1291 - Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1756 - England declares war on France
1803 - Britain declares war on France after General Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
1948 - Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus
1948 - Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
1951 - UN moves HQ to NYC
1965 - Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain
1974 - India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
1980 - China People's Republic launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1986 - South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
1991 - USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
1994 - Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
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