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The ASEAN Declaration[1] or Bangkok Declaration is the founding document of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It was signed in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the five ASEAN founding members, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It states the basic principles of ASEAN: co-operation, amity, and non ...
August 28, 1967 (Monday) Three days of torrential rains began in Japan's Niigata Prefecture, with 13.8 inches (350 mm) falling in 48 hours and causing landslides and massive flooding. [ 113] Before the rain abated, at least 135 people were dead or missing, with 53 confirmed and 82 others unaccounted for. [ 114]
Member states of ASEAN. As of 2010, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has 10 member states, one candidate member state, and one observer state. ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five member states: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is headquartered in Jakarta.
On 8 August 1967, a freight train carrying jet fuel bound for the U.S. air bases at Tachikawa and Yokota collided with another freight train and caught fire at Shinjuku Station. [4] This spectacular accident drew attention to the fact that Japanese trains were being used to ship war materiel to support the U.S. war in Vietnam, and made Shinjuku ...
March. March 7 – Jimmy Hoffa begins his 8-year sentence for attempting to bribe a jury. March 9 – Joseph Stalin 's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to the USA via the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. March 14 – The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
Final loss: A-26A 64-17646 (609th SOS, 56th SOW) lost over Laos on the night of 7–8 July 1969, killing both crewmen. A-37 Dragonfly —22 total. First loss: 1967, final loss: 1972. Wing of downed USAF warplane at the Vietnam Military History Museum. AC-47 Spooky —19 total, 12 in combat.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [c] commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, [d] is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia. Together, its member states represent a population of more than 600 million people and land area of over 4.5 million km 2 (1.7 million sq mi). [13] The bloc generated a purchasing power parity (PPP ...
August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) ... 1967 – Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster; 1967 – Yūki Amami, ...