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24th May 1976 : Air France from Paris and British Airways from London simultaneously began Concorde service to Dulles Airport, Washington cutting the travel time from 7 hours to 3 1/2 hours.

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24th May 1978: Princess Margaret the sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England, is divorced from after 18 years of marriage from her husband, Earl Snowdon

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24th May 2001 : A dance floor has collapsed in Jerusalem leaving at least 20 people dead and hundreds more injured at a wedding party

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24th May, 2006 : Over one hundred people went missing and many were found dead after major flooding occurred in the Northern part of Thailand. The flooding came at the beginning of the rainy season with three consecutive days of rain and caused massive property damage as well as displacing thousands of people and st*****ng others. The Uttaradit region was affected worst by the flooding.

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24th May, 2007 : A methane explosion in a Russian mine killed thirty-six workers and injured six in the Yubileynaya coal mine in Siberia. Over one hundred and fifty workers were successfully rescued after the blast, but two others were still missing.

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24th May 1976 : Air France from Paris and British Airways from London simultaneously began Concorde service to Dulles Airport, Washington cutting the travel time from 7 hours to 3 1/2 hours.

ab kitna time lagta hai?

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24th May, 2007 : A methane explosion in a Russian mine killed thirty-six workers and injured six in the Yubileynaya coal mine in Siberia. Over one hundred and fifty workers were successfully rescued after the blast, but two others were still missing.

very sad incident. There used to be such incidents in Balochistan's mine. They have either stopped reporting such incidents there or may be these mines have become safe :@:

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24th May, 2006 : Over one hundred people went missing and many were found dead after major flooding occurred in the Northern part of Thailand. The flooding came at the beginning of the rainy season with three consecutive days of rain and caused massive property damage as well as displacing thousands of people and** st****ng* others. The Uttaradit region was affected worst by the flooding.

what was at the place *****?

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24th May 1978: Princess Margaret the sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England, is divorced from after 18 years of marriage from her husband, Earl Snowdon

was the divorce in royal family an unusual thing? I think religiously Roman Catholics can't divorce. There is this Pakistani actor Aneeta Campher who converted to Islam for getting divorce from her Christian husband. Heard that after divorce, she again converted to Christianity.

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24th May 2001 : A dance floor has collapsed in Jerusalem leaving at least 20 people dead and hundreds more injured at a wedding party

What would have Molana Fazl u Rehman termed this incident?

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24th May 1883 : The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan over the East River opens to traffic. In 1883 it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and had taken 13 years to complete.

how large it was? Which one is the largest in World / Pakistan today?

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what was at the place *****?

[EMAIL="str@nding"]str@nding

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24th May 1930 : Amy Johnson lands her Gypsy Moth plane at Darwin in Australia having completed the first solo flight from England by a woman

I read flight as fight

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str@nding

what is @?

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24th May 1934 : It is hoped some relief may occur from the month long drought in the Midwest with a small amount of rain forecast by the Weather Bureau in northern parts of the states affected but concerns over crop failure and many farms going bankrupt continue, it is also predicted the cost of most foods could double or treble in these already difficult times. Many farms are already seeing fertile land reduced to dust and know this years crops are doomed .

Whats this all about?

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24th May 1939 : The submarine Squalus sunk in the Atlantic with the loss of many lives and the worst part of this tragedy was how the 5 that were saved only did so by sacrificing their 26 crew mates by closing the Bulk Head door to the battery compartment to stop the rest of the submarine flooding. This must have been one the most difficult decisions for any sub mariner and these men who were lucky enough to survive .

survived with trauma

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25th May 1968 : The Gateway Arch in St. Louis standing 630 feet tall, and 630 feet wide at its base is dedicated

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25th May 1935 : Jesse Owens broke three world records at the Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan including broad jump, the 220-yard dash and the low hurdles

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25th May 1961 : President Kennedy has asked Congress for $531 million to help the US put a man on the moon before the end of the decade

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25th May 1977 : Star Wars written and directed by George Lucas and released by 20th Century Fox opens in American Theaters.

The original Star Wars grossed nearly $800 million world wide and won multiple awards at the 50th Annual Academy Awards and created a cult following for future Star Wars Movies