On this day in history...
Muhammad dies in 832.
In 1887 Herman Hollerith is awarded a patent for a punch card calculator.
The USS Liberty is mistakenly attacked by Israel during the six day war in 1967.
Also On This Day...
British and Free French forces invade Syria and Lebanon in 1941. Moshe Dayan, after being arrested by Britain in 1939 and freed in 1941, is part of the invasion. After a successful capture of a Vichy French outpost he is wounded, losing the eye that will bear his distinctive eye patch.
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