It happened on this day, December 23
Events:
962 – Byzantine forces storm the city of Aleppo during the Arab-Byzantine Wars under the command of Phokas Nicephorus, who later becomes emperor.
1847 – Emir Abdelkader of Algeria surrenders to the French.
1876 - The Ottoman Empire announces its first constitution.
1881 – The first Egyptian parliament is summoned to meet.
1912 – Inauguration of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
1913 – Foundation of the American Central Bank.
1919 – The United States launched a medical ambulance ship, considered the world's first such ship, under the name “Relief”.
1920 – The King of the United Kingdom, George V, signs the Decree of Independence for Ireland, which becomes part of Great Britain. The decree stipulates that it is divided into two parts, north and south.
1921 The English authorities arrest Saad Zaghloul and his companions and exile them to the island of Seychelles.
1922 – BBC Radio begins broadcasting for the first time.
1940 – Chiang Kai-shek dissolves all communist organizations in China.
1941 – Japanese forces capture Hong Kong and its governor surrenders two days later.
1953 – Execution of the head of Soviet intelligence, Lavrenti Beria, dismissed from office on July 10, 1953.
1955 – Syria demands Israel's expulsion from the United Nations.
1956 – The withdrawal of British and French forces from the Suez Canal is completed.
1958 Inauguration of Tokyo Tower, the tallest iron tower in the world.
1961 – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces the nationalization of all foreigners' property and prevents the French from entering Egypt after arresting four of them for espionage and plotting against him.
1963 – Gamal Abdel Nasser calls for an emergency Arab summit conference to address the threat of Israel diverting the waters of the Jordan River.
1968 – North Korea releases 28 Americans from the crew of the USS Jubilo, eleven months after their arrest for espionage.
1973 – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries/OPEC meeting in Tehran decides to increase oil prices by 400%.
1990 – A referendum was held in Slovenia for independence from Yugoslavia, and the result was that 88% of the population accepted independence.
1991 – The Islamic Summit in Dakar, Senegal removes jihad from its agenda.
1995 – 540 people are killed, including 170 children, in a fire that breaks out at a party venue near a school in the Indian town of Dabwali.
2005 – Chad declares war on Sudan after being blamed for the events in the town of Adre, in which 100 people were killed.
2008 – The Guinean army announces the dissolution of the government and the suspension of the constitution, and announces the formation of an advisory council comprising military and civilian personnel to manage state affairs, following the death of President Lansana Conté.
⭐ The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, resigns from his post following pressure from Parliament representatives who demanded his removal due to his inability to control Parliament sessions.
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Births:
245 – Zenobia, queen of the kingdom of Palmyra.
1790 – Jean-François Champollion, a French scientist who deciphered hieroglyphics.
1870 – Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Egyptian jurist, politician and poet.
1907 – Abraham Stern, founder of the Zionist Stern organization.
1911 – Nils Jerne, Danish immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1984.
1918 – Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany. 1925 – Mohamed Mazali, Tunisian politician.
1930 – Kawthar Shafik, Egyptian actress.
1961 – Ezzat Al-Qamhawi, Egyptian novelist.
** George Wassouf, Syrian singer and composer.
1967 – Carla Bruni, Italian singer and wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
1975 – Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, president of the Jordan Football Federation.
1980 – Amr Youssef, Egyptian host and actor.
1984 – Revan Kanaan, Lebanese actress living in Saudi Arabia.
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Death:
1800 – Ahmed Al-Attar, Muslim jurist and Iraqi Arab poet.
1834 – Thomas Malthus, English economist.
1937 – Osman Nuri Hadzic, Bosnian writer.
1953 – Lavrenti Beria, head of the KGB.
1968 – Sati' al-Husri, Syrian thinker and one of the founders of Arab nationalist thought.
1982 – Camel King, Egyptian actress.
1985 – Farhat Abbas, Algerian Prime Minister.
1997 – Omar Abdullah Al-Jawi, Yemeni writer and literary personality.
2001 – Hamoud Yousef Al-Nisf, Kuwaiti politician.
2008 – Abdelkader Lotfi, Moroccan actor.
2011 – Mahmoud Hafez, Egyptian entomologist.
2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 automatic weapon, known by his nickname: “Kalashnikov”.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ Birthday of the Emperor of Japan.
⏪ Queen Silvia's birthday in Sweden.
