1816 – Argentina gains independence from Spain.
1850 – Millard Fillmore assumes presidency of the United States after the death of President Zachary Taylor.
1952 – Nouri Al-Saeed Government resigns in Iraq.
2004 – International Court of Justice issues decision stressing the illegality of the apartheid wall adopted by the Israeli authorities in the West bank and calls for removing it and paying compensations to the Palestinians affected by it.
2004 – US Senate publishes a report which reveals that the CIA erred on Iraq and exaggerated the issue of weapons of mass destruction.
2006 – The Italian football team beats France and wins World Cup.
Born today:
1894 – The Nobel laureate physicist Pyotr Kapitsa from Russia.
Passed away:
1746 – King Philip V of Spain.
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