21st July 1987 : To celebrate the 40 yrs of Ferrari production Enzo Ferrari unveiled the Ferrari F40 at the factory in Maranello, Italy. The F40 was the fastest road vehicle ever built at that time
21st July 2007 : The last and final Harry Potter book goes on sale
" Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
written by J. K. Rowling. 10 years after the first Harry Potter Book was published.
22nd July 1991 : Jeffrey Dahmer is caught and is considered one of the most sadistic serial killers in our time when Dahmer's apartment was searched, the extent of his horrors was revealed, it contained pictures of body parts and the apartment was littered with human remains including human heads in the refrigerator and freezer, there was also evidence to suggest that he had been practicing cannibalism with his victims bodies, he later confessed to 17 murders in all.
22nd July 2002 : An Israeli F-16 has dropped a one-tonne guided bomb on an apartment block in Gaza City killing 15 including innocent children in an attack designed to kill Sheikh Salah Shahada a leading member of the militant group Hamas.
22nd July 2003 : Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s sons, Qusay and Uday Hussein, are killed after a three-hour firefight with U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul
22nd July 2009 : The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, ( when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun ) lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, occurs off the coast of Southeast Asia. The total eclipse was seen for shorter timespans in the Maldives, northern Pakistan, northern India, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, northern Philippines, central China and the Pacific Ocean.
I think the matter is more complicated than that . You may have to take into consideration jewish mentality, arab mentality, european mentality and colonial screwups which led to the situation it is today. IMHO, not fair blaming only one party. That does not mean that I am saying that Israelis are complete innocents .
I think the matter is more complicated than that . You may have to take into consideration jewish mentality, arab mentality, european mentality and colonial screwups which led to the situation it is today. IMHO, not fair blaming only one party. That does not mean that I am saying that Israelis are complete innocents .
True... we should not blame one party, but this behavior of Israel is indirectly / directly supported by so called super powers. Those powers can attack countries, if there few people are killed, but they pay no attention the killing of innocent Palestinians.
23rd July 1984 : Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America, gave up her crown after sexually explicit photos of her appeared in the September issue of Penthouse magazine.
23rd July 1986 : Prince Andrew married English commoner Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey which has recently celebrated it's 900 year old birthday in London.
23rd July 2000 : Tiger Woods today became the youngest player to win a career Grand Slam after winning the British Open at St. Andrews
23rd July 2005 : A number of bombs have been exploded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh by Terrorist attacks. The latest figures indicate nearly 100 are dead including tourists staying at a Hotel that was targeted, and many more injured
23rd July 2008 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Japan on this day. The earthquake hit the main island of Honshu and caused landslides, power outages, fires, and injuries
23rd July, 2011 : Eclectic singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment. The cause of death was unknown but Winehouse had suffered from alcohol and drug addiction for years prior to her death. Fans paid tribute to her and gathered around her home, while friends and family grieved the loss of a talented singer with a unique voice
Qudaratullah Shahab, famous Pakistani bureaucrat and writer died on July 24, 1986. The bureaucrat-cum-writer turned into a sufi in final days of his life.
24th July 1999 : King Hassan the Arab world's longest reigning leader has died of a heart attack and his eldest son and successor, Crown Prince Sidi Mohamed, has been proclaimed commander of the faithful and King of Morocco.
24th July 2001 : Tamil Tigers have attacked the only International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka destroying 6 passenger aircraft half the Sri Lankan Airways fleet and eight military planes. The rebels firing guns and armed with mortars killed 15 and injured many more in the attack, the Sri Lanka tourist industry had just started to gain some important new visitors but this will end hopes for more tourism in the country.