Damascus, SANA –<\/p>\n
1717-Signing the treaty of the “Triple Alliance” between the Dutch Republic, France and Great Britain.<\/p>\n
1896- Utah becomes the 45th state of the US.<\/p>\n
1948 – Burma declares independence from UK.<\/p>\n
1959 – Luna 1 becomes the 1st craft to leave Earth’s gravity.<\/p>\n
1962 – 1st automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City.<\/p>\n
1989- US warplanes shoot down two Libyan warplanes inside the Libyan territorial water in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n
2004 – Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars.<\/p>\n
2007 – The United States Congress elects Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
2010 – Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened.<\/p>\n
Born Today:<\/p>\n
1643- Isaac Newton, British scientist who developed the laws of gravity and planetary relations.<\/p>\n
1809-Louis Braille, developer of a reading system for the blind.<\/p>\n
Passed away:<\/p>\n
1960- French Nobel Prize laureate author Albert Camus.<\/p>\n
1965- British poet TS Eliot.<\/p>\n
R. al-Jazaeri\/ Barry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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