1786Despite his failed efforts to suppress the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis is appointed Governor General of India.
1894Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Indian writer in the Bengali language, best known for his autobiographical novel Pather Panchali, was born.
1912The birth of Feroze Gandhi, a famous freedom fighter and influential member of the Lok Sabha and husband of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was born.
1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, a writer and scholar of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali from Jaipur, passed away.
1931Mahatma Gandhi arrived in London to attend the Round Table Conference.
1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
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0490 BCETraditional date of the Battle of Marathon, in which a small army of Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
1624First submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I.
1913Jesse Owens, American track-and-field athlete who set a world record in the running broad jump (also called long jump) that stood for 25 years and who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, was born.
1919Adolf Hitler joins the obscure German Worker's Party as its seventh member, agreeing not with worker's rights, but with its German Nationalism and antisemitism.
1940The Lascaux Caves in France, with their prehistoric wall paintings, are discovered.
1945The People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed, bringing an end to Japanese rule over Korea.
1959The Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the Moon.
1992Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first black woman in space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
2005Israel completes its withdrawal of all troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
2011In New York City, the 9/11 Memorial Museum opens to the public.
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