Today in History

1892 - The first long-distance telephone line opens between Chicago and New York.

1921 - Ludwig III, last King of Bavaria, dies.

1944 - Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during Second World War.

1981 - Panhellenic Socialist Movement becomes Greece’s first leftist government.

1991 - Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union. 1998 - Over 1,000 people are killed when a petroleum pipeline explodes in Nigeria.

2006 - Chinese women win their first gymnastics World Championship in Denmark

2011 - The Sharjah Cricket Stadium enters the Guinness Book of World Records for hosting the most one-day international matches.

2019 - An explosion rocks a mosque in eastern Afghanistan and killing 69 worshippers.