Today in History

1831 - Russia takes Warsaw after two-day battle, and Polish revolt collapses.

1926 - Germany is admitted to League of Nations.

1934 - Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die.

1941 - Germans begin an 872day siege of Leningrad, now St Petersburg, Russia.

1951 - A peace treaty with Japan is signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco. 1971 - The John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts is officially opened in Washington.

1991 - Republic of Macedonia declares its independence from Yugoslavia.

1993 - Gunmen in Johannesburg kill at least 21 black commuters and wound 25.

2006 - Two bombs tear through a crowd of Muslim worshippers in Malegaon, India, killing 37 people.