Historical Events
- 164 BC During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jersusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as Jewish festival Hanukkah
- 1818 Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
- 1906 China prohibits the opium trade
- 1970 General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following a military coup
- 1971 Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops aided by the Mukti Bahini, Bengali guerrillas, defeat the army of Pakistan
- 2017 Robert Mugabe's resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe's parliaments during impeachment proceedings
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Today in Film & TV
- 1976 "Rocky" directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
Today in Music
- 1937 Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad, with the ovation lasting over an hour
Today in Sport
- 1905 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
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Maxim Gorky calls Vladimir Lenin a blind fanatic and unthinking adventurer
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