2013 Event The United Kingdom is visited by Thein Sein, the President of Burma 2012 Event Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein are listed first on 'Foreign Policy' magazine's 2012 Top 100 Global Thinkers 2012 Event In a move to demonstrate promised reforms are taking place, Thein Sein, President of Burma, changes nine cabinet ministers 2012 Event Clashes between Buddhists and Muslims occurs in western Burma, causing the area to declare a state of emergency 2012 Event Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2012 Event In recognition of democratic reforms, the European Union opens an office in Burma 2011 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promotes democratic reforms in her meeting with Burma's top pro-democracy activist, Aung San Suu Kyi 2011 Event China asks Myanmar to protect Chinese corporate interests after Burma's President Thein Sein shut down the Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event After a rare public outcry, President Thein Sein of Burma decides to halt the controversial Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event Burma opens its new parliament 2011 Event The United Nations Human Rights Council criticizes Burma for its human rights record 2011 Event Following general elections last year, Burma's new parliament is set to convene on January 31 2010 Event The fourth named cyclone of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Cyclonic Storm Giri, lands in western Burma with winds of 144mph 2009 Event At a ceremony in eastern Shan State, Burma, authorities burn $93 million in seized narcotic drugs 1997 Death Saw Maung, general/president of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies 1996 Death Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies 1995 Death U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma 1948 - 1956, 1957 - 1958, 1960 - 1962, dies 1994 Death Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69 1994 Death Allan G. Odell, Advertising executive (Burma Shave), dies at 90 1993 Death Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 1993 Event Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma 1991 Death Leonard C Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83 1990 Event Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1989 Event Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1988 Event Burma suspends its constitution 1988 Event Muang Muang succeeds General Sein Lwin as President of Burma 1988 Event General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as President of Burma 1987 Event Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost 1983 Event 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma 1979 Event Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma 1976 Death Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 1975 Event Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated 1974 Event Burma accepts its constitution 1968 Birthday Bess Singh, Lennart Bes, Dutch pop drummer, Burma Shop-Hippies 1965 Birthday Annabella Lwin, Myant Aye, Rangoon Burma, singer, I Want Candy 1965 Birthday Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist and vocalist, Burma Shave-Stash 1965 Birthday Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics 1963 Birthday Nelis Gobel, pop guitarist, Burma Shave-Hippies 1963 Birthday MDV, Michiel de Vos, Dutch pop bassist, Burma Shave-Stash 1962 Event U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously 1960 Event U Nu elected premier of Burma 1958 Birthday James Wilby, Burma, actor, Howards End, Maurice 1956 Event Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election 1949 Event Burma recognizes People's Republic of China 1948 Event Burma declares independence from UK 1945 Event British troops take Ramree Island, Burma 1945 Event General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China 1945 Event West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma 1945 Event Burma highway reopens 1945 Event British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma 1945 Event Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab 1944 Event Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event Lieutenant-general Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1944 Death O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash 1944 Event Japans begins offensive in Burma 1944 Event British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma 1943 Event Burma railroad completed and opens 1943 Event Burma railway opens 1943 Event Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw 1942 Event 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1942 Event Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road 1942 Event Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 Event Japanese invade Burma 1942 Event Japanese forces invade Burma 1941 Event Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma 1936 Birthday Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun 1925 Birthday Harry H Corbett, Rangoon Burma, actor, Steptoe and Son, Jabberwacky 1924 Birthday Countess Mountbatten, of Burma 1921 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday [Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General, 1962-72 1909 Birthday U Thant, born in Pantanaw, Burma, born Pantanaw U Thant, diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971 1907 Birthday U Nu, premier Burma, 1948-58, 1960-62 1900 Birthday Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1886 Event China takes British protectorate of Burma 1870 Birthday Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1850 Event Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire
