1325 – Traveler Ibn Battuta starts first trip around the world from Tangier city in Morocco.
1930 – British, Iraqi Treaty on establishment of two military bases in Iraq in return of Iraq’s independence.
1933- Nazi Leader Hitler endorses establishment of the official secret police of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo.
1956 – Withdrawal of British forces from Suez area in Egypt.
1978 – Militia of “Lebanese Forces” attacks Ehden town and commits a massacre, claiming the lives of Lebanese Minister Tony Frangieh, his wife, his daughter and a number of his supporters.
2009 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins second term in office.
Born Today:
1865 – Irish poet and Nobel-Laureate William Yeats.
1944 – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
Passed away:
2012 – French writer and philosopher Roger Garaudy.
H. Zain/ Mazen