ON 22 JULY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 22, 2016
1802: Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare
http://travelofsapa.blogspot.fr/2012/10/emperor-gia-long.html
1831: Birth of Prince Osahito, fourth son of Japanese Emperor Ninko who will become the 121th emperor in 1846 under the name of Komei up to January 1867
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei
1864: Birth of Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theorician and first prime minister who died on May 13, 1093
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/philippines/fl/Apolinario-Mabini.htm?nl=1
1907: Birth of Zubir Said, a Singapore composer who composed the national anthem who died on November 16, 1987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubir_Said
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/sip_115_2005-01-19.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5wfkUM1rNc
1915: Birth of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author who died on December 11, 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaista_Suhrawardy_Ikramullah
1922: Death of Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist, born on November 1854
http://home.kpn.nl/b1beukema/JokichiTakamine.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXbVzgHI5Bc
1923: Birth of Mukesh, Indian singer, who died on August 27, 1976
http://www.singermukesh.com/
1944 General Kuniaki Koiso becomes premier of Japan
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/74.html
1946: The Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland is formed in North Korea as a united front under the leadership of the Communist Party (later the Workers’ Party of Korea)
1953: Birth of Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151827/
1963: Sarawak gets full independence from the British
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/opinion/khairie-hisyam-aliman/article/no-sarawak-did-not-gain-independence-in-1841
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2013/07/27/sarawaks-independence-day/
1968: North Vietnam condemn Honolulu conference between US president Johnson and South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-condemn-honolulu-conference
1971: Japanese Prime Minister Sato says he is ready to go to China if invited
1972: Beijing invites new Japanese premier Tanaka on an official visit
1974: Birth of Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sonjia_Kwok
1976: Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan’s conquest of the country in the Second World War
1976: Birth of Kokia, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokia_(singer)
1977: Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22/newsid_2516000/2516339.stm
http://www.historychannel.com.au/this-day-in-history/chinese-leader-deng-xiaoping-restored-to-power/
1977: Death of Pan Yuliang, Chinese female painter, born on May 22, 1895
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%BD%98%E7%8E%89%E8%89%AF-Pan-Yuliang/43426244775
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/48History7560.html
1997: After losing the leadership, Pol Pot is sentenced to life imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/29/news/mn-17333
1999: Chinese government bans spiritual sect Falung Gong
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/400943.stm
2001: Indonesian president Wahid announces the suspension of parliament and declares state of emergency
2008: India’s Congress party-led government survives a vote of confidence over a civilian nuclear deal with the US
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7519860.stm
2009: People in Asia have seen the longest total solar eclipse this century, with large areas of India and China plunged into darkness
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8161578.stm
2011: Envoys from North and South held discussions for first time in more than two years during Asian security summit in Bali.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/07/201172272413183946.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/world/asia/23korea.html?_r=1&ref=asia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14244549
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110722000844
2012: Former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is elected Indian president after votes from members of the national and state parliaments were counted in the race for the mainly ceremonial post.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9418632/Congress-stalwart-Pranab-Mukherjee-elected-India-president.html
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120722-360643.html
2012: Death of Ding Guan’gen, Chinese politician, born in September 1929
http://contemporary_chinese_culture.academic.ru/191/Ding_Guan%E2%80%99gen
http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Ding_Guangen/full
2014: The Indonesian election commission said Mr Widodo – widely known as Jokowi – won 53.15% of the vote with his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, on 46.85% for the presidential election
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28415536
http://www.france24.com/en/20140722-indonesia-presidential-election-widodo-prabowo/
2014: Thai King has endorsed interim charter, says Gen Prayuth
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/421777/king-has-endorsed-interim-constitution-says-coup-leader-prayuth
2014: Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian opposition parties agree on a joint solution to end a political deadlock and the opposition’s yearlong boycott of the national legislature
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-year-making
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-agrees-to-take-national-assembly-seats-64662/