Today in History

1821 - The Mexican Empire declare its independence from the Spanish Empire.

1970 - President Jamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt dies of a heart attack.

1989 - Former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos dies in exile.

1991 - US began major cuts in its nuclear forces worldwide.

1994 - The ferry Estonia sinks in a storm in the Baltic Sea, killing more than 900 people. 1995 - PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sign a West Bank accord.

2010 - North Korea’s Kim Jong-il promotes his son Kim Jong-un to general.

2016 - US Senate votes to override Barack Obama’s veto of 9/11 bill.

2018 - The 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the Sulawesi Island in Indonesia has killed at least 832 people.