New Delhi. The then President of Russia Boris Yeltsin announced his resignation from the Soviet Communist Party. On this day, King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife Catherine Parr. Apart from this, a lot happened on this day in Indian and world history, let’s take a look at today’s history
100 BC – Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was born.
1290 – Jews were expelled from their country on the orders of King Edward I of England.
1489 – Bahlol Khan Lodi, founder of the Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.
1543 – King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife Catherine Parr.
1673 – Defense treaty signed between Netherlands and Denmark.
1674 – Maratha ruler Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with the East India Company.
1801 – Britain defeated France and Spain in the Battle of Algeciras.
1823 – Diana, the first steam ship built in India, was launched in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1912 – Queen Elizabeth became the first foreign film to be screened in America.
1918 – 500 people died in an explosion in a Japanese warship in the Bay of Toyama.
1949 – The ban imposed on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was conditionally lifted.
1957 – American surgeon Leroy E. Burney stated in his research that there is a direct link between smoking and lung cancer.
1960 – Bhagalpur and Ranchi Universities were established.
1970 – 600 people died due to a severe flood in the Alaknanda river.
1990 – The then President of Russia Boris Yeltsin announced his resignation from the Soviet Communist Party.
1993 – Japan was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, killing 160 people.
1994 – Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Gaza Strip after living in exile for 27 years.
1997 – Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan.
1999 – Film actor Rajendra Kumar died in Mumbai at the age of 71.
2001 – Maitri bus service started between Agartala in India and Dhaka in Bangladesh.
2006 – Israel attacked Lebanon after two of its soldiers were taken hostage.
2012 – Famous wrestler and Bollywood actor Dara Singh died.
