1431
Hundred Years’ War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1539
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovered Florida
1783
The first daily newspaper was published in the U.S. by Benjamin Towner called “The Pennsylvania Evening Post”
1826
The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
1867
Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre ‘Dar- Ul -Ulum’ in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh.
1919
Rabindranath Tagore returned the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
1952
S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
1977
Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons
1987
Goa became the 25th state of India.
1995
Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council
1999
India rejected U.N. offer of sending a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
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