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Medieval Period

The Stone Whisperers of Mamallapuram

How Pallava Sculptors Carved Temples from Living Rock

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1981
The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research, and went on to sell more than 1.5 million units around the world.
1966
BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
1963
American country-music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed when their PA-24 crashed shortly after takeoff in Camden, Tennessee.
1960
Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1943
World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.
1936
The prototype (pictured) of the Supermarine Spitfire flew for the first time.

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