1853 – The Sea Battle of Sinop between Russia and the Ottomans took place where the Turkish squadron was destroyed.
1854 – Khedive Said grants French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps concession to construct the Suez Canal.
1970 – South Yemen was officially called People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen .
1973 – UN General Assembly approves the international Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
2004- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigns in protest on President George W. Bush policies.
1874 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born.
1965- Egyptian poet Kamel El Shennawy passes away.
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