Today in History

November 1

1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

1952 - The US explodes the first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.

1968 - US military halts all air, naval and artillery bombardment of Vietnam. 1993 - The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.

2005 - Dubai government issues a law to set up the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

2013 - The head of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud is killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan.

2016 - Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital is inaugurated in Dubai.