Todays History

Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.

The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

First Balkan War: King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.