On this day in 1960, President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opened construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
On this day in 1991, representatives from the United States and Iraq met at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
On this day in 2005, Mahmoud Abbas won the election to replace Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority.
And on this day in 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone.