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Today in Asian History
July 20
1883 Iwakura Tomomi, Japanese statesman, died. Iwakura led the famous gov't study trip abroad in 1871.
1954 The Geneva Conference on Indochina declared that a demilitarized zone was to be established between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
1973 The Japanese Red Army hijacked a JAL flight from Amsterdam. The plane was destroyed in Libya after passengers were released.
1989 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest. Her movement won 82% of the votes in 1990 voting. She was awarded, in absentia, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Her house arrest ended in 1995, but her movements remain restricted.
The AI "Today in Asian History" page was compiled by Clayton Dube. He welcomes your comments and suggestions. Send them to <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>.
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