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1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian Prime Minister 1949, 1950 - 1951, President 1961 - 1963, 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 U.S. 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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