1915 – Thirty thousand people die in earthquake which struck Avezzano in Italy.
1930 – The emergence of Mickey Mouse cartoon series for the first time.
1943 – German leader Adolf Hitler declares all-out war on Allies.
1954 – Egyptian security authorities arrest 318 of the Muslim Brotherhood members.
2001 – 7.7 magnitude earthquake in El Salvador Kills 844 and wounds 4723 people.
Born today:
1910 – Shawqi Daif, an Egyptian linguist and writer.
Passed today:
2009 – Mansour al-Rahbani, a Lebanese composer.
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