1881 – Orabi Revolution, led by Ahmad Orabi, starts in Egypt.
1933 – Beersheba Battle between British Mandate forces and Arab freedom fighters in Palestine in which the latter seized 600 pieces of weapons and inflicted causalities on colonialist troops.
1948 – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) founded.
1976 – Palestine joins the Arab League after recognizing Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
1828 – Russian writer Leo Tolstoy born.
1900 – English novelist James Hilton born
1976 – Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Party of China, passes away.
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