Today in History

September 30

1868 - Spain’s Queen Isabella II flees to France.

1947 - Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.

1975 - Boxer Muhammad Ali beats Joe Frazier to retain his world heavyweight title.

1993 - An earthquake rocks western India, leaving more than 10,000 dead. 1999 - The first Arabian Wildlife Centre in the region opens in Sharjah. 2001 - Indian politician Madhavrao Scindia is killed in a plane crash.

2011 - Anwar Al Awlaqi, a key Al Qaida leader, is killed in US airstrike in Al Jawf, Yemen.