335 – Church of Holy Sepulcher initiated in Jerusalem.
1908 – American Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge becomes first person to die in a powered airplane crash.
1948 – Jewish Lehi extremist organization (known as Stern Gang) assassinates UN peace mediator in Palestine Count Folke Bernadotte.
1978 – Camp David treaty between Egypt and the Israeli enemy signed.
1994 – British philosopher Karl Popper dies at 92.
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