Today in History

November 25

1867 - Dynamite is patented in the US by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel. 1917 - Russia holds its last free election for more than half a century.

1943 - Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established as a state by the AntiFascist Council of National Liberation.

1973 - Greece’s President George Papadopoulos is ousted in a bloodless coup. 1979 - Saudi Arabia retakes the Grand Mosque in Makkah from extremists. 1998 - Chinese President Jiang Zemin makes a historic visit to Japan.

2010 - Shaikh Zayed Bridge is inaugurated in Abu Dhabi.

2014 - More than 45 are killed in blasts in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. 2015 - The Bureau International des Expositions confirms Dubai as the host city for Expo 2020.