Damascus, SANA-
1937- England and Italy sign Mediterranean Sea agreement and maintinace Spain independence.
1947- Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi begins a march for peace in India.
1950- Treaty of Portsmouth signed between Russia and Japan to end their war with meditation of American president Theodore Roosevelt.
1964-Mohamed Ayub Khan assumes the presidency of Pakistan.
2007- Ban Ki-moon receives his duties as Secretary-General of the United Nations from his predecessor Kofi Annan.
Passed away:
1995- The Somali president Mohamed Siad Barre.
Occasions:
Feast day of St. Basil the Great.
M. al-Freih/ Barry