1848
Lokhitwadi started his column ‘Shatpatra’ in the newspaper named ‘Prabhakar’.
1916
Eight Curtiss “Jenny” planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, New Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history. The First Aero Squadron, organized in 1914 after the outbreak of World War I, was on a support mission for the 7,000 U.S. troops who invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
1935
British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
1944
Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film ‘Pehla Aadmi’.
1953
For the first time, audiences are able to sit in their living rooms and watch as the movie world’s most prestigious honors, the Academy Awards, are given out at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California.
1954
The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
1962
Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
1972
India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
1982
Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94.
1998
BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
2000
Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
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