Today in History

September 24

1903 - Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier.

1943 - Soviet army crosses Dnieper River north of Kiev as Germans retreat in the Second World War.

1946 - Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong

1957 - Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. 1960 - The the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

1995 - The Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel sign a pact expanding Palestinian rule in the West Bank.

2002 - Two gunmen attack a Hindu temple complex in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, killing at least 30 people before being killed by commandos. 2008 - Luxury hotel Atlantis on the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, opens.