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Colonial & Freedom Struggle

The Lion of Vedanta: Swami Vivekananda

From Kolkata to Chicago, a Message of Universal Truth

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Bharat

1984
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs.
1963
A gas explosion at the
1913
Public-transportation workers in Indianapolis went on strike (pictured), shutting down mass transit in the city.

World

2017
An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
2005
The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months prior, was announced.
2003
After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
2000
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided with construction equipment while attempting to take off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan during heavy rain, killing 83 people aboard.
1999
All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 perished when the aircraft suddenly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1999
Australian sailor Jesse Martin arrived in Melbourne, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted.

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