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August 7, 1933

On August 7, 1933, the Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre. Robert Bourassa, Dumaagiin Sodnom, Robert Bourassa would arrive in the same year.

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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.

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On August 7, 1933

  1. 1933 The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.

    Hashemite Iraqi Kingdom (1932–1958)

    The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq was the Iraqi state located in the Middle East from 1932 to 1958. It was founded on 23 August 1921 as the Kingdom of Iraq, following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. Although a League of Nations mandate was awarded to the United Kingdom in 1920, the 1920 Iraqi revolt resulted in the scrapping of the original mandate plan in favour of a formally sovereign Iraqi kingdom, but one that was under effective British administration.

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Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia

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