Damascus, SANA-
1793-French King Louis XVI guillotined.
1899-Opel Car Company founded.
1917-An earthquake in Indonesia claims the lives of about 15,000 people.
1976- The first flight of the Concorde airplane launched between Paris and Rio de Janeiro
Born today:
1912- US Biochemist Konrad Bloch.
1933- US Doctor Joseph Wetherill Eschbach.
Passed away:
1950- British Writer George Orwell.
2006-Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova.
R. al-Jazaeri/ Barry