1543 – French troops invade Luxembourg.
1940 – Assassination of prominent Syrian nationalist Abdul Rahman Shahbandar.
1978 – Independence of Solomon Islands from the UK.
1991 – Brioni Agreement signed ending war between Yugoslavia and Slovenia by granting Slovenia its independence.
2005 – Terrorist attack on London Underground trains and a bus in central London, 52 civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured.
Born today:
1860 – Austrian musician Gustav Mahler.
Passed Away:
1930- English Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
1934 – French Scientist and Nobel-Laureate Marie Curie.
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