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Anna Mani
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Anna Mani

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Anna Mani was an Indian physicist and meteorologist. She retired as the deputy director general of the Indian Meteorological Department and also served as a visiting professor at the Raman Research Institute. Mani made contributions to the field of meteorological instrumentation, conducted research, and published numer…

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House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HB…

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Manti Malietau Louis Teʻo is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Footba…

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10 events
2011
Moment_magnitude_scale
A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia, and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history.
2006
Natascha_Kampusch
Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.
1991
World_Wide_Web
The World Wide Web was opened to the public.
1989
Singing_Revolution
Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.
1960
Congo_Crisis
Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.
1954
Cruise_of_the_Kings
The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departed from Marseille, France.
1943
World_War_II
Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
1939
Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (pictured), a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.
1933
1933_Chesapeake–Potomac_hurricane
The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
1914
World_War_I
In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.

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