August 11, Total eclipse of the Sun in many areas in Europe and Central Asia

1906 – Eugene Lauste receives the first patent for a talking  film in France.

1945 – Allies’ forces led by the US agree on the surrender of Japan in the World War II.

1952 – Hussein bin Talal announced king of Jordan to succeed his father King Talal.

1960 – Independence Day of Chad.

1963 –Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was chosen as headquarters of  the Organization of African Unity.

1999 – A total eclipse of the Sun in many areas in Europe and Central Asia.

1937 – American novelist  Edith Wharton, the best twentieth-century novelist, particularly the short story writer, passes away.

H. Zain/ Ghossoun