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1781- British Navy burns Richmond in Virginia, few days before eruption of American revolution.
1854 – Steamship San Francisco sank, killing 300 passengers.
1896 – An Austrian newspaper reported that Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered new electromagnetic radiation ,later called the X-Ray.
1902 – Abdul-Aziz Al Saud drives Al -Rashid from power.
1919- Foundation of the German Nazi party.
1940 – First Radio FM station tested.
1948 – Warner Brother company produces first color newsreel.
1957- US President Dwight Eisenhower announces his anti-communism project in Middle East , called Eisenhower’s Principle.
1980- Hewlett-Packard company launches its first tablet named TouchPad (HP).
2006 – Two terrorist attacks in Iraqi city of Karbala resulted in the killing of 130 persons.
Born today:
1928 – Pakistan former President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Passed away:
1966 -Egyptian Poet Bayram al-Tunisi.
H. Zain/ Barry
