1882 – The English fleet bombards Alexandria and destroys its castles. Ahmed Orabi was forced to withdraw his troops to the Kafr Al-Dawar and re-organize his army.
1948 – 426 Palestinians killed by Zionists in Ludd city when it was occupied along with al-Ramla city.
1979 – American spaceship Skylab returns to the Earth.
2010 – The Spanish football team wins the World Cup for the first time.
Born today:
1274 – King Robert I of Scotland.
Passes away:
1974 – Par Lagerkvist a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951.
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