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Damascus, SANA- Today in History Aug 24th: 1516- Battle of Marj Dabiq erupts between Mamluks and Ottomans. 1821- Mexico independence declared. 1922- The Palestinians reject the British mandate on Palestine …
August, 2015
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23 August
Aug 23rd, Egyptian Prime Minister Sa’ad Zaghloul passes away
Damascus, SANA- Today in History Aug 23rd: 1821- Mexico gains independence from Spain. 1833- Abolishing slavery at the British colonies. 1839-England occupies Hong Kong. 1889- First wireless broadcast from ship …
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22 August
Aug 22nd, The Mona Lisa stolen off the walls of the Louvre in Paris
Damascus, SANA- Today in History Aug 22nd: 1863- The establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross “ICRC”. 1901- Cadillac Automobile Company founded. 1910- Japan occupies Korea. 1911- The …
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21 August
August 21st, Al-Aqsa Mosque burned by Australian Jewish extremist
1915- Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire during World War I. 1919- Belgium is granted mandate over Burundi. 1959- Hawaii becomes the 50th American state. 1969- The burning of …
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20 August
Aug 20th, Egyptian Poet and Politician Mohammad Hussein Haikal born
Damascus, SANA- Today in History, Aug 20th: 1914- Germany occupies Brussels during the World War I. 1960-Senegal independence declared. 1973- 71 thousand people killed in floods in India and Pakistan. …
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19 August
August 19th, Palestinian Poet Samih al-Qasim passes away
1905- The Russian Tsar decrees establishing the Duma Council. 1934- Adolf Hitler becomes President of Germany. 1940- Italian invasion of British Somaliland during World War II. 1958- The US launches …
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18 August
August 18th, Egyptian and British delegation agree to abolish precondition of the protectorate in order to hold a negotiation over Egypt’s independence
1920- Egyptian delegation headed by Saad Zaghlul and British delegation agree to abolish the precondition of the protectorate in order to hold a negotiation over independence. 1964 – South Africa …
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17 August
August 17th, Pakistani President Mohammad Zia-ul-Huq passes away
Damascus, SANA- Today in history: 1945- Indonesia gains independence from Japan. 1960- Gabon gains independence from France. 1988- Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq and the US Ambassador in Pakistan killed in an …
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16 August
August 16th, Bahrain gains its independence from Britain
1945-American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin announce the end of the World War II. 1960- Cyprus achieved independence from the United …
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15 August
August 15th, Scottish poet and writer Walter Scott born
1914-Panama Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans opened to oceangoing vessels. 1945-Relations between the US and Russia cut in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution. 1945- Japan announces its …