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1915 – Germany fires Poisonous gas against the Russians in the World War I. 1941 – Iraqi government chaired by Rashid Ali al-Kilani resigns. 1946 – Yugoslavian Constitution, which includes …
January, 2015
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30 January
Jan. 30, Mahatma Gandhi assassinated
1835- Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC in 1st attempted assassination of a US President. 1912- UK House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill. 1925- …
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29 January
Jan. 29, Russian Novelist Anton Pavlovich Chekhov born
1919- Prince Faisal Bin al-Hussein submits a memo to Paris Peace Conference calling for independence of all Arab countries. 1942-Iran signs a Treaty of Alliance with Britain and the …
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28 January
Jan. 28, beginning of construction of Eiffel Tower in France
1887 – Beginning of construction of Eiffel Tower in France. 1909 – US withdraws its troops from Cuba except a naval base at Guantanamo Bay. 1918 – Establishment of Russian …
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27 January
Jan. 27, Syrian artist Duraid Lahham born
1832- Amir Abd el-Kader Jazaeri resistance against French occupation to Algeria starts. 1926- English John Baird invents television. 1944- Siege imposed on Leningrad was lifted following 900 days during …
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26 January
Jan. 26, Peaceful demonstrations across the world to stop the war on Iraq
1911- Glenn Curtiss flies first seaplane. 1937 – French authorities in occupied Algeria dissolve the North African Star (Etoile Nord-Africaine) party led by Messali Hadj. 1942 – The first …
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25 January
Jan. 25th, Egyptian filmmaker Yusef Shahin born
1915- Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission. 1919 -The League of Nations plan is adopted by the Allies. 1924-The …
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24 January
Jan. 24, First Apple Macintosh Computer was launched
1924 – The name of the city of Saint Petersburg was changed to Leningrad. 1946 – UN issues a resolution on use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, following US …
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23 January
Jan. 23, Spanish painter Salvador Dali passes away
Damascus, SANA_ 1556 – Shaanxi Earthquake – deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China. 1920 -Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies after …
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22 January
Jan. 22, Queen Victoria of Britain passes away
1901 – Coronation of King Edward VII as King of Britain after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. 1923- 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Mendocino in California, and it is …