1991 Death Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered 1990 Event PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis 1985 Event Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed 1984 Event Riot in Tunis kills over 100 1974 Death Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 1969 Death Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78 1943 Event French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia 1943 Event British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia 1943 Event British 1st army opens assault on Tunis 1943 Event British and U.S. offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta 1943 Event General Alexander, Eisenhower, Anderson and Bradley discuss assault on Tunis 1939 Birthday Claudia Cardinale, born in Tunis, actress, Blindfold, 8, Pink Panther 1891 Birthday Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada, 1945 - 1952 1881 Event Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate 1834 Birthday Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis 1815 Event U.S. flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli 1795 Event U.S. pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis 1665 Event French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers 1655 Event Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates 1574 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis 1535 Event Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Admiral Barbarossa 1535 Event Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis 1535 Event Karel V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis 1534 Event Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis 1332 Birthday Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist, Muqaddimah
