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1919 – 1st Palestinian National Congress convenes, demanding independence of Palestine.
1942 – French navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis cannot seize them.
1951- Israeli occupation forces destroy Palestinian Village of al-Bonishat.
1967 – French President Charles de Gaulle said ‘Non!’ to British entry to the European Common Market for the second time.
1980 – Arab Summit Conference held in Amman decides to cut relations with states that recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital or move their embassies to it.
2008 – Iraqi Parliament endorses security agreement with the US with the majority of 144 present lawmakers.
1903 – Norwegian chemist and physicist and Nobel-Laureate Lars Onsager was born.
1988 – Lebanese Prime Minister, Taki el-Din el-Solh passes away.
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