Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000)

Abdul Haris Nasution

Abdul Haris Nasution was a high-ranking Indonesian general and politician. He served in the military during the Indonesian National Revolution and remained in the military during the subsequent turmoil of the Parliamentary democracy and Guided Democracy. Following the fall of President Sukarno from power, he became the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly under President Suharto. Born into a Batak Muslim family, in the village of Hutapungkut, Dutch East Indies, he studied teaching and enrolled at a military academy in Bandung.

Born

1918

December 3

Died

2000

Era

1910s

Country

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About

Abdul, in brief

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Key dates

1918 Born
2000 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

915 Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).
1775 American Revolution: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1799 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1800 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.

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The world in 1918

When Abdul arrived

april 1 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
april 20 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
april 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
april 23 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

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Also born on December 3

Adam Małysz 1977– Polish ski jumper and race car driver Albert Asher 1879– New Zealand rugby player (died 1965) Andrew Stanton 1965– American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter Anton Webern 1883–1945 Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945) António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Edwin Valero 1981– Venezuelan boxer (died 2010) F. Sionil José 1924– Filipino journalist, writer and author (died 2022) Flemming Povlsen 1966– Danish footballer and manager Gilbert Stuart 1755– American painter (died 1828)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1918

Arthur Jackson 1918– American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) Arthur Kornberg 1918–2007 American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) B. K. S. Iyengar 1918–2014 Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918) Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic Chaim Herzog 1918–1997 Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918) Dave Bartholomew 1918– American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019) George Allen 1918–1990 American football player and coach (died 1990) Guy Gibson 1918–1944 Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944) Henry Wittenberg 1918–2010 American wrestler (born 1918)

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