• 1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
• 1808 – Joseph
Bonaparte approved the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as
the basis for his rule as King of Spain during the Peninsular War.
• 1889 – The first
issue of The Wall Street Journal, the world's most circulated business daily
newspaper, was published.
• 1914 – Birth Day of Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (Death on 2010)
• 1962 – In response
to student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese General Ne Win ordered the
demolition of the school's Students Union building.
• 1972 – Birth Day of Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 2007 – Death Day of Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (Birth on 1927)
• 1972 – Birth Day of Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 2007 – Death Day of Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (Birth on 1927)
