On This Day On This Day | 10 May

On This Day | 10 May

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On this day:1857: Indian Sepoy Mutiny against rule by the British East India Company begins in Meerut 1994: Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president 2000: India’s population reaches 1 billion. Delhi’s baby girl Aastha chosen as a symbolic billionth Gone on this day:1774: Louis XV of France

On This Day On This Day | 09 May

On This Day | 09 May

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On this day: 2012: The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashes 1960: The first birth control pill, Enovid, is approved Born on this day: 1837: Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company 1866: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter, born in Kotluk, Bombay Presidency Gone on Read more…

On This Day On This Day | 08 May

On This Day | 08 May

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On this day:1886: Coca-Cola is invented by Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John Styth Pemberton 1933: MK Gandhi begins a three week fast in protest against British oppression in India 1978: Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climb Mount Everest without oxygen supply Born on this day:1884: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of Read more…