing driver
http://asianmediawiki.com/Masahiko_Kondo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHwG7a2yMzM
1965: Death of Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea, born on March 26, 1875
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/19/newsid_2984000/2984314.stm
1968: Birth of Aya Sugimoto, Japanese singer and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aya_Sugimoto
http://www.japantoday.com/category/arts-culture/view/sexpot-aya-sugimoto-dishes-it-out-on-sex-tango-and-cowardly-japanese-men
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Aya+Sugimoto&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=ivnsol&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=sxUlTt-NJMme-wa2p_DeCw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCAQ_AUoAQ&biw=1058&bih=498
1972: Birth of Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fujiki_Naohito
1976: Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagarmatha_National_Park
1984: Birth of Alessandra De Rossi, Filipino actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_De_Rossi
http://www.mahalo.com/alessandra-de-rossi-photos
2004: Death of Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1980-1982), born on January 11, 1911
http://wn.com/zenko_suzuki?orderby=relevance&upload_time=this_week
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenko_Suzuki
2007: Death of A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist, born on March 15, 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Faezul_Huq
2012: Russia and China veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that threatened sanctions against Syrian authorities
http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/19/russia-and-china-veto-un-over-syria/
2012: Death of Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi director and author, born on November 13, 1948
http://beta.dawn.com/news/735857/bangladesh-mourns-death-of-cultural-legend-humayun-Ahmed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humayun_Ahmed
2013: Myanmar is set to profit from a preferential trade agreement with the European Union (EU) starting on July 19, according to an EU press release.
2013: Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy as he returned from self-imposed exile to spearhead his party’s election campaign against well-entrenched Prime Minister Hun Sen.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/07/201371935844248784.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23358326
2013: Myanmar President Thein Sein is not preparing himself at the moment to contest the 2015 presidential election and has « no objections » to Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi running, he said in an interview aired on Friday.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130719-438670.html
2014: Thousands of cheering supporters greet Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy on his return from a trip abroad, at a time when political tensions are high because of the arrests of eight of his party colleagues
http://asiancorrespondent.com/124911/cambodian-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy-returns-amid-tension/
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/cambodia-opposition-chief-urges-end-to-deadlock-590599
2014: Prime Minister Hun Sen said he will block the establishment of a Taiwanese trade office in Cambodia because of the government’s rigid observance of the One-China policy, despite business leaders calling for more practical steps to boost investment from Taiwan
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-quashes-plans-for-a-trade-office-with-taiwan-64494/
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taiwan-set-open-trade-office http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/taiwan-responds-pm%E2%80%99s-remarks
Holidays and observances
Burma: Burmese Martyrs’ Day