1380 – Russians defeat Mongol-Tartar army in Battle of Kulikovo. 1937 – Syria hosts Arab conference to discuss the Palestine Cause in light of increasing Jewish immigration to it under …
September, 2014
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7 September
September 7, Belgian King Baudouin I born
Damascus, SANA – 1822- Brazil independence from Portugal. 1848- Austria bans human trafficking. 1932- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) was established. 1977- Treaty signed between Panama and the US ending …
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6 September
September 6 , The city of Leningrad restores its original name, St. Petersburg
1901 – Assassination of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. 1932 – Capital punishment and life imprisonment abolished in Spain. 1939 – South Africa declares war against …
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5 September
September 5, Launch of Voyager 1 space probe
1939 – The US declares neutrality in World War II. 1944 – Allied forces liberate Brussels, the capital of Belgium. 1977 – Launch of Voyager 1 space probe. 2012 – …
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4 September
September 4, Allende becomes Chile’s first socialist President
1870 – French Emperor Napoleon III was defeated and captured by the German forces . 1970 – Salvador Allende becomes Chile’s first socialist President. 1997 – Palestinian resistance carries …
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3 September
September 3, opening of Birmingham Library, the largest public library in the UK
1925 – First international handball played between Germany and Belgium . 1939 – The UK declares war against Germany in World War II. 1943 – Allied troops invade Italy in …
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2 September
September 2, first ATM opened in the US
Damascus, SANA – 1666- Great Fire of London erupts, destroying thousands of houses. 1945- End of World War II. 1954- Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France. …
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1 September
September 1, Opening of UN HQ in New York
1939- World War II erupts with German troops invading Poland. 1951 – Opening of UN HQ in New York . 1960 – Late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser lays the …
August, 2014
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30 August
August 31, Edison granted patent for motion picture camera or Kinetograph
Damascus, SANA – 1897- Tomas Edison granted a patent for the motion picture camera or “Kinetograph.” 1955- Israel commits an appalling massacre in Khan Yunus city in occupied Palestine, killing …
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29 August
August 29, Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist, passes away
1940- Italian army bombed Suez Canal. 1949- Soviet Union detonated the first nuclear bomb. 2003- Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Mohammad Bakir al-Hakim was …
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