This Day In History
1880
First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
1887
Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
1918
World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia" capture Damascus.
1928
The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1946
Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1949
The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
1965
General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
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