Today in History

December 12

1915 - The German Junkers J1, the first all metal plane, flies for the first time. 1958 - Guinea becomes a member of the United Nations.

1963 - Kenya becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American to be ranked number one in tennis.

1993 - Jozsef Antall, first democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, dies.

2003 - Paul Martin Jr. becomes Prime Minister of Canada.

2012 - Khalifa Port is inaugurated in Abu Dhabi.

2013 - Bangladesh executes Abdul Qader Mulla, 65, a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party.

2015 - 195 nations adopt historic Paris pact to stop global warming.