On This Day On This Day | 26 May

On This Day | 26 May

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On this day:1896: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is first published 1908: Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East 1972: The Soviet Union and the United States sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Gone on this day:1908: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, an Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya Read more…

On This Day On This Day | 25 May

On This Day | 25 May

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On this day:1963: 32 African countries form a coalition called AOU against white rule. AOU was the precursor of the African Union 1965: India and Pakistan border fights begin Born on this day: 1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher 1886: Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Read more…

On This Day On This Day | 24 May

On This Day | 24 May

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On this day:1830: One of the world’s best-known nursery rhymes, Mary had a little lamb, is published 1916: Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname 1970: Engineers begin drilling the world’s deepest hole, the kola superdeep borehole, of 40,230 feet depth Born on this day:1941: Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, Read more…