TODAY IN HISTORY

• 2022 - Australia

Anthony Albanese of the Labour Party was sworn in as 31st Prime Minister after winning 2022 Australian federal election, ending 9 years of conservative rule.

• 2021 - Belarus

Ryanair Flight 4978 was forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.

• 2016 - Nigeria

Amidst speculations why Pres. Buhari cancelled his official visit to Lagos, presidency insisted it had nothing to do with an illness, maintaining its position that scheduling difficulties led to the postponement. However, Lagosians rolled out the drums to meet Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was a later replacement for his boss.

• 2016 - Syria

8 bombings were carried out by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS) in Syria. 184 people were killed and over 200 people injured. Two suicide bombings, conducted by ISIS killed 45 army recruits in Yemen.

• 2011 - USA

Square, startup co- founded by Jack Dorsey ( one of Twitter creators) unveiled a new system that undercut credit card processing fees charged to small businesses making it easy for them to accept digital payments

• 2009 - UK

Church of Scotland voted in favour of appointing a gay minister, Rev. Scott Rennie ( 37), to create a division in the Anglican Communion.

• 2006 - USA

MIT unveiled its first prototype of its $ 100 laptop designed for the Third World under an initiative named “One Laptop Per Child."

• 2004 - Russia

Antonina Presnyakova, Russian Ebola researcher, died following an accidental needle stick containing the deadly virus in Siberia.

• 1995 - Egypt

The world's youngest doctor came to be as Indian born Balamurali Ambati at 17 graduated from Mt. Sinai Medical School.

• 1945 - Germany

World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, committed suicide in Allied custody.

• 1932 - Brazil

4 students were killed during a protest against Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, resulting in outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution weeks later.

• 1849 - USA

Future U. S. President Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U. S. President to ever