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Medieval Period

The Sky-Touching Temple of Thanjavur

Rajaraja I and the Marvel of Brihadeeswarar

bn gu hi kn ml mr ta te en

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On this calendar date

Bharat

2007
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
2001
Phoolan Devi, a serving Indian member of Parliament, was shot outside her house in New Delhi, India.

World

2022
The Duffield Memorial (central medallion pictured) in Great Baddow, an "unusual example of Art Nouveau design in metal work", was designated a listed building by Historic England.
2010
WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
2000
Air France Flight 4590 , a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.
1976
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
1950
Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.
1943
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.

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