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636 ― Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
1253 ― Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III
1798 ― Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
1886 ― Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge
1904 ― Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo
1914 ― Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WWI
1920 ― Kenya becomes a British crown colony
1944 ― U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WWII
1964 ― Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
1974 ― Greek military dictatorship collapses
1991 ― James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession
