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May 15, 2024 · This means that today's prices are 7.60 times as high as average prices since 1971, according to Statistics Canada consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 13.151% of what it could buy back then. The inflation rate in 1971 was 2.70%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.15%.
May 16, 2024 · The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military encounter among India and Pakistan that happened during the freedom battle in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971. The war started with preemptive elevated strikes on 11 Indian air stations, which prompted the beginning of threats with Pakistan and ...
What Happened this Day in India History Events. 2011. The country's famous nuclear physicist PK Iyengar died. 1911. The first indigenous bank, Central Bank of India, was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanwala. 1898. The chemists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium. 2008. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan were ...
4 days ago · 1896 –. The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD). 1930 –. The 1046 ft Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. 1933 –.
May 16, 2024 · Pharmacist and Root Beer Brewer Charles E. Hires. 1877 May 16, 1877 political crisis in France. 1879 Antonín Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" premieres. 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English. 1881 World's 1st electric tram enters service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)
Jun 12, 2020 · On the morning of January 14th, thousands of policemen called in sick to their precincts, a widespread case of the ‘blue flu’ that marked the beginning of New York’s five days without a ...
3 days ago · This is a collection of epic events, milestones, birthdays, deaths, chart toppers, concerts, record releases, and any rock music happenings that we could find for Today in Rock Music History. Let us know here if we missed one. See what happened yesterday in rock history. MAY 28th. Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells A Story" is released.
