Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus, SANA-
1790 – 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address.
1892- Abbas Hilmi II rules Egypt succeeding his father Khedive Tawfiq.
1918 – US President Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points for peace after the Great War.
1959 – Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as president of France’s 5th Republic.
1970- Luna 21st soviet unmanned rover mission launched.
1890- Indira Gandhi wins the elections and become India’s prime minister.
1996- An airplane crashes into a market in Kinshasa and hundreds were killed or injured.
2006- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the south of Japan.
2009- The UN Security Council adopts resolution No. 1860 calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip leading to a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces from it.
Born Today:
1897- Elite Syrian poet Shafiq Jabri.
Passed away:
1992- Egyptian writer and journalist Mousa Sabri.
1996- Former French President Francois Mitterrand.
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