1099 Jerusalem captured in First Crusade

1789 The French revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison

1798 In the US, the Sedition Act becomes law making it a federal crime to criticize the US government. Although never tested in court, it is assumed to be unconstitutional.

1867 Alfred Nobel demonstrates his new invention, dynamite, for the first time

1958 Iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal

1958 Iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists

1602 The birth of Jules Mazarin, French statesman

1796 The birth of Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist

1862 The birth of Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter

1904 The birth of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author

1910 The birth of William Hanna, American cartoonist

1912 The birth of Woody Guthrie, American folk musician

1913 The birth of Gerald Ford, Former (38th) American President

1918 The birth of Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director

2005 A mortar fired from the Gaza strip kills Dana Galkowicz, in the Netiv Haasara Moshav.

2007 Following a presidential decree, Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

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