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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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