Today in History

September 29

1885 - The first practical electric public tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

1923 - Britain begins ruling Palestine under a League of Nations mandate. 1944 - Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia.

1978 - Pope John Paul I is found dead just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church.

1988 - United Nations peacekeeping forces win the 1988 Nobel peace prize.

1992 - Brazilian lawmakers impeach President Fernando Collor de Mello. 2006 - A Brazilian jetliner clips a smaller jet in midair and crashes into the Amazon jungle, killing all 155 on board.

2014 - Afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in a decade, Ashraf Gani swearing in as president.