Category: This day in History
02-06-1946: Birth of the Italian Republic
25-05-1886 – Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist was Born
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
18-05-1974: Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
16-05-1966: The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
![13-05-1998: India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11.](https://indopeste.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/nuclear-test-2.jpg?w=290&h=174&crop=1)
13-05-1998: India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11.
![12-05-1949: Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.](https://indopeste.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/berlin-blockade.jpg?w=310&h=295&crop=1)