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On this day in 1989, the then-military government changed the names of 165 streets in Yangon, dropping their English colonial names in favor of Burmese language replacements.
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On this day in 1986, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn made her first visit to Myanmar at the invitation of dictator General Ne Win.
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Places in History
The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company dominated river trade during the colonial period from its headquarters on Strand Road, which is the Myanma Port Authority building today.
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On this day in 1954, Myanmar secured a pledge from Japan to pay reparations for violence and damage caused to the country under Japanese occupation during World War II.
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On this day in 1942, renowned Myanmar traditional folk musician Sein Beda died of throat cancer.
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Seventy-four years ago today, at the Nay Thurein Meeting, the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League objected to Churchill’s proposal for only partial Burmese independence.
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Fifty-nine years ago today, the ruthless military dictator Ne Win was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. He refused it, believing it to be a tool of the American CIA.
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On this day in 1943 Japan granted a sham independence to Myanmar, disingenuously installing a puppet government and suppressing the people.
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Exactly 31 years ago today, U Sein Lwin began the shortest-lived presidency in modern Myanmar history, still managing to kill hundreds.
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Burma
After decades of failed attempts, stakeholders are overjoyed. But new hotels and management transparency issues mean challenges still lie ahead.
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On this day in 1975, a strong earthquake shook the country’s major tourist attraction, killing 2 and damaging hundreds of centuries-old pagodas.
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Fifty-seven years ago today, Ne Win issued a bloody crackdown on Rangoon student protests. The next day, he dynamited the Students’ Union building.
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Culture
National Museum show is the best-attended it has ever put on
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Heritage
The Tourist Burma Building, sitting on a prominent downtown crossroad, has emerged from decades of abandonment as a heritage treasure—and the public are invited inside.
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On this day 89 years ago, Dobama Asiayone, or the We Burmans Association, was founded by Rangoon University instructor Thakhin Ba Thaung.
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