1893 | Shyamlal Gupta ‘Parshad’, a freedom fighter, journalist, social worker, and teacher of the Indian freedom struggle was born. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1906 | The Magnetic South Pole in Antarctica was claimed to be discovered by Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David and Alistair Mackay. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1908 | American carriage-maker William C. Durant founded General Motors. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1963 | The Federation of Malaysia was formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. (Image: Shutterstock)
1971 | Famous Indian lyricist, screenwriter and poet Prasoon Joshi was born. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1992 | About 900 persons were killed in widespread floods in Pakistan. (Image: Shutterstock)
1997 | Apple Computer Inc appointed co-founder Steve Jobs as the interim CEO. (Image: Shutterstock)
2011 | Ryan Gosling starrer and critically acclaimed film, "Drive" released. (Image: Youtube)
2018 | Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff announced the purchase of Time Magazine for USD 190 million. (Image: Shutterstock)
2020 | Yoshihide Suga succeeded Shinzo Abe as the Prime Minister after Shinzo Abe stepped down due to ill health. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)