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August 31, Edison granted patent for motion picture camera or Kinetograph

Damascus, SANA – 1897- Tomas Edison granted a patent for the motion picture camera or “Kinetograph.” 1955- Israel commits an appalling massacre in Khan Yunus city in occupied Palestine, killing …

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August 26, Mother Teresa passes away

Damascus, SANA- 1883- Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia erupts claiming the lives of 36,380 people. 1940- British warplanes shell Berlin for the first time. 1961- Burma becomes first Buddhist country in …

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July 28th, British government freezes the Egyptian assets held in British Banks

1403 – Tamerlane Wins the battle of Ankara against the Ottomans. 1949 – Austria declares war against the Serbia which marked the start of World War I. 1956 – British …

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June 22, Germany launches Barbarossa operation

1941- German’s Barbarossa operation to invade Soviet Union during World War II. 1976- 140 persons killed, 1128 others injured in six days of confrontations between black students and police of …

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