1894 | The first competitive motorcar race was organised from Paris to Rouen. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1933 | The first solo flight around the world was completed by Wiley Post in 7 days and 19 hours. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1942 | About 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1988 | The Indian National Satellite, INSAT-1C was launched from the Karou launch site. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1991 | American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confessed to killing 17 men in 1978. (Image: Reuters)
1997 | World’s bestselling manga and comic series "One Piece” first appeared in the "Weekly Shonen Jump" in Japan.
2012 | Cricketer Hashim Amla scored 311 runs going not out becoming the first South African to score a triple-century in Test cricket. (Image: Reuters)
2019 | Iconic Marvel superhero film "Avengers: Endgame" became the world's highest-grossing film overtaking "Avatar" and earning USD 2.9 billion worldwide. (Image: Marvel Entertainment YouTube screengrab)