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10 events
2004
Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across Singapore and Malaysia.
1992
After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.
1973
U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1963
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground, went into effect.
1943
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour.
1933
In the first proven act of sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, killing all seven people aboard.
1911
The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.
1903
Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured) founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.
1846
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
1760
In a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.

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