Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
64 AD- The Great Fire of Rome occurred upon orders of Roman Emperor Nero.
1918 – A treaty of friendship and protection between France and Monaco inked.
1980 – India first launched a satellite into orbit.
1918 – President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, nicknamed the most famous political prisoner in the world, was born.
1817 – English novelist Jane Austen passed away.
