1900- 20,000 of the British troops invade South Africa’s Orange Free State.
1905- An earthquake measuring 7.3 at Richter magnitude scale hits Andreanof Islands, Alaska.
1908- Mohammad Farid elected as a leader of the Egyptian National Party.
1912- Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States.
1946-The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) announced to the public by Pennsylvania University.
1963-Abdul-Salam Aref becomes president of Iraq.
1979- US Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs kidnapped by extremists, and later killed in an exchange of fire between the police and the kidnappers.
Born Today:
1766- British Economist Thomas Robert Malthus.
1961- Tunisian singer Latifa al-Tunisiya.
Passed away:
1779- British explorer James Cook was killed at the hands of Sandwich Islands’ inhabitants.
2004- A famous Italian bicycle rider Marco Pantani.
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