Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Today in History

On 26 May 1908, the first major oil strike in the Middle East occurred in Masjid-e Suleiman, Persia (Iran).

Photo: Iranian Historical Photographs Gallery www.fouman.com

2 comments:

Muller said...

I had reported on that anniversary previously: http://aliqapoo.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/independence/

Nader Uskowi said...

Farhad,

Great report! Thanks for the link.