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Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1994 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord to ensure Palestinian self-rule in Gaza and Jericho The ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1999 A tornado produces the highest wind speeds ever recorded The F5 tornado that hit parts of Oklahoma City ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2011 Osama bin Laden is killed by a U.S. commando Bin Laden founded al-Qaeda, a militant group that claimed ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1978 Naomi Uemura becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone The Japanese explorer is also ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1993 CERN announces that World Wide Web protocols will remain free The European organization ensured the spread of the ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention becomes effective Chemical weapons production, storage, and use are all prohibited under the arms ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2004 The first Abu Ghraib torture pictures are published Images broadcast on 60 Minutes II showed gross human rights ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 The Airbus A380 takes to the skies for the first time The double-deck airliner is the world's largest ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 Syria ends its military occupation of Lebanon after 29 years Syria yielded to domestic and international pressure following ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S. During the outbreak, which included 358 confirmed tornadoes, 348 ...