Oct.16, Syrian Air Defense Force established

1793- Spouse of the French King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette executed on charges of treason.

1933- King Fouad signs a decree  on establishing the Royal Arabic Language Academy.

1942- Devastating hurricane in Mumbai kills forty thousand people.

1945-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) established.

1946- The Syrian Air Defense Force established.

1949- The civil war ends in Greece.

1970- Mohammad Anwar al-Sadat officially assumes the presidency of Egypt.

1870- Poet Ahmad Shawqi –nicknamed Prince of Poets-was born.

1793- Queen Marie Antoinette passes away.

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