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1785 – First successful balloon flight between England and France.
1927 – First round-the-world telephone service established between New York and London.
1953 – US develops a hydrogen bomb.
1959- US officially recognizes Castro’s government in Cuba.
1984 – Brunei joined ASEAN Organization.
1990- Italy closes Pisa Tower to the public after fears it could collapse.
2006 – Twenty US soldiers killed in Iraq, including 12 in a helicopter crash near Talafar .
Passed away
2001 – Lebanese former President Charles Helou.
H. Zain/ Barry
