Today in History

September 15

1882 - British forces occupy Cairo.

1916 - Tanks are used for the first time in war, in a British attack on German lines near the Somme in France.

1947 - Typhoon Kathleen hits Boso Peninsula and Kanto region in Japan, causing massive flooding, 1,930 people are killed.

1987 - Soviet Union and US sign an agreement to limit the chances for accidental nuclear war.

2003 - A fire at Saudi Arabia’s largest prison, Al Hair, in Riyadh kills 67 inmates.

2008 - Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signs a powersharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe.

2015 - Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister.