1995 Event Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia 1994 Event 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed 1994 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 1976 Event Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground 1971 Event Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of U.S. soldiers in SE Asia 1957 Death Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88 1954 Event SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communists in Asia 1943 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1941 Event Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia 1915 Event German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland 1869 Birthday Margot SE Scharten-Antink, Dutch author, Catherina, Sprotje
