ON 7 DECEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 7, 2019
1561: Birth of Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician, who died on October 22, 1625
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikkawa_Hiroie
1798: Death of Qing Dynasty poet Yuan Mei, born in 1716
http://poetrychina.net/wp/poets/yuan_mei
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/M/MeiYuan/index.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11477.html
1830 : Birth of Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, who authored the “Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence”. He was also the one who read the declaration during the June 12, 1898 Independence proclamation by General Aguinaldo
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/799/today-in-philippie-history-december-7-1830-ambrosio-rianzares-bautista-lawyer-and-gen-emilio-aguinaldo-s-confidante-was-born-in-bi-an-laguna
1878: Birth of Akiko Yosano, Japanese poet, who died onMay 29, 1942
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yosano
http://www.poemhunter.com/akiko-yosano/biography/
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=7522
1896: Birth of Yu Dafu a modern Chinese short story writer and poet, who died on September 17, 1945
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Dafu
http://www.cctv.com/lm/176/71/88858.html
1899: Death of Juan Luna y Novicio, an Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists, born on October 23, 1857
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Luna
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Juan+Luna+y+Novicio&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8NShUsnmJ6XK0AWVu4HwDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=628
1921: Birth of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader
http://www.swaminarayan.org/pramukhswami/index.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/7th-december-1921-pramukh-swami-maharaj-the-fifth-successor-of-swaminarayan-was-born
1923: Birth of Intizar Hussain, Pakistani Urdu writer and columnist
http://urduadab4u.blogspot.fr/2010/09/intizar-hussain-famous-urdu-writer.html
http://www.dawn.com/news/917349/intizar-i-m-a-man-only-of-fiction-intizar-Hussain
1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii leaving 1,500 people died
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_3494000/3494108.stm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
http://history1900s.about.com/od/photographs/tp/pearlharborpictures.htm?utm_content=20151209&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exp_nl&utm_campaign=list_asianhistory&utm_term=list_asianhistory
1946: Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress and dancer, born on July 18, 1871
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Yacco
https://fr.pinterest.com/nilsharning/madame-sadayakko-sada-yacco-or-kawakami-sadayakko/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XE1kHY_UBE
1949: The Chinese communist troops reach the borders of Indochina
1949: Chiang proclaims Taipei, Taiwan, the temporary capital of the Republic of China.
1954: Shigeru Yoshida, five times prime minister of Japan, resigns. He will be replaced on 10 December by Ichiro Hatoyama
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/27503428
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida
1959: In Indonesia, Aceh is made a Propinsi Daerah Istimewa (Province and Special Area)
1970: The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_general_election,_1970
http://www.dawn.com/news/686541/1970-polls-when-election-results-created-a-storm
http://historypak.com/elections-of-1970/
1971: Bombing of Phom-Penh by communist Khmer Rouge
1971: Pakistan president Yayah Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as vice-prime minister
http://presidentyahya.com/about.html
1972: Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, is stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant. The man is then shot and killed by her bodyguards
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1512/today-in-philippine-history-december-7-1972-dimahilig-attempted-to-assasinate-mrs-marcos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=steFcadUwW4
1975: Breaking off of diplomatic relations with Portugal, Indonesia invads East Timor which will be the la 27th Indonesia province in July 1976
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indonesia-invades-east-timor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor
1978: Resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda. Masayoshi Ohira succeeds him
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_%C5%8Chira
1979: Birth of Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayako_Fujitani
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297858/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCxpzaBXeug&feature=related
1987: Because strikes and protests Bangladesh president Ershad dissolves parliament
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad
2000: In front of the Philippine Senat, opening of the impeachment trial of president Joseph Estrada
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/128607/fast-facts-estrada-impeachment-trial
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2srr63
2001: Taliban surrender Kandahar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_4031000/4031711.stm
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/07/afghanistan1
2001: Surprising resignation of Xu Kuangdi, the popular mayor of Shanghai
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/12/10/china.shanghai/index.html
2001: In Indonesia Sulawesi islands, thousands of Chritians, attacked by Muslims flee their villages. In two years, the Christian-Muslim riots cause 1,000 deads
2001: Death of of Subrata Mitra, Indian cinematographer, a master of black-and-white film photography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrata_Mitra
http://www.geraldpeary.com/interviews/mno/mitra.html
2002: In Mymensingh, Bangladesh, four movies theaters are bombed within 30 minutes of each other. At least 15 people were killed and over 200 were injured
2004: Hamid Karzai is sworn in as president of Afghanistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3135938.stm
2005: Death of Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (1981-1985), born on August 5, 1923)
http://swordofdemocles.blogspot.fr/2005/12/death-of-ex-president.html
http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.php?id=2682
2008: Death of Marky Cielo, Filipino-Igorot dancer and actor, born on May 12, 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Cielo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEaBA239oaw
2010: The Philippine Supreme Court declares as unconstitutional President Benigno S. Aquino III’s creation of a commission to investigate corruption allegations against his predecessor
2011: One of Vietnam’s best-known actors, Don Duong – once labelled a traitor bis country’s armed forces – dies of heart failure and a brain haemorrhage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16072280
2012: Powerful typhoon in the Philippines. The death toll from the storm has surpassed 500, with more than 400 people missing.
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/07/15752731-death-toll-over-500-in-the-philippines-following-typhoon?lite
http://asiancorrespondent.com/93161/death-toll-from-philippine-typhoon-climbs-past-500/
2014: China slams the Philippines for challenging its territorial claims over the South China Sea through international arbitration, refusing to back down just a week before a deadline to respond in the case
http://en.people.cn/n/2014/1207/c90883-8819170.html
2016 : Death of Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani musician, in a plane crash, born in 1964
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/07/pakistan-plane-crashes-flight-pk661
2018: Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurates the High Peace Council, charged with negotiating with the Taliban and other insurgents that have been attempting to destabilize the country since start of the US-led invasion nine years ago
http://www.france24.com/en/20101007-karzai-inaugurates-high-peace-council-negotiate-taliban-afghanistan-nine-year-anniversary-afghanistan-war
Holidays and observances
India: Armed Forces Flag Day
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