Fawzi al-Qawuqji lead an assault on French security installations in the city of Hama, Syria.
Fawzi al-Qawuqji had started his military career as an Ottoman officer, and then under King Faisal. He thereafter served in the Syrian Legion for the French, before deserting in the Great Syrian Revolt. He served the Saudis after that, and then the Palestinian Cause against the British in the 1930s. He was wounded in the Palestinian uprising and ultimately took refuge in Germany, where he joined the German Army, ending up a prisoner of war of the Soviets. Released in 1947, he made his way back to the Middle East and was appointed the Arab League field commander of the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) in the 1948 Palestine War. His forces ultimately lost control of territory that was to have been Palestinian. He retired to Syria thereafter and died in 1977.
Al-Qawuqui is one of those rare military refigures who had a track record of serving in uniformly losing causes and who not only survived them, but inexplicably continued to receive further commands.
Fawzi al-Qawuqji in May, 1948.
The Soviet Union gave up on restricting the alcohol content of beverages.
Ty Cobb, who was normally a centerfielder, pitched against the St. Louis Browns for one inning. The Browns had George Sisler first baseman pitch for two innings against the Tigers. Non pitchers in the pitching role would not happen again for another 92 years.
The Finnish torpedo boat S2 sank in a storm with the loss of all 53 hands.
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