1865 – United States prohibits slavery.
1914 – England declares protection on Egypt and terminates the Ottoman sovereignty over it.
1941 – Japanese troops descend on the shores of Hong Kong and commit a series of horrific massacres until the city surrendered completely later.
1971 – The Soviet Union runs the largest hydroelectric generating station in the world in Krasnoyarsk.
1979 – UN General Assembly adopts Convention on the Prevention of Discrimination against Women.
2013 – The first artificial heart transplant in history takes place in the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris.
Born Today:
1886 – Amin Rafe’, one of Egypt’s pioneer journalists, was born.
Passed today:
1994 – Saheb Haddad, Iraqi film director, passes away.
R. Milhem
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