It happened on this day, August 22nd.
Events:
1543 – Ottoman Empire forces led by Khair ad-Din Barbarossa besiege the French city of Nice.
1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte issues a decree creating the Scientific Academy in Egypt.
1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt from Alexandria to return to France.
1863 – Foundation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
1901 – Cadillac Automobile Company founded
1908 – The Ottoman Empire launches the first Hejaz rail journey, from Damascus to Mecca.
1910 – Japan occupies Korea.
1911 – The “Mona Lisa” painted by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci is stolen.
1962 – French President Charles de Gaulle survives an assassination attempt.
1965 – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saudi King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meet in Jeddah to resolve the Yemeni problem.
1966 – Asian Development Bank founded.
1975 – U.S. President Gerald Ford survives an assassination attempt.
2015 – At least 11 people were killed when a Hawker Hunter air display plane crashed on a busy road in Britain.
✴️ Massive demonstration in Beirut to protest rampant political corruption.
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Births:
980 – Ibn Sina is a Muslim scientist, poet, astronomer, physician and physicist.
1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician.
1920 – Ray Bradbury, American writer.
1923 – Badia Sadiq, Egyptian singer.
1928 – Muhammad Abdel Aziz Hussan, Egyptian reader.
1930 – Gilmar, Brazilian footballer.
1934 – Norman Schwartzkopf, American soldier.
1948 – Samir Al-Hakim, Syrian actor.
1951 – Souad Abdel Hamid, Egyptian author
1953 – Samir Al-Qallaf, Kuwaiti actor.
1954 – Burhan Asfaw, Ethiopian engraver.
1960 – Hanan Soliman, Egyptian actress.
1964 – Safaa Al-Toukhi, Egyptian actress.
** Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player.
1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and coach.
1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor.
** Yukiko Okada, Japanese actress and singer.
1968 – Alexander Mostovoy, Russian footballer.
1969 – Ammar Shalak, Lebanese actor.
1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor.
1973 – Kristen Wiig, American actress.
1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor.
1977 – Heidar Heligsson, Icelandic footballer.
1983 – Wiam Dahmani, Moroccan actress.
1991 – Federico Maceda, Italian footballer.
1995 – Dua Lipa, British-Albanian singer and model.
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Death:
911 – The guide to truth is Yahya, the Zaydi Imam in Yemen.
1350 – Philip VI, King of France.
1485 – Richard III, King of England.
1903 – Robert Cecil, British Prime Minister.
1940 – Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Husseini, Lebanese Muslim scholar.
1948 – Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Egyptian soldier.
1958 – Promoted by Martin de Gare, French writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937.
1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, 21st president of Brazil.
1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan president.
1986 – Celal Bayar, Turkish president.
2011 – Kamal El-Shenawy, Egyptian actor.
** Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, Yemeni politician.
** Sofiane Al-Shaari, Tunisian actor.
** Sobhi Jarour, Syrian violinist.
2012 – Nina Bawden, English writer and novelist.
2014 – Adel Smith, founder of the Italian Muslim Federation.
2020 – Ahmed Badouj, Moroccan actor and director.
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ Flag Day in Russia.
