Today in History

Today is Saturday, Dec.12, the 346th day of 2015. There are 19 days left in the year.
Today highlights in History1098, The 1st Crusaders
captured and plundered Mara, Syria.1912, the Egyptian screenwriter
Youssef Gouher was born.1915, the American pop
singer Frank Sinatra was born.1959, the Egyptian actress
Ola Rami was born.1972, the Lebanese singer Madeline Matar was born.1977, the Egyptian actress
and model Safaa Tag El-Deen was born.2003, Fadwa Toukan
(b.1917), Palestinian poet, died in Nablus at age 86.