1941- Italy occupies Eritrea.
1944- British Royal Air Force drop 2,300 ton bombs on Berlin during the World War II.
1952 – Iran cancels Treaty of Friendship with Britain.
1996- Election of leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat a President of the Palestinian National authority.
2003- UN Security Council adopts a resolution on Counter-Terrorism.
Born Today:
1899- Kenjiro Takayanagi, The Father of Japanese Television.
Passed away:
2009- Hussein Ali Mahfouz, The Iraqi author and historian.
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