Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
1877 – Tom Edison announces his “talking machine” invention (phonograph) – first machine to play and record sound.
1789 – North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state.
1959 – The UN prohibits nuclear experiments.
2004- The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq’s external debt.
1694- France writer Voltaire was born.
1935 – A leader of Syrian Revolution against the French mandate Ibrahim Hanano passes away.
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