1816 – Argentina gains independence from Spain.
2004 – International Criminal Court (ICC) dismisses Israeli West Bank apartheid wall as illegitimate.
2006 – Italy wins the 18th World Cup after beating France.
2008 – Iran tests launching medial and far rockets, including Shehab 3.
2009 – President Bashar al-Assad and his Azerbaijani counterpart Iilham Aliyev inaugurate Syrian-Azerbaijan Businessmen Forum in Baku.
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