Todays History

Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine after being found guilty of treason.

The envoy from the Church of England, Terry Waite, is kidnapped in Lebanon.

An X-ray generating machine is shown for the first time.

Operation Desert Storm starts.

The Soviet Union launches the Soyuz 5 spacecraft.

The Huygens probe lands on Titan, a moon of Saturns.

The Treaty of Cahuenga puts an end to the the Mexican–American War in California.

Nineteen European nations agree that human cloning should be banned.

Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned the King of Manipur.