New Delhi. Prince Charles of England and his wife Diana formally divorced. On this day, famous poet, writer and critic Raghupati Sahay alias Firaq Gorakhpuri was born. Apart from this, a lot happened on this day in Indian and world history, let’s know about today’s history
521 – The troops of Turkish Sultan Suleiman I captured Belgrade.
1600 – The Mughals captured Ahmednagar.
1845 – The first edition of the famous magazine Scientific American was published.
1833 – British William James Herschel, who made fingerprints a means of identification, was born.
1896 – Famous poet, writer and critic Raghupati Sahay alias Firaq Gorakhpuri was born.
1904 – The first car rally was organized from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Barrackpore.
1916 – Italy declared war against Germany in the First World War.
1928 – Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) M.G.K. Menon was born.
1929 – Famous writer Rajendra Yadav was born.
1972 – General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act was passed in India.
1984 – Soviet Union conducted an underground nuclear test.
1996 – Prince Charles of England and his wife Diana formally divorced.
2013 – 11 people died due to collapse of a three-storey building in Vadodara city of Gujarat.
2017 – P.V. Sidhu won silver medal in Badminton World Championship. – Agency
