1904-The Ottomans commit a genocide against the Armenians, killing 900 of them.
1949- Changing the name of Siam to Thailand.
1989- US President Gorge Bush declares his country’s intention to invade Panama.
2010- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces his resignation.
2014- 89 percent of the voters in Donetsk referendum vote for the dependence from Ukraine.
Born Today:
1824- French Painter and Sculptor Jean-Leon Gerome.
1916- British Astronomer Antony Hewish.
Passed away:
1686- German Physicist Otto von Guericke.
1963- US Physiologist Herbert Spencer Gasser.
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