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JULY
07/22/1968
Algeria
El Al Flight Hijacked By PFLP
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation Palestine (PFLP)
hijacked an El Al flight en route to Tel Aviv and forced it to land
in Algiers. The attack marked the first aircraft hijacking by a
Palestinian group. The hijackers were said to have believed Israeli
General Ariel Sharon was on the flight. The passengers and crew
were detained by Algeria for six weeks.
07/22/1968
Israel, Italy
El Al Flight Hijacked By PFLP
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation Palestine (PFLP)
hijacked an El Al flight en route to Tel Aviv and forced it to land
in Algiers. The attack marked the first aircraft hijacking by a
Palestinian group. The hijackers were said to have believed Israeli
General Ariel Sharon was on the flight. The passengers and crew
were detained by Algeria for six weeks.
07/22/1944
Poland
Liberation Day
The Soviet Union installed a Communist-controlled "Polish Committee
of National Liberation" in Lublin. The following January the Soviet
Union recognized this committee as the Polish government.
07/22/1971
Sudan
Communists Overthrown In Coup
Anti-Communist military elements loyal to Gaafar Nimeiri led a successful
counter-coup and brought him to power several days after a coup
by the Sudan Communist Party.
07/23/1988
Burma
Resignation of Ne Win
Ne Win resigned as head of the Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP).
07/23/1985
Denmark
Bombing of Airline Office
A bomb at a Northwest Orient ticket office injured twenty-seven
people.
07/23/1952
Egypt
Egyptian Revolution Celebrated
07/23/1974
Greece
Power Turned Over To Civilians
07/23/1970
Oman
Coup Changes Government
Sultan Qabus Bin Said overthrew his father and took power.
07/23/1983
Sri Lanka
Widespread Violence Begins
The killing of thirteen Sri Lankan soldiers in an ambush by Tamil
militants touched off widespread anti-Tamil violence that left four
hundred Tamils dead and 100,000 homeless.
07/24/1987
Switzerland
Air France Hijacking In Geneva
A Lebanese terrorist was overpowered by the flight crew during an
Air France hijacking after the murder of a Frenchman and an assault
on a stewardess.
07/25/1943
Italy
Mussolini Deposed
07/25/1957
Tunisia
Proclamation of the Republic
07/26/1952
Argentina
Death of Eva Peron
07/26/1953
Chile
Attack On Moncada Barracks
Fidel Castro led a group of revolutionaries in an attack on the
Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The attack failed and
Castro was imprisoned for two years before being allowed to go into
exile in Mexico. Castro slipped back into Cuba in 1956 to begin
his final drive for power.
07/26/0000
Cuba
Day of Solidarity With Cuba
Pro-Cuban front groups in the hemisphere celebrate this date as
a continental day of solidarity with Cuba and observe it with declarations,
ceremonies, and marches protesting U.S. policies toward Cuba. (The
date is also celebrated in Cuba as the anniversary of Castro's failed
attack on the Moncada barracks.)
07/26/1956
Egypt
Nationalization of Suez Canal
07/27/1955
Austria
Restoration of Sovereignty
The Austrian State Treaty came into effect, restoring all Soviet-occupied
territory and making Austria a free and independent state.
07/27/1980
Iran
Death of the Shah of Iran
07/27/1953
Korea (Republic of)
Korean War Armistice Signed
07/27/1953
North Korea
Korean War Armistice Signed
Also known as Korean Victory Day.
07/27/1990
Trinidad and Tobago
Black Muslim Rebellion Begins
A black Muslim sect, the Jamaat Al-Muslimeen, captured the prime
minister and other officials in an attempt to overthrow the government.
Before the coup attempt ended on August 1 with the surrender of
the rebels, the capital, Port of Spain, was heavily damaged by rioting
and looting.
07/28/1989
Israel, Lebanon, Middle East
Shaykh Obeid Seized By Israel
Israeli commandos seized Shaykh Obeid from a village in southern
Lebanon and detained him in Israel on allegations of involvement
in terrorist activity on behalf of Hizballah.
07/28/1821
Peru
Independence Day
07/28/1985
Peru
Democratic Transfer of Power
President Alan Garcia Perez succeeded Fernando Belaunde Terry as
president, the first transfer of power from one democratically elected
Peruvian president to another in forty years.
07/31/1978
France, Iraq
Terrorist Seizes Iraqi Embassy
An Al-Fatah terrorist seized the Iraqi embassy in Paris. As the
man surrendered to police, Iraqi security guards opened fire, killing
a French policeman and wounding the terrorist. French police returned
the fire, killing one Iraqi.
07/31/1556
Spain
St. Ignatius Day
St. Ignatius is the patron saint of the Basques.
07/31/1969
Spain
ETA Terrorist Group Founded
The terrorist group Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) was founded.
Source:
Terrorism Research Center
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