ON 21 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 21, 2016
541: Birth of Emperor Wen, founder of the Sui dynasty who died on August 13, 604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wen_of_Sui
628: Birth of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty in China, ruling from 649, who died on December 27, 683
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong_of_Tang
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/46History9684.html
1645: Qing Dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
1786: Tay Son rebellion leader Ngyuyen Hue captures the capital of Dai Viet (Vietnam), Thang Long (Hanoi)
http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/13.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Hue
1906: Birth of Taiwan musician Teng Yu-hsien who died on June 11, 1944
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teng_Yu-hsien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qflbyptHSlQ
1911: Birth of Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar who died on December 19, 1988
http://www.umashankarjoshi.in/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi
1920: Birth of Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter who died on March 30, 2002
http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/1463/anand-bakshi/
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/anand-bakshi.html
1926: Birth of Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general, governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahimuddin_Khan
1944: American troops land on Guam, under Japanese occupation since December 1941, starting a battle that will end on August 10
http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ww2_guam.htm
http://www.history.army.mil/news/2014/140721a_guam.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=549AEkdXEM8
1945: Birth at Shanghai of Hong Kong actress Lydia Shum who died from liver cancer on February 19, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Shum
1947: In Indonesia, Dutch troops launch the Operation Product, aiming to take control of the more useful eras of Java and Sumatra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatie_Product
1951: Beginning of the negotiations between United Nations and North Korea in the border town of Panmunjom
1953: Birth of Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fatt
1954: End of the Conference of Geneva on Indochina. Vietnam is cut in two eras separated by the 17th parallel. Hanoi signs but Saigon refuses
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_3894000/3894175.stm
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/inch003.asp
1955: Birth of Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer
http://www.taco.tc/Biography.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_(musician)
1960: In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike takes the oath as Prime Minister up to 1977
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jul/22/bandaranaike-first-woman-prime-minister
1960: Birth of Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer, gunned down on March 8, 1988
http://www.chamkila.org/home/history
1963: End of Sino-Soviet talks in Moscow to discuss the widening split between Moscow and Beijing over ideological differences. Both countries issue a joint statement that the talks have ended, and that the delegations have failed to reach any agreement except to recess
1964: Riots in Singapore by Malays demanding the same privileges as in the other parts of the Federation of Malaysia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots
http://singaporerebel.blogspot.fr/2005/07/1964-fighting-in-streets-of-singapore.html
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CFkQFjAJahUKEwjtrsaUyerGAhXBXBQKHY_3C8M&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholarbank.nus.edu.sg%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10635%2F51957%2FJasminF.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=JV2tVa2IL8G5UY_vr5gM&usg=AFQjCNHTWAG8NKsDMs6jkGk__Eir2Pyk6Q&sig2=ntpyHT9UXg8IZgSZjlckkQ
1964: Birth of Akira Yasuda, Japanese illustrator
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1448771/
1969: USA lifts some restrictions in its business with communist China
1972: Death of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, king of Bhutan since 1952 (born on May 2, 1929). Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 17 years old becomes the new kind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck
http://countrystudies.us/bhutan/12.htm
1978: Sino-Japanese talks for a Treaty of Peace and Amity resume
1995: Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. The People’s Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/taiwan_strait.htm
2001: Death of Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor, born on October 1, 1927
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sivaji-ganesan.html
2005: In Myanmar, former PM Khin Nyunt is sentenced to 41 years in prison
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4708435.stm
2006: Death of Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born American actor, born on December 10, 1933
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/23/local/me-mako23
2006: Death of Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge leader “The Butcher”, born in 1930
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5201770.stm
2007: For the first time since independence, 60 years ago, a woman, Pratibha Patil, is elected president of the republic of India
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6910097.stm
2008: Ram Baran Yadav, from the Nepalese Congress, is elected first president of the Republic of Nepal
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/21/content_8741639.htm
2009: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves parliament’s lower house for an August 30 election
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8160900.stm
2012: Japan launches a rocket with an unmanned cargo transporter to the International Space Station.
http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/21/japan-sends-rocket-to-space-station/
2013/ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc has won majority of seats in the upper house of parliament in elections, giving it control of both chambers for the first time in six years, according to exit polls.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/07/2013721113616975336.htm
lhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/national/one-party-rule-back-but-abe-could-blow-it-2/#.UexRYMtOLmQ
2013: In Cambodia, Sam Rainsy, who was greeted by huge crowds on Friday after his return from self-imposed exile in France, was removed from the electoral register late last year and is unable to run as a candidate in the July 28 polls.
2015 : Eleven Cambodian opposition members and activists are sentenced to prison on insurrection charges, including three who received 20-year sentences
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/cambodia-jails-opposition-activists-insurrection-150721123023451.html
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/cambodia-opposition-activists-jailed-20-years-insurrection
Holidays and observances
Singapore: Racial Harmony Day
Guam: Liberation Day