In 636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
In 1599 Caravaggio’s 1st public commission for paintings
In 1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
In 1953 the Society of Free Officers seizes control of the government in a military coup d’etat staged by Colonel Gamal Abdal Nasser’s Free Officer, in Egypt
In 1966 Frank Sinatra’s album “Strangers In The Night” is No. 1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
In 1968 PLO’s 1st hijacking of an El Al plane
In 1973 US President Richard Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation
In 1988, Guns N’ Roses make popular breakthrough with “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
In 1999 Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father
In 1999 ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan
In 2010 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together
In 2018 International Monetary Fund predicts inflation of 1 million percent in Venezuela by end of 2018
