1867 | German philosopher Karl Marx published the "Das Kapital" Volume 1, which was his theory of the Capitalist system and how it was doomed to fail. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1914 | Bollywood director and producer, G. P. Sippy was born. His famous works as a producer and director include Sholay (1975), Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Andaz (1971) and Mr India (1961). (Image: Wikipedia)
1923 | Eminent lawyer and former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani was born. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1939 | The World’s first practical helicopter, the VS-300 took a tethered flight in Connecticut, United States. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1956 | Tech giant IBM introduced the first commercial computer, the RAMAC 305. It had a hard drive that used magnetic disk storage and weighed over a ton. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1959 | Soviet Union's Luna-2 space probe became the first spacecraft to crash land on the Moon. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1998 | Microsoft was declared as the biggest company in the world as it was valued at USD 261 billion on the New York stock exchange. (Image: Shutterstock)
2000 | Former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed a joint meeting of both houses of the US Senate. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
2017 | Popular singer/music producer, Selena Gomez revealed that she had undergone a kidney transplant, as she was suffering from lupus. (Image: Shutterstock)
2017 | About 19 people were killed when a boat capsized on the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh. (Image: News18)