1900- 20,000 of the British troops invade South Africa’s Orange Free State.<\/p>\n
1905- An earthquake measuring 7.3 at Richter magnitude scale hits Andreanof Islands, Alaska.<\/p>\n
1908- Mohammad Farid elected as a leader of the Egyptian National Party.<\/p>\n
1912- Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States.<\/p>\n
1946-The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) announced to the public by Pennsylvania University.<\/p>\n
1963-Abdul-Salam Aref becomes president of Iraq.<\/p>\n
1979- US Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs kidnapped by extremists, and later killed in an exchange of fire between the police and the kidnappers.<\/p>\n
Born Today:<\/p>\n
1766- British Economist Thomas Robert Malthus.<\/p>\n
1961- Tunisian singer Latifa al-Tunisiya.
\nPassed away:<\/p>\n
1779- British explorer James Cook was killed at the hands of Sandwich Islands\u2019 inhabitants.<\/p>\n
2004- A famous Italian bicycle rider Marco Pantani.<\/p>\n
Valentines\u2019 Day<\/p>\n
R. al-Jazaeri\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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