Today in History

1901 - US President William McKinley dies of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin.

1927 - Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan dies in Nice, France.

1951 - Britain’s largest oil refinery opened at Fawley, Hampshire.

1959 - Soviet space probe Luna 2 becomes the first manmade object to reach the moon.

1960 - Organisation of

Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.

1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, dies at age 52.

1993 - Israel and Jordan sign an ‘agenda for peace’ in Washington, DC.

1996 - Bosnia holds its first

post-war election.

2008 - A passenger jet travelling from Moscow to Perm crashes, killing all 88 people on board.