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2019-03-18

2019-03-18

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Manohar Parrikar
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Manohar Parrikar

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Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the eighth Chief Minister of Goa, going on to serve a total of four times between 2000 and 2019. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In 2020, he was posthumously awarded …

Seiichi Miyake
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Seiichi Miyake
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Seiichi Miyake was a Japanese engineer and inventor best known for his work on tactile paving to aid the visually impai…

Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
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Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
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Madeleine Beth McCann is a British missing person, who at the age of 3 disappeared from her bed in a holiday apartment i…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
Syrian_civil_war
Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing as many as 80, a disputed number of whom were civilians.
2005
Court_order
As per a court order, the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo, an American woman who suffered brain damage, was removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia.
1996
Ozone_Disco_fire
The deadliest fire in Philippine history broke out at a nightclub in Quezon City, causing 162 deaths.
1990
Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft
Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.
1985
Soap_opera
The first episode of the soap opera Neighbours was broadcast on the Seven Network, later becoming the longest-running drama in Australian television history.
1977
The_Clash
The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.
1970
1970_United_States_postal_strike
U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.
1969
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
1965
Alexei_Leonov
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.
1959
1959_Tibetan_uprising
Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

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