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Today In History, 13 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (13 February): Sarojini Naidu and Aung San were born, Richard Wagner and Catherine Howard died, World Radio Day celebrated, German Bakery Bombing in Pune, East India Company’s first voyage, 2021 Winter Storm in Texas and Mexico, the Siege of Budapest ended, and more.
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Today In History, 12 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (12 February): Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Dayanand Saraswati and Christina Ricci were born, Ivan Reitman and Immanuel Kant died, Chile declared independence, monarchy ended in China, Mahatma Gandhi withdrew non-cooperation movement in India, Dior’s New Look collection debuted, and more.
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Today In History, 11 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (11 February): Thomas Edison, Tilka Manjhi and Jennifer Aniston was born, Whitney Houston and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya died, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Mike Tyson’s first defeat, Iran became an Islamic Republic, and more.
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Today In History, 10 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (10 February): Boris Pasternak and Kumar Vishwas were born, Shirley Temple and Wilhelm Rontgen died, end of the Islamic Golden Age, Treaty of Paris signed, Tom and Jerry’s precursor cartoon premiered, Garry Kasparov played chess against IBM computer Deep Blue, and more.
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Today In History, 9 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (9 February): Tom Hiddleston, Alice Walker and Glenn McGrath born, Baba Amte and Fyodor Dostoyevsky died, first census of independent India was conducted, The Beatles first performed live in the US, Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for Best Actor, element copernicium was discovered, Benin City was invaded by the British, and more.
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Today In History, 8 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (8 February): Dr. Zakir Husain, Jagjit Singh, Mohammad Azharuddin were born, Mary Queen of Scots was executed, NASDAQ established, Taxi Driver premiered, and more.
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Today In History, 7 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (7 February): Charles Dickens, Manmath Nath Gupta and Ashton Kutcher were born, Josef Mengele and Pope Pius IX died, Beatlemania began in the US, Grenada gained independence, Great Seige of Gibraltar was lifted, and more.
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Today In History, 6 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (6 February): Bob Marley, Ronald Reagan and Abdul Gaffar Khan born, Motilal Nehru and Lata Mangeshkar died, Charlies Chaplin’s first film was released, Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne of UK, New Zealand was established as a British colony, and more.
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Fact or Fiction: Hockey Is The National Game Of India
Do you believe hockey to be the national game of India? Check whether it’s fact or fiction.
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Today In History, 5 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (5 February): Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar born, Mir Jafar and Christopher Plummer died, first synthetic plastic invented, Modern Times premiered, first naval air mission was conducted, and more.
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Today In History, 4 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (4 February): Rosa Parks and Oscar De La Hoya born, Madhusudan Das and S.N. Bose died, Facebook was founded, World Cancer Day, Chauri Chaura incident occurred, Satya Nadella was appointed Microsoft CEO, Sri Lanka gained independence, and more.
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Today In History, 3 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (3 February): Raghuram Rajan and Ram Singh Kuka born, Buddy Holly and Johannes Gutenberg died, battle of Diu fought, Pixar animation studios formed, La Dolce Vita premiered, operation thunderclap took place during World War II, and more.
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Today In History, 2 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (2 February): Shakira and Khushwant Singh born, Dmitri Mendeleev, Bertrand Russell and Chris Kyle passed away, Battle of Stalingrad ended, longest boxing match, band lifted on Nelson Mandela, Jeff Bezos announced his resignation as Amazon CEO, and more.
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Today In History, 1 February: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (1 February): Clark Gable, Ronda Rousey, Brahmanandam and Jackie Shroff born, Kalpana Chawla, Daniel Pearl and Buster Keaton died, first volume of Oxford English Dictionary published, space shuttle Columbia exploded, National Rail Museum established, Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won mixed doubles at Australian Open, and more.
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Today In History, 31 January: What Happened On This Day
What happened today in history (31 January): Franz Schubert, Justin Timberlake and Preity Zinta born, Guy Fawkes and Suraiya died, Family Guy debuted on NBC, first daytime soap opera aired, UK formally left the EU, first US satellite launched, and more.
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