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On this day: Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi: The Power of Truth

From a Shy Lawyer to the Father of a Nation

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1930
Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.

World

2014
A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
2006
U.S. Army soldiers gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her along with her family members.
1971
The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel (pictured).
1967
General Suharto (pictured) seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.
1952
British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.
1947
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.

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