1497 – Vasco da Gama leads a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon to India.<\/p>\n
951 \u2013 Modern Paris founded.<\/p>\n
1889 \u2013 First edition of Wall Street Journal Newspaper issued.<\/p>\n
1972 \u2013 Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani assassinated by Mossad in a car bomb
\nin Beirut.<\/p>\n
1978 \u2013 First ascent of Mount Everest first ascended without supplemental oxygen.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2013 Israeli occupation forces allow Jewish settlers into the al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n
Born today:<\/p>\n
1989 – Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian painter.<\/p>\n
Passes away:<\/p>\n
1538 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer and traveler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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