1918 – Russian government cancels Brest-Litovsk for peace treaty with the Central Powers in the World War I.
1935 – Popular uprising erupts in Egypt against the British occupation and the government chaired by Mohammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha .
1954 – Jamal Abdel Nasser becomes President of Egypt.
1990 – The first Web page was served.
1893 – US bio-chemist and Nobel-laureate Edward Doisy was born.
899 – Arab historian Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinawari passes away.
H. Zain/ Ghossoun