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Lothal's Ancient Dockyard: A Gateway to the World

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Indus Valley & Vedic Period

Lothal's Ancient Dockyard: A Gateway to the World

How Harappan Merchants Traded with Distant Lands 4,400 Years Ago

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2013
A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion (aftermath pictured) that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.
2007
Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.
2000
Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.
1997
Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.
1988
Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to play in the Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
1961
Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, the chimpanzee Ham became the first hominid to be launched into outer space.

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