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EVA BENJIT
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A Time Travel

Adventure to the Past

elcome my fellow inquisitive friends! My name The outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against
Wis Eva Benjit and I study in Class IX of Silver the Ottoman rule brought about far reaching
Hills Public School. Over the past two years while I implications and problems for the Balkans.
studied history, I learned a lot about our past, ranging 1903 July (7-11) –Wow, it’s so cold in Russia!
from the Balkans to the citizens of France, and a few Looks like the future Soviet leader Joseph Stalin got
days ago, I wondered what fantastic stories occurred exiled to Siberia for 3 years!
on 9 July, which in the year 2009 marks the day I was 1943 July 9 – Check it out! There was an Allied
born. It also marks various historical events, which invasion of Sicily, called the
played out over the past few centuries. Here Battle Of Sicily, more popularly
I have listed out a few, which I have also known as Operation Husky.
studied about in school! Come with It was a World War II
me and let’s time travel back to the campaign involving the
famous 9 July incidents of the Allies taking Sicily from
past! 1789 July 9 – All the way the Axis powers. This was a
to Versailles, France, the Na- successful capture and the
tional Assembly reconstituted Italian dictator Mussolini
itself as the National Con- was defeated!
stituent Assembly! And 1995 July 9– Quick! Take cover! The Navaly
started making prepara- Church bombing was carried out by the Sri Lankan
tions for a French Cons- Air Force, resulting in the death of 125 innocent
titution. Tamil civilian refugees.
1821 July 9 – Journeying to the Mediterranean re- Our journey has ended. It was action packed and
gion, four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriot we came across many dangerous twists and turns.
rebels were executed in response to Cypriot aid dur- But, we made it back home and now we can take a
ing the Greek War of Independence. moment to appreciate our day and carry on peacefully.
1875 July 9 to 1878 – Going over 50 years ahead! I hope to see you again in my next article!

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