On This Day

Historical Events

  • 1957 4th National Film Awards (India): "Kabuliwala" wins the Golden Lotus
  • 1959 6th National Film Awards (India): "Sagar Sangamey" wins the Golden Lotus

Event of Interest

1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie

Novelist Salman Rushdie
  • 2018 Indian government announces electricity has now reached every Indian village

Famous Birthdays

  • 1795 Charles Sturt, English explorer (Australia), born in Bengal, British India (d. 1869)
  • 1949 Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)

Famous Deaths

  • 1998 Ramakant Desai, Indian cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 74 wickets, 1 x 50; Bombay), dies from cardiac arrest at 58

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