Today in History

1801 - Turkey formally recovers Egypt by treaty with France.

1933 - Diego Martínez Barrio becomes PM of Spain.

1941 - Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia becomes President of Panama in a coup.

1967 - Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia.

1971 - Army rebels in Argentina surrender after a 19-hour bid to overthrow the government.

1991 - The first phase of Dubai Marina project is completed.

2012 - Pakistani Schoolgirl education activist Malala Yousafzai is shot in the head in an assassination attempt on a school bus in Swat.

2014 - Palestinian unity government of Hamas and Fatah held its first meeting in Gaza Strip.

2016 - Hurricane Matthew strikes Haiti, Florida, North and South Carolina, killing at least 1,000 people.