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Oct 20, 622
Muhammad flees Mecca to Medina.
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Oct 20, 632
Muhammad dies.
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Oct 20, 661
Ali the fourth caliph in Islam is assassinated.
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Oct 20, 1031
Umayyad dynasty ends and Abbassid dynasty begins.
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Oct 20, 1099
Christian crusaders capture Jerusalem from the Muslims.
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Oct 20, 1187
Saladin caputures Jerusalem for the Muslims.
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Oct 20, 1258
Abbassid dynasty ends.
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Oct 20, 1502
Abbas the Great gains control of the Safavid Empire.
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Oct 20, 1520
Suleiman the Magnificent becomes the ruler of the Ottoman empire.
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The Taj Mahal is built.