Tag Archives: History for May 12 in Asia
On 12 May in Asian history
907: Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang Dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Wen
1401: Birth of Shoko, 101st emperor of Japan (1412-1428) who died on 30 August 1428
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shoko
1510: The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming Dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Anhua_rebellion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Zhifan
1888: In Borneo island, the sultanate of Brunei, and North Borneo (Sabah) become British protectorates but North Borneo administration remains entirely in the hands of the British North Borneo Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo_Chartered_Company
http://flagspot.net/flags/my-sa_nb.html
1895: Birth of Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian spiritual philosopher who died on February 17, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/12-may-1895-jiddu-krishnamurti-indian-american-philosopher-and-author-was-born
1907: Birth of Leslie Charteris, Singapore-born author, who died on 15 April 1993
http://www.saint.org/lcbio.htm
1936: The Mongol Military Government is formed (renamed in October 1937 as the Mongol United Autonomous Government)
1946: In India, failure of the Conference of Simla between Hindus and Muslims
1949: The People's Liberation Army launches the Battle of Shanghai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Campaign
1952: Gaj Singh, born on 13 January 1948, is crowned as Maharaja of Jodhpur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaj_Singh,_Maharaja_of_Jodhpur
http://www.maharajajodhpur.com/
1955: Nineteen days after bus workers went on strike in Singapore, rioting breaks out and seriously impacts Singapore's bid for independence
1961: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in Saigon during his tour of Asian countries, calling Diem the "Churchill of Asia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lyndon-b-johnson-visits-south-vietnam
http://prde.upress.virginia.edu/content/Vietnam
1962: President Macapagal moves the Independence Day celebration from July 4 to June 12
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1126/today-in-philippine-history-may-12-1962-president-macapagal-moved-the-independence-day-celebration-from-july-4-to-june-12
1964: Visit to Saigon of US Secretary for Defense Robert McNamara. USA will deliver 75 Skyraider bombers to South Vietnam
1966: Beijing accuses the USA to have shot down a Chinese plane over Yunnan province
1968: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/coral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Coral%E2%80%93Balmoral
https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/memory/battles-coral-and-balmoral-viet-nam-1968
1969: Moscow announces that skirmishes happened at the beginning of the month on Xinjiang and Soviet Kazakstan border
1975: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-ship-mayaguez-seized
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayag%C3%BCez_incident
1981: Birth of Dennis Trillo, Filipino model, actor, and singer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Trillo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWGkQE_z6t8
1981: Birth of Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentaro_Sato
http://www.wisemanproject.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5EY8gNUTO0
1991: In Nepal, first multi-party elections since 1959 when political parties where banned
1997: Indian and Pakistani leaders meet during SAARC meeting
1998: During three days, army fire to students demonstrating in Jakarta, killing 6 of them and wounding dozens, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisakti_shootings
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/world/riots-break-out-in-jakarta-after-shooting-of-students.html
2000: Pakistan's 12 member Supreme Court unanimously validated the October 1999 coup and granted Musharraf executive and legislative authority for 3 years from the coup date
2003: Death of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1430068/Prince-Sadruddin-Aga-Khan.html
2007: Taiwanese Prime Minister Sun Tseng-chan resigns after he lost the PDP investiture for the presidential elections against former Premier Frank Hsieh
2007: Riots which killed over 50 people in Karachi and above 100 injured, on the arrival of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, in Karachi city
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Karachi_riots#Jinnah_International_Airport
2007: Death of Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullah_Dadullah_Akhund
2008: Pakistan is readmitted in Commonwealth
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/pakistan-back-in-53-nation-commonwealth-second-lead_10047925.html
2008: More than 69 000 dead in a quake in Chinese Sichuan province
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396400.stm
2008: Philippine president Gloria Arroyo pardons nine army officers who took part in a failed coup attempt in 2003
2009: Japan and Russia sign their first nuclear energy co-operation agreement during a visit to Tokyo by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The deal will enable the transfer of Japanese technology to Russia and the sale of more nuclear fuel to Japan
2013: Death of Daisy Avellana, Filipino actor and director, born on January 7, 1917
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/407533/national-artist-for-theater-daisy-avellana-dies-96
2014: Southeast Asian leaders express "serious concern" over worsening territorial disputes in the South China Sea, presenting a rare united front against an increasingly assertive Beijing.
2014: Death of Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter, born in 1934
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Veteran-actor-Sarat-Pujari-passes-away/articleshow/35055102.cms
2015 : Former Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is unanimously re-elected as chairman of the Democratic Party after its three-day congress
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/05/13/sby-give-direct-command-new-leadership-term.html
2015 : The Philippines and Japan hold their first joint naval exercises in the South China Sea while Japan's coastguard works with Vietnam as Tokyo boosts maritime ties with two nations at odds with Beijing over the disputed waterway
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/japan-philippines-hold-first-south-china-sea-naval-exercises/
http://www.manilatimes.net/philippines-japan-hold-unprecedented-naval-drills/183124/
2016: Death of Yukio Ninagawa, a world-renowned Japanese stage director known for his adaptations of Shakespeare. He was 80
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/may/12/yukio-ninagawa-shakespeare-dies-aged-80