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Today in History: The First Registered Domain Name


The first official domain name for the Internet was registered on this day 28 years ago, in 1985. The link below is to an article that reports on the first domain name.

For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2013/03/15/first-internet-domain-name/


Today in History: 08 April 1985


India Sues Union Carbide

On this day in 1985, India filed a suit against Union Carbide for the Bhopal Disaster that killed some 2000 plus people and injured 550 000 more. The suit was settled in 1989 for 470 million dollars US – the Indian government had sought 3.3 million dollars US.

For more, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster


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