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1918 – Ottoman Empire sign an armistice treaty with the Allies during the First World War. 1962 – The French decide to elect the President by a referendum . 1991 …
October, 2014
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29 October
Oct. 29, French mathematician Jean le Rond d’Alembert born
1888- The signing of Constantinople Convention which guarantees freedom of navigation in Suez Canal. 1929- Collapse of Wall Street and New York stock exchange. 1954- Late Egyptian President Jamal Abdul-Nasser …
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28 October
Oct. 28, Taha Hussein, writer, critic and Egyptian Minister passes away
1886 – Statue of Liberty inaugurated in the United States. 1940 – Italian troops invade Greece from Albania. 1962 – Soviet Union declares through Radio Moscow that its government decided …
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27 October
Oct. 27, Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi was born
1951- The Anglo-Egyptian treaty on ruling Sudan cancelled. 1960- End of the Cuban missile crisis. 1991- Turkmenistan announces separation from the Soviet Union. 1998- Gerhard Schröder elected as chancellor of …
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26 October
Oct. 26, United Nations emerges after ratification of its Constitution by UNSC members
1905 – Norway gains independence from Sweden. 1945 – The United Nations emerges after ratification on its Constitution by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. 1947 – …
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25 October
October 25, Spanish Painter Pablo Picasso born
1936 – Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler establish Italian-German alliance to which Japan joined later. 1944 – Japan deploys kamikaze (“divine wind”) suicide bombers against American warships. 1952 – Lebanon …
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24 October
Oct. 24, Cornerstone Of New United Nations Building in New York Laid
1648 – Independence of the Netherland formally recognized. 1929 – Wall Street Crash. 1940 – Marshal Philippe Pétain of France meets Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany. 1949 – …
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23 October
Oct. 23, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades leader Ayman Halawe assassinated
1942 – The outbreak of El Alamein battle between the German and the Italian troops during World War II. 1944 – United States, Britain and the Soviet Union admit the …
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22 October
October 22, French painter Paul Cézanne passes away
1797 –First parachute jump carried out by Andre Jacques Garnerin using hot air balloon. 1873 – Empires of Germany, Russia, Austria and Hungary establish alliance. 1940 – Italy declares war …
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21 October
October 21, Thomas Edison displays the first electric light bulb
1879 – Thomas Edison displays the first electric light bulb. 1918- Germany stops submarine warfare in World War I. 1952 – 1st meeting of the Information Ministers of the Organization …