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Build Russian Bridge To Crimea

Arkady Rotenberg was awarded the multibillion-dollar contract for the construction of the bridge. The Kerch Strait Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges under construction, to span the Strait of Kerch between the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea and the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai in Russia.

Microsoft's Windows Vista goes on sale

The release of Windows Vista came more than five years after the introduction of its predecessor Windows XP. Windows Vista had seen initial adoption and satisfaction rates lower than Windows XP. New features of Windows Vista include an updated graphical user interface and visual style dubbed Aero.

Tet Offensive begins

The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies.

Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in what is now known as Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi. Gandhi was shot by a Hindu nationalist, Nathuram Vinayak Godse. Godse and his collaborator Narayan Apte were sentenced to death on 8 November 1949. Both were executed in the Ambala jail on 15 November 1949.

Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany

Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler’s emergence as chancellor marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state.

The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed

The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance was signed in London at Lansdowne House by Lord Lansdowne and Hayashi Tadasu. A diplomatic milestone that saw an end to Britain's splendid isolation, the alliance was renewed and expanded in scope twice, in 1905 and 1911, before its demise in 1921. It was officially terminated in 1923.

Andrew Jackson survived assassination attempt

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. On 30 January 1835, he became the first American president to experience an assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence, who shot at him in the House of the Chamber in the Capitol building.

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