1922 – Establishment of the Irish Republic.
\n1934 \u2013 Earthquake in Bihar in India and Nepal kills 10,700 persons.<\/p>\n
1944 \u2013 Earthquake in Argentine kills 5000 persons.<\/p>\n
1960 \u2013Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had its headquarters in Geneva.<\/p>\n
1970 \u2013 Libyan General People’s Congress elects Late President, Muammar al-Gaddafi as its president .<\/p>\n
1993- 130 states sign the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in Paris.<\/p>\n
2011 \u2013 Tunisia’s speaker of parliament, Fouad Mebazaa sworn in as interim President of Tunisia after former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.<\/p>\n
Born today:
\n1929 \u2013 leader of the American civil rights movement and Nobel-Laureate Martin Luther King.<\/p>\n
Occasions:
\nMartin Luther King Day.<\/p>\n
Korean Alphabet Day (Hangul) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n
H. Zain\/ Ghossoun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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