1598 – William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers’ Register by a decree of Queen Elizabeth.
1624 – German Wilhelm Schickard from Heidelberg University discovers first calculating machine , named the calculating clock.
1957 – Al-Habib Bourguiba becomes President of Tunis.
1970 – Sultan Qaboos Bin Said accedes to the throne of Oman.
1932 – Egyptian Poet Hafez Ibrahim passes away.
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