Today in History

October 15

1915 - Britain declares war on Bulgaria during the First World War.

1928 - German dirigible Graf Zeppelin makes the first commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

1969 - Somalia’s President Abdul Rashid Ali Shermarke is assassinated. 1970 - Anwar Sadat is elected president of Egypt.

1989 - The South African government releases eight political prisoners including Walter Sisulu.

2003 - China launches its first manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou V, with astronaut Yang Liwei orbiting the Earth 14 times.

2008 - Syria and Lebanon sign a joint document announcing the start of diplomatic relations in Damascus.

2009 - 39 people die as gunmen attack three police compounds in Lahore.