1948It was decided that Jana Gana Mana was to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
1975Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
1997Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.
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1609Painting by Giuseppe Bertini (1858) of Galileo demonstrating his
telescope to the Doge of Venice.
Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1819James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker, died.
1825Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.
1830The "Tom Thumb" steam locomotive runs its famous race with a horse-drawn car. The horse wins because the engine, which had been ahead, breaks down.
1867Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist, died.
1875Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel. It took him 21 hours and 45 minutes.
1900German Classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most influential of all modern thinkers, died at age 55.
1919First scheduled passenger service by airplane starts between Paris and London.
1938Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author was born.
1958Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor and businessman, markets the first package of precooked instant noodles (Chikin Ramen).
1962Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author, was born.
1988Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their eight year war.
1989After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloud-tops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps.
1991Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux operating system.
2012The first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, died after suffering complications from a heart bypass.
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