On This Day – October 18

• 2007 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan

  The former Prime Minister of Pakistan and daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the 9th PM of Pakistan, Benazir returned to Pakistan after living 8 years in London and Dubai in a self-imposed exile. Two months later she was assassinated in a bombing while campaigning for the forthcoming elections.

• 1998 Jesse Pipeline Explosion in Nigeria Kills Over 200

  The oil pipeline, which was owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, was situated just outside the city of Lagos. Over 200 people died in the resulting fire that raged for 6 days before it could be put out. Continue reading On This Day – October 18 →