Today in History

1921 - Scottish inventor who developed pneumatic rubber tyres John Boyd Dunlop dies

1956 - The first use of videotape on a US network television show.

1983 - 243 US Marines and 58 French paratroopers are killed in suicide attacks in Beirut, Lebanon.

1985 - Emirates airline is formally launched in Dubai.

1994 - Sri Lankan leader Gamini Dissanayake is assassinated in a bomb blast in Colombo.

1998 - A Palestinian-Israeli interim peace accord is signed at the White House.

2001 - Apple Computer releases the first iPod digital music player.

2006 - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years.

2013 - China and India sing an agreement to boost meetings between their militaries.