Today in History

1946 - Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

1968 - Swaziland joins the UN.

1981 - A four-man Armenian ‘suicide squad’ shot its way into the Turkish consulate in France, killing a security guard.

1991 - Lebanese kidnappers free Jack Mann in Beirut after being captive for 865 days.

1995 - PLO and Israel sign a pact, expanding Palestinian rule in the West Bank.

1996 - US and other major nuclear powers sign a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.

2006 - Swiss voters ratify new

asylum and immigration laws.

2008 - Luxury hotel Atlantis on the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai is opened to the public.

2011 - UAE elects 20 representatives in the Federal Nation Council.

2015 - At least 769 people are killed in stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.