1778- British explorer James Cook reaches Alaska area in the continent of North America
1866- Vienna treaty, which ended war between Austria and Italy, was signed.
1932- Iraq gains independence from Britain.
1993- US forces entered the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, killing more than 7000 persons.
1889- Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist and the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize, was born.
2009- Queen Fatima al-Senussi of Libya passed away.
- Mousa/ Ghassoun