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The Rocket Rider: Vikram Sarabhai's Space Dream

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The Rocket Rider: Vikram Sarabhai's Space Dream

How India's Space Program Began with a Vision and a Bicycle

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2006
US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.
1996
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
1995
Western Greece was struck by an earthquake registering 6.4–6.5 Mw that killed 26 people.
1991
An eruption of Mount Pinatubo (pictured) in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to briefly lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).
1978
King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured).
1944
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.

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