On this day in 1888, the Washington Monument officially opened to the general public.
On this day in 1940, during a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London was hit by a bomb.
On this day in 1967, a day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
On this day in 1986, the musical The Phantom of the Opera had its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
And on this day in 2012, members of the Pakistani Taliban made a failed attempt to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school.