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On this day in 1921, Prince Myingun, who tried take down both the royal court and British rule over Burma, died in Vietnam.
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On this day in 1946, Galon U Saw survived an assassination attempt that would lead him, less than a year later, to assassinate General Aung San and his ministers.
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On This Day in 2007, Buddhist monks in cities around Myanmar held protests against the military government that lasted for weeks and became the Saffron Revolution.
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On This Day in 1948, Myanmar’s first foreign minister died after he was injured in a bombing on Sparks Street that remains unsolved to this day.
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On this day in 1988, General Saw Maung seized power in a coup in the wake of the “8888” democratic uprising.
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This week in 1966, U Ne Win and his wife were welcomed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson and the first lady on the military dictator’s first US visit as head of state.
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On this day in 1939, anti-colonialist monk U Ottama passed away, leaving behind a legacy of non-violent resistance and powerful rhetoric.
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On this day in 1945, Gen. Aung San signed an agreement with the British in the Sri Lankan city of Kandy to establish the Myanmar army.
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On this day in 1942, Gen. Aung San, shortly after joining the Japanese to drive the British out of Myanmar, married Daw Khin Kyi.
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On this day in 1987, Gen. Ne Win’s government abruptly demonetized three banknotes in a move that caused financial hardship for many and hastened the end of his rule.
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On this day 55 years ago, The Mirror Daily, a frequent critic of Gen. Ne Win’s government, was nationalized by the dictator, ushering in five decades of censorship.
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Dr. Thein Maung was named Myanmar’s first ambassador to Japan—under the Japanese-ruled government of Dr. Ba Maw—on this day in 1943.
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On this day in 1931 a colonial tribunal sentenced the leader of the largest peasant rebellion against British rule to be hanged.
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Seventy-two years ago today, the Burma Translation Society was formed to bring the world’s culture and literature to the Burmese public.
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On Aug. 25, 1944, George Orwell—having been shunned by British publishers—penned a plea for the British Museum to publish a book on the Japanese occupation of Myanmar.
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