1539
Sher Shah defeated Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and became emperor of Delhi.
1606
Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
1631
Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.
1692
On this day in 1692, a massive earthquake devastated the infamous town of Port Royal in Jamaica, killing thousands. The strong tremors, soil liquefaction and a tsunami brought on by the earthquake combined to destroy the entire town.
1893
Mohandas K. Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, refused to comply with racial segregation rules on a South African train and was forcibly ejected at Pietermaritzburg.
1913
On this day in 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, lead the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet.
1939
King George VI became the first British monarch to visit the United States when he and his wife, Elizabeth, crossed the Canadian-U.S. border to Niagara Falls, New York. The royal couple subsequently visited New York City and Washington, D.C., where they called for a greater U.S. role in resolving the crisis in Europe.
1942
On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan–came to an end. In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own.
1955
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
1974
Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
1979
Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle ‘Intercosmos’.
1984
Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
1996
Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF became the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
1997
Mahesh Bhupathi became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan’s Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
1998
India emerges World Bank‘s single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
2000
Telecom Commission approved the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
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