1681
East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
1889
Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as ‘Children’s Day’ from 1957.
1908
Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1915
Tomáš Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
1918
Republic of Czechoslovakia created with Tomáš Masaryk as its 1st president
Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
1922
BBC begins daily radio broadcasts from the 2LO transmitter at Marconi House
1935
Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship
1955
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
1959
Nehru rejects China’s proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
1965
US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1968
First European lung transplant
Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1969
Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
1972
Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16) ( now in 2017 above 23,500)
1990
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993
Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
2001
War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
2001
“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” the 1st film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, is released starring Daniel Radcliffe
2008
Italy plunges into recession, its first since the start of 2005, after GDP contracts a steeper-than-expected 0.5% in the third quarter.
Hong Kong becomes the second Asian economy to tip into recession, its exports hit by weakening global demand.
Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy.