Jan. 18, Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer, passes away

1778- Capt. James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands).

1863 – Ismail Pasha becomes ruler of Egypt after the death of his uncle, Mohammed Said Pasha.

1919- Paris 1st Peace Conference opened in Versailles, France.

1952-The popular revolution against the French occupation of Tunisia begins; the French authorities arrest Habib Bourguiba.

2002 -The civil war in Sierra Leone ends.

Born today:
1970 – Syrian actor Abdul-Monem Amairi.

Passes away:
1936 -Russian writer Maxim Gorky.

R. Milhem / Ghossoun

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