1789-Bastille Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille.
1937- Signing the Frontier Treaty between Iraq and Iran.
1942- The Indian National Congress passes a resolution demanding complete independence from Britain and massive civil disobedience.
1958- A coup in Iraq overthrows the monarchy.
1964- All banks and insurance companies in Iraq nationalized.
1978- Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation.
Born Today:
1454- Italian poet Angelo Poliziano.
1862- Austrian painter Gustav Klimt.
1913- The 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford.
Passed Away:
1223- King Philip II of France.
1944- Syrian elite singer Asmahan.
1958- King Faisal II of Iraq.
Occasions:
Republic Day in Iraq
R.J/ Barry