Damascus, SANA-
1830- Establishment of Ecuador state.
1930- Stromboli volcano erupts in the Italian island of Sicily.
1926- Unsuccessful assassination attempt of Benito Mussolini.
1950- American Florence May Chadwick was the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1973- Military coup d’état in Chile led by army commanders.
2001- Two planes hit the World Trade Center twin towers.
1885- British Writer David Herbert Lawrence was born.
2003- Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh passes away after being stabbed by an extremist.
Teachers’ Day in Latin America.
R. al-Jazaeri/ Ghossoun