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India's Giant Leap to Mars

How India's Mangalyaan reached the Red Planet on its very first attempt!

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2006
War in Somalia: Transitional Federal Government forces attacked the last stronghold of the Islamic Courts Union in the town of Jilib.
2004
Taipei 101 (pictured) in Taipei, Taiwan, opened to the public as the world's tallest building.
1999
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.
1999
In accordance with the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States.
1998
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.
1993
Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

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