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Berber swords shatter a caliphate's grip
Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam clashed with the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Cordoba at the Battle of Qantish, dealing a devastating blow to Cordoban authority. The victory marked another chapter in the fragmentation of Al-Andalus, as rival factions tore apart the once-mighty caliphate that had made Iberia a center of Islamic civilization.
Television's most glamorous castaway
In Red Bank, New Jersey, Natalie Schafer was born with the elegance and comedic timing that would define a television icon. Though she worked steadily in theater and film for decades, she achieved immortality as the gloriously pampered Lovey Howell on Gilligan's Island, a role that made her one of the most recognized faces of 1960s American television.
Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United States. The war, which ended in stalemate, was the first great clash of arms of the Cold War and was one of, if not its deadliest proxy war.