Jan. 17, Italian famous singer Dalida born

Damascus, SANA_1917 – US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

1946- UN Security Council held its first meeting.

1947- Serbia joins the Yugoslav Republic.

1961- Assassination of Prime Minister of Congo and revolutionist Patrice Lumumba.
1962-First Arab Summit held in Cairo.

1991- Operation Desert Storm begins in the second Gulf War to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.

1996- Czech joins the European Union (EU).

2011- Mohamed Ghannouchi forms first national unity government in Tunisia.

Born today:

1933- Italian famous singer Dalida.

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