Today In History
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Today in History: Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley
World | Aug 13, 2013, 06:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: On August 13, 1013, an English metallurgist Harry Brearley made history when he mixed 0.24% carbon and 12.8% chromium with steel to create the world's first ever stainless steel. Although Brearley didn't immediately
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Today in History: NATO takes over command of peacekeeping force in Afghanistan
World | Aug 11, 2013, 06:59 AM ISTNew Delhi. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), took control of ISAF(Afghanistan Security Agency) on August 11, 2003, ending an unwieldy system of rotating command among individual nations.It took command of the 5,000-strong international peacekeeping force
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Today in History: First US Orbiter launched to orbit Moon
World | Aug 10, 2013, 06:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: The first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon was launched on 10th of August 1966.The spacecraft was named as Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic. It was part of the Lunar Orbiter program. The Lunar
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Today in History: Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial
World | Aug 05, 2013, 07:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: The World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993 was intended to kill thousands of people but It failed to do so and took six lives though thousands of people got injured.The blast
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Today in History: Operation Storm begins in Croatia (watch in pics)
World | Aug 04, 2013, 06:42 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 4: On August 5, 1995, Croatian armed forces launched a massive offensive, codenamed "Operation Storm", that put an end to the four-year uprising that affected a third of its territory by armed
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Today in History: Earth receives first picture of planet Mars
World | Aug 01, 2013, 06:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: 1st of August 1969 was the day when the world got to see the Red Planet Mars in pictures. NASA received close-up photos of Mars on that day. These photos were sent by
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Today in History: Mecca massacre of 1987
World | Jul 31, 2013, 06:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: On July 31, 1987, Iranian Haj pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces clashed with each other in Mecca, triggering off a never ending conflict between the Shias and Sunnis in the Muslim world.
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Today In History: First World War breaks out (watch in pics)
World | Jul 28, 2013, 01:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 28: In late June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading to the
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Today in history: Largest air show disaster
World | Jul 27, 2013, 03:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on Saturday July 27, 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 of the Ukrainian Falcons crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine.