On 27 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 27, 2019
921: Birth of Emperor Shizong of (Later) Zhou, who died on July 27, 959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_Rong
1335: Birth of Taejo, Korean founder and first king of the Joseon dynasty, who died o, August 18, 1408
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Joseon
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Taejo_of_Joseon
1605: Death of Akbar the Great, Mughal emperor, born on October 14, 1542
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar
https://www.quora.com/How-did-Akbar-die
1816: Death of Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet, writer and artist, born on September 13, 1761
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Santo_Kyoden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%C5%8D_Ky%C5%8Dden
1858: Birth of Saitō Makoto, Japanese naval officer and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan who died on February 26, 1936
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_Makoto
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Saito-Ma.html
1906: Birth of Kazuo Ohna, Japanese dancer who died on June 3, 2010
http://www.kazuoohnodancestudio.com/english/kazuo/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lbLkYxDgTY
1920: Birth of Kocheril Raman Narayanan, president of India (1997-2002) who died on November 9, 2005
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/k-r-narayanan-biography.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/27th-october-1920-tenth-indian-president-k.r.-narayanan-was-born
1927: Foundation of the first Chinese communist revolutionary base in Jinggangshan (Jiangxi) by Mao Zedong
http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/jiangxi-soviet/
http://www.foreignercn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7593:jinggangshan-the-cradle-of-the-chinese-revolution&catid=104:travel-in-jiangxi&Itemid=239
1930: In Taiwan, Wushe Incident. 134 Japanese citizens are killed
http://www.takaoclub.com/monaludao/wusheincident.htm
http://www.taiwanfirstnations.org/Wushe.html
1934: Birth of Akira Miyazaki, Japanese film writer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594496/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10893
1937: Birth of Koichi Ose, Japanese actor
http://imdb.com/name/nm0997681/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Ose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pui1K3B3K8Q
1947: India accepts the Kashmir request to join the Union and its ask for protection against the Muslim rebellion. Indian troops are send
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7057694.stm
1950: Death of Ren Bishi, Chinese military and political leader, born on April 30, 1904
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Bishi
1955: In Indonesia, Abdul Haris Nasution, returned to active service, becomes major general and army chief of staff
1957: Birth of Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese movie director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ming-liang
1958: Iskander Mirza, the first president of Pakistan is deposed in a bloodless coup d’état by General Ayub Khan
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A062
1961: Mongolia joins the United Nations
1966: China launches a nuclear war-head missile
1968: Birth of Dileep, Indian actor and Producer
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/dileep-malayalam-actor/biography.html
1971: Cambodian troops battle Communists north of Phnom Penh
1978: Birth of Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
http://www.vanessamae.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8Fa_EUQqY
1979: Mother Teresa is rewarded by the Peace Nobel Prize
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1979/teresa/facts/
http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/98/01/04/home/teresa-nobel.html
1981: Birth of Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Hye-jin
1982: China announces that, according to the July 1st national census, its population is at 1 billion people plus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_National_Population_Census_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China
1982: Birth of Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Tsukamoto
http://asianmediawiki.com/Takashi_Tsukamoto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wjlUKS65Y
1987: In Malaysia, “Operation Lalang” cracking down opposition leaders, NGO and newspapers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lalang
http://aliran.com/oldsite/hr/js3.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598_00uX1KA
1987: Birth of Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Aoyama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_8EQePwnRg
1997: Chinese president Jiang Zemin starts his visit to the United States
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/09chinausrelations/2009-01/07/content_7374465.htm
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/ziliao_665539/3602_665543/3604_665547/t18030.shtml
2001: More than 5,000 Pakistan’s Islamists start to cross the Afghan border for helping the Taliban in their jihad against United States
2006: Death of Ghulam Ishaq Khan, president of Pakistan (1988-1993), born on January 20, 1915
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6090684.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6092888.stm
2008: Military officials from North and South Korea begin face-to-face talks on improving communications amid rising tensions between the rivals
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/200810273847993979.html
2008: Death of Frank Nagai, Japanese singer, born on March 18, 1932
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2008/11/03/showa_star_frank_nagai_dies.shtml
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619075/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAROgRoNIUE
2011: A prominent Indonesian Muslim religious figure Abu Bakar Bashir accused of setting up a “terror” training camp, has had his prison sentence reduced from 15 years to nine years by an appeals court
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/10/201110275509579785.html
2013: Thousands of Kashmiri people observed a « black day » in Pakistani Kashmir on Sunday, rallying at an event organised by Islamists against Indian « brutalities » and occupation of the Himalayan region
2016: Emperor Hirohito’s younger brother, Prince Mikasa, dies at 100
http://www.dw.com/en/emperor-hirohitos-younger-brother-prince-mikasa-dead-at-100/a-36167838
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa
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