Feb. 7, The Turks lose 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli

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1904- The Great Baltimore fire destroys Baltimore city in the US.

1913- The Turks lose 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli .

1917- Grenada island gains independence from Britain.

1979- Chadli Benjedid elected as president of Algeria.

1992- Signing the European Union treaty known as Maastricht Treaty.

2009-Bushfires ignite across the Australian state of Victoria, claiming the lives of 137 people .

Born Today:

1905- Swedish physicist and pharmacist Ulf Svante von Euler.

1934- President of Malta Eddie Fenech Adami.

Passed away:

1999- Jordanian King Hussein bin Talal.

1937- American lawyer and diplomat Elihu Root.

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