August 29, Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist, passes away

1940- Italian army bombed Suez Canal.

1949- Soviet Union detonated the first nuclear bomb.

2003- Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Mohammad Bakir al-Hakim was assassinated.

1958- American singer Micheal Jackson was born.

1987- Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist, passes away.

B. Mousa/ M. Ismael