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Damascus


1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126

1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus

1969 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria

1967 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8

1967 93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2

1964 Steve Nevius, film editor, Eden, Fall Time, Damascus

1960 Rob Stull, born in Damascus, Maryland, U.S. pentathlete 1992 Olympics

1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria

1938 Paul Evans, singer and pedal guitarist, Damascus Road

1926 Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus

1926 French air force bombs Damascus, Syria

1925 French General Sarrail bombs Damascus

1925 Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)

1840 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails

1260 Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus

1154 Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo

1148 Crusaders attack Damascus

1148 Crusaders attack Damascus

1128 Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies

705 Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies


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