Event:
India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior
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1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1979 CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service
1960 USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launches
