It happened on this day, October 21
Events:
1879 – Thomas Edison exhibits the light bulb for the first time in a private exhibition.
1914 – Enver Pasha is appointed Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
1918 – Germany ends submarine warfare in World War I.
1931 – October Incident in Japan, attempted coup d'état within the ranks of the Imperial Army.
(1945–Argentine President Juan Perón marries actress Eva
1952 – The first meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference takes place in Jeddah, bringing together information ministers from Islamic countries.
1964 – A massive popular revolution in Sudan changes the military regime led by Ibrahim Abboud.
1967 – Sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat by Egyptian naval forces.
1969 – Military coup in Somalia led by Mohamed Siad Barre.
1973 US President Richard Nixon dismisses the main defendant in the Watergate scandal, Archibald Cox.
1974 – French Foreign Minister Jean Soufanier holds the first meeting between a Western European official and Yasser Arafat during his visit to Lebanon.
1979 – Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan resigns from his post in protest against Prime Minister Menachem Begin's policy of confiscation of occupied territories.
1990 – The secretary general of the Liberal Patriotic Party, Danny Chamoun, as well as his wife and two children are assassinated in their home.
1994 – The United States and North Korea sign an agreement in Geneva stipulating that North Korean nuclear energy will be used exclusively for civilian purposes.
2016 – 79 people died and 600 others were injured following the Izika train derailment in Cameroon.
🌟 A massive DDoS attack by unknown attackers on the servers of the company Dyn causes the disruption of numerous sites and services on the Internet, and the White House announces the start of an investigation.
2018 – Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein terminates the agreement to lease the lands of Al-Baqoura and Al-Ghamr to Israel after the expiration of the period in accordance with the Jordanian peace agreement- Israeli, and Israel threatens to cut off water to Amman.
🌟 At least 18 people were killed and 187 others were affected due to a train derailment in Yilan County, Taiwan, as it was the worst in Taiwan since 1991.
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Births:
1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, fourteenth and eighteenth Prime Minister of Israel.
1959 – Hassan Al-Asmar, Egyptian singer.
1962 – Jihad Abdo, Syrian actor.
1969 – Karima Sakli, Moroccan singer.
**Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
1970 – Dalia El-Behairy, Egyptian actress.
1982 – Melhem Zein, Lebanese singer.
1983 – Fawz Al-Shatti, Kuwaiti singer and actress.
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Death:
732 – Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, Muslim Arab ruler and one of the rulers of Andalusia.
1904 – Isabelle Eberhart, Swiss/Algerian explorer.
1930 – Elias Fayyad, Lebanese writer and politician.
1978 – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician.
1990 – Danny Chamoun, Lebanese politician.
2011 – Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and writer.
** Faida Kamel, Egyptian singer, actress and politician.
2012 – Yash Chopra, Indian director.
2015 – Randa Maraachli, Syrian actress.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ Apple Day in the UK.
