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1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/President (1961-63), dies 1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31 1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies 1987 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) 1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut 1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1983 Lebanese and Syrian army battle 1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed 1976 Syrian army conquerors Beirut 1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s 1973 Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea 1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president 1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights 1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad 1965 Bashar al-Assad, Syrian Statesman 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1961 Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon 1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire 1954 Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli 1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1916 French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 741 Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies 715 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies 701 Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies 235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered 222 Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18? 154 Bar Daisan, [Bardesanes], Syrian theologist

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