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Today in Asian History
July 16
1622 Mohammad fled Mecca. For most Muslims, including the several hundred million Muslims in Asia, this day marks the beginning of the Islamic Era.
1860 Qing troops, assisted by foreign Shanghai rifle corps under American Frederick T. Ward, retook Songjiang from Taiping forces under Li Xiucheng.
1894 Japan and Britain signed a treaty abolishing extraterritoriality for British subjects in Japan (start of the end for the "unequal treaties").
1935 The Japanese army was reorganized by the Toseiha (Control) faction in an attempt to limit the influence of the Kodoha (Imperial Way) faction.
1999 The Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare's announced that, for the first time in two decades, more than 50% of households reported having financial difficulties.
2001 Chinese and Russian presidents Jiang Zemin and Vladimir Putin signed an agreement of friendship and peace between their two nations. This was the first such agreement since the 1950s.
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