August 5th, Syrian Thinker Sati’ al-Husari born

1858- First telegraph line established across the Atlantic Ocean.

1914- The US declares neutrality during World War I.

1915- The German forces occupy Warsaw in World War I.

1963- The US, the Soviet Union and the UK sign the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.

1966- Spain bans British airplanes from flying over its territories due to dispute over Gibraltar.

1969- Mariner 7 aircraft sends clear pictures of Mars surface.

2003- 12 people killed in a car bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

2009- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins his second term as Iran’s president.

2010- Copiapo mine in Chile collapses.

Born Today:

1802- Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.

1879- Syrian Thinker Sati’ al-Husari.

Passed Away:

1792- British Prime Minister Frederick North.

1957- German chemist Heinrich Otto Wieland.

R. J/H. Said

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