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  Today in History: Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley

  World | August 13, 2013 6:15 IST

  New 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 | August 11, 2013 6:59 IST

  New 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 | August 10, 2013 6:33 IST

  New 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 | August 05, 2013 7:18 IST

  New 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 | August 04, 2013 6:42 IST

  New 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 | August 01, 2013 6:34 IST

  New 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 | July 31, 2013 6:19 IST

  New 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 | July 28, 2013 13:39 IST

  New 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 | July 27, 2013 15:41 IST

  New 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.