It happened on this day, September 22nd.
Events:
680 β Imam Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib moves from Mecca to Kufa.
1862 β President Abraham Lincoln declares the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
1944 β Battle of the Philippine Sea begins.
1947 – Founding of the Soviet organization Kominform.
1949 β The Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb.
1952 β Camille Chamoun is elected President of the Lebanese Republic, a few days after the resignation of President Bechara El-Khoury under pressure from the street.
1956 – A tripartite summit takes place in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, attended by Saudi King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli.
1960 β Declaration of independence of Mali.
1968 – Completion of the transfer of the Abu Simbel temple.
1969 β The summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference takes place, convened by King Hassan II of Morocco to discuss the implications of the Al-Aqsa Mosque fire.
1980 β War breaks out between Iraq and Iran, lasting 8 years and known as the First Gulf War.
1988 – Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, hours before the end of his term, announces the formation of a military government led by Army Commander General Michel Aoun after the House of Representatives failed to elect a president and the end of his term, and dismisses the civilian government led by Salim al-Hoss.
1997 β A regional conference of the North Korean Communist Party recommends that Kim Jong Il, son of the late leader Kim Il Sung, serve as party general secretary.
1998 β Serbian forces renew their offensive against rebels in Kosovo. Thousands of civilians are forced from their homes after the influx of Serbian police, soldiers and armed civilians into the north of the province.
2006 – A massive popular gathering at the invitation of Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah to support the Lebanese Islamic resistance against Israel and celebrate its victory in the July War.
2009 – Former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Irina Bokova wins the post of head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/UNESCO, after a fierce competition with her only competitor, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni.
2016 – Hurricane Matthew begins to form.
2018 β Gunmen attack an Iranian military parade in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, on the anniversary of the first Gulf War, killing 25 people and wounding more than 60 others. ISIS and the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Births:
1211 β Ibn Khalkan, a prominent historian, judge and writer from the city of Damascus.
1515 β Queen Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England.
1791 – Michael Faraday, English physicist.
1878: Yoshida Shige-rΕ, Prime Minister of Japan.
1882 – Wilhelm Keitel, German soldier.
1895 – Paul Meuni, American actor.
1902 – Ruhollah Musawi Khomeini, Iranian cleric and politician.
1906 – Ilse Koch, a Nazi prison guard who killed Jewish inmates and enemies of Nazism.
1917 – Muhammad Al-Ghazali, Egyptian Islamic scholar and thinker.
1939 – Osama Abbas, Egyptian actor.
1953 β SΓ©golΓ¨ne Royal, French politician.
1964 β Bonnie Hunt, American actress.
1966 – Samira Al Wahaibi, Omani actress and director.
** Mustafa Qamar, Egyptian singer.
1970 – Emmanuel Petit, French footballer.
1974 – Dina Al-Khanji, Bahraini actress.
1976 β Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer.
1978 β Harry Kewell, Australian rules footballer.
1980 β Aryam, Emirati singer. Muhammad Issa, Kuwaiti footballer.
1982 – Bashar Al-Shatti, Kuwaiti singer. Martin Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer.
1986 – Reham Haggag, Egyptian actress.
1990 – Abdul Majeed Al-Fawzan, Saudi singer, actor and presenter.
1994 – Muhammad Kanno, Saudi footballer.
1995- Nayeon, Korean singer.
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Death:
1520 β Sultan Selim I, the ninth Ottoman sultan.
1539 β Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion.
1828 – Sheka Zulu, Zulu chief.
1928 – Abdel Khaleq Tharwat, Prime Minister of Egypt.
1952 – Dr. Karlo Joho Stolberg, first President of Finland.
1956 – Frederick Soddy, British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1921.
1989 β Irving Berlin, American composer.
1996 β Dorothy Lamour, American actress.
1999 β George C. Scott, American actor.
2013 – Abdul Nabi Hijazi, Syrian writer.
** Abdul Hamid Al-Sarraj, Syrian politician, Minister of the Interior of the United Arab Republic.
2014 – Youssef Eid, Egyptian actor.
2017 β Nader Golgin, Iranian singer.
** Mahdi Akef, the seventh general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.
2021 β Abdelkader Bensalah, Algerian politician and interim President of Algeria from April to December 2019.
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Public holidays and occasions:
β¬ οΈ Independence Day in Bulgaria.
β¬ οΈ Independence Day in Mali.
β¬ οΈ Car-free days.
