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Today in History: First successful gasoline-driven automobile, German zeppelins bomb Paris and more!

1886
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1886

Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

1916
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1916

World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.

1936
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1936

The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.

1948
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1948

The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.

2013
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2013

SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.