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Asia
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
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
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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