July 7, Assassination of prominent Syrian nationalist Abdul Rahman Shahbandar

 

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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