May 19th, Christopher Columbus makes his fifth and last trip across the Atlantic

1609- Christopher Columbus makes his fifth and last trip across the Atlantic Ocean.

1798- The French campaign on Egypt under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte departs Toulon port heading for Egypt.

1967- The US warplanes bomb the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for the first time during the war waged by the US against Vietnam.

2004- Trial of the US soldiers who committed grave human rights violations against Iraqi prisoners started.

Born Today:

1890- President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh.

1914- Max Berots, a British chemist holds a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962.

Passed away:

2009- US Biochemist Robert F. Furchgott.

Student Day in Algeria

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