• 1708 – Death Day Of Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (Birth On 1666).

• 1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• 1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• 1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
• 1978 – Birth Day of Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer.