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स्टैच्यू ऑफ यूनिटी
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स्टैच्यू ऑफ यूनिटी भारत के प्रथम उप प्रधानमन्त्री तथा प्रथम गृहमन्त्री वल्लभभाई पटेल को समर्पित एक स्मारक है, जो भारतीय …

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2016
Thirty-six people died when a fire broke out at an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, the deadliest U.S. building fire since 2003.
2015
In San Bernardino, California, a married couple carried out a mass shooting at a Christmas party before fleeing and dying in a shootout with police.
2001
Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.
1989
The Malayan Communist Party and the Malaysian government signed a peace accord to end a 21-year communist insurgency.
1988
Benazir Bhutto (pictured) took office as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
1962
Returning from a fact-finding mission, U.S. senator Mike Mansfield became the first American official to comment adversely on the progress of the Vietnam War.
1956
Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba.
1954
The United States Senate voted of 67 to 22 to approve a resolution condemning Senator Joseph McCarthy who continued to serve in the Senate until his death two and a half years later.
1950
Korean War: UN forces began a retreat from North Korea following defeat at the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River.
1943
World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking twenty-eight vessels and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas.

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