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Ancient China

The Golden Age of Tang China

A time of poetry, art, and global connections

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Bharat

1837
A fire broke out in Surat, India, which went on to destroy about 75% of the city.

World

2013
A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.
2011
Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
2003
A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.
1993
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.
1990
Gruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
1990
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.

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