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Damascus, SANA- 1793-French King Louis XVI guillotined. 1899-Opel Car Company founded. 1917-An earthquake in Indonesia claims the lives of about 15,000 people. 1976- The first flight of the Concorde airplane …
January, 2015
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20 January
Jan. 20, Kenjiro Takayanagi, The Father of Japanese Television born
1941- Italy occupies Eritrea. 1944- British Royal Air Force drop 2,300 ton bombs on Berlin during the World War II. 1952 – Iran cancels Treaty of Friendship with Britain. …
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19 January
Jan. 19, Turkish journalist Hrant Dink urging for condemning genocide committed by Turks against Armenians assassinated
Damascus, SANA_ 1792 – The French parliament emerging from the French Revolution passed a verdict of executing King Louis XVI and his family on charges of high treason. 1883 – …
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18 January
Jan. 18, Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer, passes away
1778- Capt. James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands). 1863 – Ismail Pasha becomes ruler of Egypt after the death of his uncle, Mohammed Said Pasha. 1919- Paris 1st …
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17 January
Jan. 17, Italian famous singer Dalida born
Damascus, SANA_1917 – US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea. 1946- UN Security Council held its first meeting. 1947- Serbia joins the Yugoslav Republic. …
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16 January
Jan. 16, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of Liberia’s state
Damascus, SANA_ 1909- Ernest Shackleton expedition reaches south magnetic pole as part of the Nimrod Expedition. 1920 – 1st assembly of the League of Nations (Paris). 1943- Iraqi government declares war …
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15 January
Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Day
1922 – Establishment of the Irish Republic. 1934 – Earthquake in Bihar in India and Nepal kills 10,700 persons. 1944 – Earthquake in Argentine kills 5000 persons. 1960 –Organization of …
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14 January
Jan 14, First successful Caesarean operation in the world
1794- US doctor Jesse Bennett performs the first successful Caesarean operation in the world. 1814- Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden. 1858- Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie escape unhurt after …
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13 January
Jan. 13, German leader Adolf Hitler declares all-out war on Allies
1915 – Thirty thousand people die in earthquake which struck Avezzano in Italy. 1930 – The emergence of Mickey Mouse cartoon series for the first time. 1943 – German leader …
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12 January
Jan. 12, UN Charter against Genocide was enforced
1816 – France exiles Napoleon Bonaparte’s family following his defeat in the Battle of Waterloo against the British forces, while he was exiled to Saint Helena island. 1896- 1st …