Today in 1991, 32 years ago: in Poland the Warsaw radio tower collapses, the tallest structure built until January 2009 (in which the Burj Khalifa building reached its maximum height, 828 meters).

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Today in 2019, 4 years ago: An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.

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Today in 1863, 160 years ago: Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state.

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Today in 1967, 56 years ago: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

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Today in 2000, 23 years ago: Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.

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Today in 1844, 179 years ago: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Today in 1929, 94 years ago: The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.

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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: in the United Kingdom, a group of thieves rob the postal train between Glasgow and London, and take a loot of more than 2.5 million pounds sterling, in what would be known as "the robbery of the century".

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Today in 2008, 15 years ago: in Beijing (China) the XXIX edition of the Olympic Games is inaugurated.

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Today in 1648, 375 years ago: Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman sultan.

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Today in 1946, 77 years ago: First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.

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Today in 1709, 314 years ago: in Portugal, the priest Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão presents a model of a hot air balloon to King John V.

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Today in 1974, 49 years ago: President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.

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Today in 1870, 153 years ago: The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.

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Today in 1509, 514 years ago: Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.

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Today in 1776, 247 years ago: in Madrid, King Carlos III created by royal decree the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (with capital in the city of Buenos Aires), separating the region from present-day Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia from the Viceroyalty of Peru (with capital in Lima).

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Today in 1736, 287 years ago: In Cordoba (Spain), the mortal remains of Ferdinand IV and Alfonso XI of Castile are transferred from the Royal Chapel of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba to the Royal Collegiate Church of San Hipólito, where they currently rest.

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Today in 1945, 78 years ago: The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.

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Today in 1952, 71 years ago: in Venezuela, the baseball team Cervecería Caracas changes its name to Leones del Caracas, one of the best known and laureates of this sport in the country.

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Today in 1786, 237 years ago: Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.

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