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Today In History start with July 17, 1994 Brazil made history as a four-time soccer world champion.

Brazil made history in the world of football by becoming the first country to win the World Cup for the fourth time in the World Cup event in the United States. At the final in Los Angeles July 17, 1994, with the first penalty shoot-out in the World Cup final, Brazil managed to beat Italy 3-2. After a 2 x 45 minute match and an additional 2 x 15 minutes remain 0-0.

Turning to July 17, 1998 the occurrence of giant Tsunami in Papua New Guinea. After being rocked by two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale on July 17, 1998, a big Tsunami hit the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Three large waves over 10 meters high were the effects of the quake, drowning around seven coastal villages and killing more than 2,000 people. As a result of the disaster more than 6,000 people lost their homes.

I’ll end Today in history with July 17, 2000, Bashar al-Assad is sworn in as president of Syria.

Bashar al-Assad became president of Syria succeeding  Hafez al-Assad who was none other than his own father who died on June 10, 2000 after 30 years in power. The rise of Bashar al-Assad to be President can not be separated from constitutional changes in Syria. Immediately after the death of Hafez al-Assad, the Syrian Parliament set a minimum age for the president no longer 40 years, but 34 years. This change allowed Hafez al-Assad's son, Bashar al-Assad, then aged 34, to be elected president so he ran for president without a competitor // Bashar al-Assad was formally inaugurated on 17 July 2000 for 7 years.

That was Today history of RRI World Service in Jakarta.