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2009 An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is issued for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur

1994 Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack

1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan president

1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes

1985 Qasim Omar (206) and Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand vs. SL

1985 South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested

1981 General Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash

1981 Omar Bradley, last U.S. 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88

1980 Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season

1973 Omar Epps, American Actor

1972 Omar Douglas, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants

1972 Omar Daal, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher for the Montreal Expos

1968 Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star

1967 Omar Olivares, born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

1967 Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop, Seattle Mariners, Indians

1959 Omar Hakim, drummer, Dire Straits, Weather Report

1953 U.S. General Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff

1952 Omar Henry, cricketer, 1st colored player for South Africa 1992

1950 Omar N. Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general

1948 Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff

1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar

1941 U.S. Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General

1935 Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31

1934 Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader

1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret

1929 Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama

1927 Yma Sumac, Chavarri, Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano, Omar Khayyam

1925 Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60

1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6

1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point

1909 Mohammed Omar, Afghani Clergyman

1893 Omar N. Bradley, Soldier

1871 Omar Pasha, Michael Lats, Croatian governor, dies at 64

1865 Jan H. Leopold, Dutch poet, translated Omar Khayyam

1809 Edward FitzGerald, born in England, writer, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

1806 Omar Pasha, Michael Lats, Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq

1144 Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69

1131 Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, wrote, Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, dies

1079 Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar

1075 Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist

1048 Omar Khayyam, born in Nayshapur, Iran, poet, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, wrote, Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra

644 Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered

644 Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered

644 Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt


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