Today in History

September, 2014

  • 8 September

    Sept. 8, French poet and Nobel laureate Frederic Mistral born

    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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 – …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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. …

  • 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

  • 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 …

  • 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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