Today in History

November 24

1918 - The Hungarian Communist Party is founded

1948 - Ireland votes for independence from UK.

1958 - Mali becomes autonomous state within French community.

1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of US president John F. Kennedy, is shot to death.

1975 - Earthquake in eastern Turkey kills at least 574 people.

1983 - Bulent Ulusu, the Turkish Prime Minister, resigns.

1985 - Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptian airliner in Malta. 2013 - Iran strikes a historic agreement with the US and five other world powers, accepting strict constraints on its nuclear programme.

2015 - Bombs explode at hotel housing election judges in Egypt’s Al Arish.