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Ancient China

The Golden Age of Tang China

A time of poetry, art, and global connections

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Bharat

1602
The Dutch East India Company, the first company to issue stock, was established.

World

2014
Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.
2010
Eyjafjallajökull (pictured) in Iceland began a series of volcanic events, later disrupting air travel across Europe.
1993
The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England.
1987
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.
1944
World War II: U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel.
1942
World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines for Australia, US Army general Douglas MacArthur announced: "I came through and I shall return."

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