Today in History: India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
The following are some of the major events which occurred on September 22: 1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged...
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Today in History: Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People's Republic of China
The following are some of the major events which occurred on September 21: 1792 - French Revolution: The National Convention passes a procla...
Today in History: Both East and West Germany ratify reunification
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 20: 1928 – The Grand Fascist Council became Italy’s supreme legisl...
Today in History: Strong earthquake kills up to 12,000 in Mexico in 1985
The following are some of the major events which occurred on September 19: 1955 – Encircled by revolutionary forces, President Juan Peron o...
Today in History: The CIA was officially established by President Truman
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 18: 1947 - The Central Intelligence Agency officially comes into ex...
Today in History: Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 15: 1916 – Military tanks, originated by Sir Ernest Swinton, went ...
Today in History: Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela formed the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 14: 1901 – U.S. President William McKinley died from his wounds af...
Today in History: Israel and PLO sign Oslo Accords paving the way for Palestinian self-rule
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 13: 1955 – The Soviet Union and West Germany agreed to establish d...
Today in History: Teenagers in France discover Lascaux Paintings after following their dog into a cave in 1940
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 12: 1940 – Four teenagers followed their dog when it disappeared d...
Today in History: Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle after ruling for 70 years, as the UK's longest-serving monarch
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 8: 1900 – A hurricane and tidal wave killed at least 8,000 people ...
Today in History: Christian-Muslim violence flares in the Nigerian city of Jos with churches and mosques set on fire
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 7: 1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incu...
Today in History: Swaziland became independent
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 6: 1901 – U.S. president William McKinley was shot by the anarchis...
Today in History: France conducted an underground nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 5: 1905 – The Treaty of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) was signed, end...
Today in History: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug. 31: 1907 – The Anglo-Russian Convention was signed in St Petersburg, s...
Today in History: East Timor voted massively in favour of independence from Indonesia
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 30: 1918 – Vladimir Lenin, leader of Soviet Russia, was shot and woun...
Today in History: Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans killing thousands of people
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 29: 1916 – General Paul von Hindenburg became German chief of staff d...
Today in History: Martin Luther King delivered his “I have a dream” speech
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug. 28: 1910 – Montenegro proclaimed its independence from the Ottoman Empi...
Today in History: UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug. 25: 1936 – Sixteen opponents of Soviet leader Josef Stalin were execute...
Today in History: Microsoft releases Windows 95 operating system
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug. 24: 1922 – Arab states meeting at Nablus rejected the British mandate f...
Today in History: Libyan rebels celebrate at Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli
The following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 23: 1926 – The Italian-born American film actor Rudolph Valentino die...
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