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2009 A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean
2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa 1995 Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s) 1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah 1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia 1992 Philip C Habib, U.S. diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72 1988 U.N. estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion 1984 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah 1975 Asia Argento, Italian Actress 1972 Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) 1971 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of U.S. soldiers in SE Asia 1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect 1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communists in Asia 1951 John Wetton, rocker, Asia 1950 Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1949 John Wetton, rock vocalist/bassist, Asia, King Crisom 1947 Steve Howe, born in London, rock guitarist, Asia, Yes-Roundabout 1943 Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1941 Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia 1922 Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia 1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1896 George B Cressey, U.S. geographer, Asia's Lands and Peoples 1895 Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, born in India, diplomat, Asia and Western Dominance 1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) 1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia, OS 1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope 1497 John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" 1497 John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) 1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer, Travels in Asia and Africa 787 2nd Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor 325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor |
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