Memorable events

  • Early test robots are seen on display at the Akin Robotics factory, Turkey’s first humanoid robotics factory, in Konya, Turkey, March 15, 2018. Iraqi boys walk inside a destroyed mosque in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, March 14. Iranian families light firecrackers outside their houses during the Wednesday Fire Feast, or Chaharshanbe Soori, held annually on the…

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  • On this day, 24 October, 1260 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), was assassinated by a fellow Mamluk leader, Baibars, who seized power for himself. In that same year, the spectacular Cathedral of Chartres was dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here are a few memorable events on October…

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