1793- Spouse of the French King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette executed on charges of treason.
1933- King Fouad signs a decree on establishing the Royal Arabic Language Academy.
1942- Devastating hurricane in Mumbai kills forty thousand people.
1945-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) established.
1946- The Syrian Air Defense Force established.
1949- The civil war ends in Greece.
1970- Mohammad Anwar al-Sadat officially assumes the presidency of Egypt.
1870- Poet Ahmad Shawqi –nicknamed Prince of Poets-was born.
1793- Queen Marie Antoinette passes away.
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