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1997 Saw Maung, general/president of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies
1996 Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies 1995 U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma 1948 - 1956, 1957 - 1958, 1960 - 1962, dies 1994 Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69 1994 Allan G. Odell, Advertising executive (Burma Shave), dies at 90 1993 Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma 1991 Leonard C Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83 1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1988 Burma suspends its constitution 1988 Muang Muang succeeds General Sein Lwin as President of Burma 1988 General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as President of Burma 1987 Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma 1979 Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma 1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 1975 Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated 1974 Burma accepts its constitution 1968 Bess Singh, Lennart Bes, Dutch pop drummer, Burma Shop-Hippies 1965 Annabella Lwin, Myant Aye, Rangoon Burma, singer, I Want Candy 1965 Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist and vocalist, Burma Shave-Stash 1965 Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics 1963 Nelis Gobel, pop guitarist, Burma Shave-Hippies 1963 MDV, Michiel de Vos, Dutch pop bassist, Burma Shave-Stash 1962 U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously 1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma 1958 James Wilby, Burma, actor, Howards End, Maurice 1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election 1949 Burma recognizes People's Republic of China 1948 Burma declares independence from UK 1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma 1945 General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China 1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma 1945 Burma highway reopens 1945 British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma 1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab 1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Lieutenant-general Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma 1944 Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1944 O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash 1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma 1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma 1943 Burma railroad completed and opens 1943 Burma railway opens 1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw 1942 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma 1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road 1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 Japanese invade Burma 1942 Japanese forces invade Burma 1941 Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma 1936 Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun 1925 Harry H Corbett, Rangoon Burma, actor, Steptoe and Son, Jabberwacky 1924 Countess Mountbatten, of Burma 1921 Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1919 Ike Isaacs, born in Rangoon, Burma, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, played with Denny Wright in group Velvet in 1970's, taught at the Sydney Guitar School 1909 Leo Malet, born in Montpelier, France, writer, novelist, aligned with Surrealists, friends with Renee Magritte, Andre Breton, famous for crime novel character Nestor Burma 1909 [Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General, 1962-72 1909 U Thant, born in Pantanaw, Burma, born Pantanaw U Thant, diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971 1907 U Nu, premier Burma, 1948-58, 1960-62 1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1886 China takes British protectorate of Burma 1870 Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1850 Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire |
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