164 BC: Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple during the Maccabean Revolt, commemorated since as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah

1906: China prohibits the opium trade

1970: General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following a military coup known as the Corrective Revolution

1971: Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops aided by the Mukti Bahini, Bengali guerrillas, defeat the army of Pakistan

2017: Robert Mugabe’s resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe’s parliament during impeachment proceedings

Source: Onthisday.com