Todays History

Australia II wins yachting’s America’s Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history.

Following the assassination of Aurelian, the Senate in Rome proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus as Emperor.

The Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra from Mecca to Medina.

Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide at a Kauhajoki school in Finland

Iraq invades Iran, trigger the Iran-Iraq war.

A constitutional crisis is triggered as Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.

At the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, a dump truck full of explosives detonates  killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists in Hauslabjoch.

The first mailing of anthrax letters are sent from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Israel and Egypt sign the Camp David Accord.