This Day In History
October 13
1884
Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
1923
Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.
1943
World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.
1946
France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
1990
End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
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