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624
Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in theBattle of Badr.
1805
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
1958
The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
1959
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
1969
Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
2011
Libyan civil war: The United Nations Security Council adopts United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, authorizing a military intervention by member states to protect civilians in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.