| | 1755
Tsarina Elisabeth established the first Russian university. |
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| | 1820
The Royal Astronomical Society was founded in England. |
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| | 1879
The British-Zulu War began when Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invaded Zululand. |
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| |  1948
Mahatma Gandhi began his final fast. |
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| |  1966
Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward premiered on television. |
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| | 1974
Libya and Tunisia announced that they were merging as the Islamic Arab Republic. |
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| | 2006
A stampede on the last day of Hajj (the Muslim pilgrimage to the city of Mecca) killed at least 346 pilgrims and injured at least 289 more. |
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| | 2010
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its aftershocks went on for days afterward and the total death toll was over 2,00,000. |
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| | 2010
Chile became the first South American country to become a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
V. Shrinivas (Seenu) |
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