Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems.
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Ne Win
Ne Win was a Burmese general and politician who served as Burma's head of government from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1974; and also as head of state from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma period of 1962 to 1988.
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politics · Leader of Burma (1958–1960; 1962–1988) · military officer · politician · military leader · head of government · also Ne Win, Bo Ne Win, U Ne Win, Shu Maung, General Shu Maung, Bogyoke Ne Win
Born 24 May 1911 · Died 5 December 2002 · Q315522
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2002· 4 entries
SFGate: Ne Win -- former dictator of Burma
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Sydney Morning Herald: Ne Win, dictator who ruined Burma, is dead
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Died 2002-12-05.
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Los Angeles Times: Ne Win, 91; President Bankrupted Myanmar, Enriched Self
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
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1988· 1 entry
26 years later, Ne Win denied involvement in the dynamiting of the Student Union building, stating that his deputy Brigadier Aung Gyi – who by that time had fallen out with Ne Win and been dismissed – had given the order
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1987· 1 entry
Reportedly on the recommendation of an astrologer that the number nine was auspicious, Ne Win ordered the withdrawal of several large-denomination kyat notes while issuing new denominations of 45 and 90 kyats
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1985· 1 entry
Issued a decree that 25, 35, and 75 kyat notes would cease to be legal tender, alleging that they were subject to hoarding by black-marketeers and were also used to finance the various insurgencies
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Myanmar (1974–1981).
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1972· 1 entry
Khin May Than was Ne Win's favourite wife and her death in 1972 was a heavy blow to him.
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1967· 1 entry
And continuing throughout the 1970s, anti-Chinese riots continued to flare up, as many elements in Burma tried to spread the Cultural Revolution
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1964· 1 entry
Was formally declared to be the only legal party
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1962· 2 entries
Career landmark: Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma (1962–1974).
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Career landmark: Burma Socialist Programme Party (1962–1988).
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1961· 1 entry
By People's Literature House, Rangoon, lists Ne Win's birthdate as 14 May 1911
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1958· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Myanmar (1958–1960).
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1945· 1 entry
Now that Aung San was dead and the Communists expelled from the AFPFL
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1941· 1 entry
Ne Win, as a member of the Ba Sein-Tun Ok (Socialist) faction of the Dobama, was one of thirty young men chosen for military training by the Japanese operative Colonel Suzuki Keiji
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1931· 1 entry
Was expelled from the university after he failed an exam
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1929· 1 entry
And took biology as his main subject with hopes of becoming a doctor
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1911· 1 entry
Born 1911-05-24.
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