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June 06 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed 1985 Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French) 1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself 1987 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game 1988 George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989) 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1992 2nd WLAF World Bowl 2012 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs
June 05 1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple) 1987 "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS & the show runs until 3:47 AM 1989 Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires 1989 Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt" 1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched 8239 -BC- presumed origin of Mayan Era of Creation
June 04 1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1984 Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA" 1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to the launch pad 1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court 1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins 1988 Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6) 1989 Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping 1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland 1989 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary 1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway 1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy 1990 NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx areacode 917
June 03 1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life 1984 Patty Shoehan wins LPGA by a record 10 strokes 1986 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3767 1987 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game 1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony 1989 Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing 1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone 1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09) 1989 Troops in China shoot & kill 100s of students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan. Worst eruption in Japanese history
June 02 1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings 1902 2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted, in Oregon 1903 Pirates win a triple header from the Dodgers 1910 1st roundtrip flight over the English Channel (C.S. Rolls, England) 1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea 1913 1st strike settlement mediated by US Dep't of Labor-RR clerks 1914 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome 1922 Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances
June 01 1980 Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif 1980 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543 Machado & #3411 1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting 1984 KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD 1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg 1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974 1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 1990 The Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting 1991 Mount Pinatubo (Phillipines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
May 31 0070 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem 1417 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen 1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted 1564 Battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden 1621 Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night 1634 US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony 1659 Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague 1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah 1678 Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes 1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius 1727 France, England & Netherlands sign accord of Paris 1744 French troops conquer Kortrijk 1790 US copyright law enacted 1821 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope 1837 Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria 1847 Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens 1849 Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye" 1853 Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard the Advance 1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later 1861 General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line 1861 Mint at New Orleans closes
May 30 1858 Hudson Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked 1862 Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth MS 1862 Battle of Front Royal VA 1864 Battle of Bethesda Church VA 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) VA 1866 The opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) 1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves 1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy 1879 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May 1879 Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden 1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 1889 The brassiere is invented
May 29 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational 1967 Australian Paul McManus waterskis barefoot for 1:30:19 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II 1968 Manchester United become the first English team to win European Championship soccer tournament beating Benfica of Portugal 4-1 at Wembley after an added 30 minutes 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1968 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1970 USSR performs nuclear test (underground) 1971 "Court Room" by Clarence Carter hits #61 1972 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records 1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles CA 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
May 28 0585 -BC- Thales Miletus predicts solar eclispe Persian-Lydian battle ends 0640 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638) 1037 German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis" 1156 Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet 1349 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia 1358 Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising 1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V 1533 England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage 1539 Hernando de Soto lands in Florida 1608 Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna" premieres in Mantua 1635 Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V" premieres in Madrid 1664 1st Baptist Church is organized (Boston) 1674 German Parliament declares war on France 1731 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated 1741 Spain & Bavaria sign treaty
May 27 1938 Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so 1940 British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 1941 FDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 1942 Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor 1942 Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered 1942 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1942 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague 1943 French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 1943 US forbids racial discrimination in war industry 1944 Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou China 1944 Jean-Paul Sartre's "Huis Clos" premieres in Paris France 1948 Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid 1948 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians
May 26 1942 Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London 1942 Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star 1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army 1943 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia) 1943 Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam 1943 Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa 1944 82nd Airborne division D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mère Eglise 1945 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo 1946 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball 1946 Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague 1946 Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia 1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb 1948 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers 1948 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy 1951 Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress" premieres in London 1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die 1955 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances 1955 Conservatives win British parliamentary election 1955 Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade 1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing
May 25 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union 1989 Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy" 1991 "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour hits #35 1991 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews 1991 Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 2 1992 Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show" 1992 New York Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inning, beat Milwaukee Brewers 13-7 1992 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy 1994 Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated 1996 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American 1997 Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic 1997 David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Fort Worth TX 1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform # 1997 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic 1997 Todd & Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father & son to win 100 games
May 24 1086 Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III 1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland 1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured 1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV 1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin 1626 Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 1653 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria 1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought 1660 English king Charles II visits Netherlands 1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants 1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe 1726 People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax 1738 Methodist Church is established
May 23 1991 Last Cubans troops leave Angola 1991 Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Montréal Expos, 2-0 1991 San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship 1991 US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion 1992 New York Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game 1992 President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
May 22 1992 India launches its Agni rocket
May 21 1994 South Yemen secedes from Yemen 1994 Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe
May 20 1992 India launches its 1st satellite independently 1992 Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds 1993 10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)
May 19 1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago . 1902 Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria . 1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy .
May 18 1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm . 1291 Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre.1953 1st woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA) 1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect . 1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya NM (state record) .
May 17 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War) 1787 English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes. 1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street. 1794 Hard frost in southern New England .1910 Canada sets the designs for the 1¢-50¢ coins
May 16 1606 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia.1881 World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) .1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress.
May 15 1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp. 1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site .1995 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
May 14 1702 England & Netherlands declares war on France & Spain . 1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw.1910 Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins .1941 3,600 Parisian Jews arrested .
May 13 1835 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii is established .1888 Brazil abolishes slavery .
May 12 1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1942 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz 1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine 1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 . 1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in US . 1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender .
May 11 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa.1967 100,000,000th US phone connected .
May 10 1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands . 1857 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi .
May 09 1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
May 08 1794 US Post Office established
May 07 1832 Greece becomes independent republic . 1832 Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece .1954 US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO
May 06 1943 British 1st army opens assault on Tunis .1981 US expels Libyan diplomats
May 05 1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce .1944 Gandhi freed from prison
May 04 1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica . 1846 US state of Michigan ends death penalty . 1979 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)
May 03 1455 Jews flee Spain . 1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China . 1846 Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas . 1851 Most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die
May 02 1878 US stops minting 20¢ coin . 1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua .
May 01 1908 World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panamá .1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
Apr 30 1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized .1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
Apr 28 1848 Free last slaves in French colonies .1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title .1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
Apr 27 1526 Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi , 1937 US Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment ,1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
Apr 25 1898 US declares war on Spain over Cuba Apr 25 1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (New York NY) Apr 25 1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
Apr 24 1980 US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
Apr 18 1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
Apr 17 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1933 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest
1972 - Britain assumed direct rule over Northern Ireland
May 15/1991 Ontario - Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams. 15 May 1980 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City. 15-May-1873 The proposal to dis
May 12/1992 Montreal Quebec - Canadas largest charter airline, Nationair, declares bankruptcy.
May 09/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa and the provinces unveil a 5 year $100 million plan to combat ground-level ozone, a harmful component of city smog.
May 08/1987 BIRTH OF THE LOONIE Ottawa Ontario - Royal Canadian Mint unveils one-dollar coin to replace the paper dollar; made of nickel, copper and recycled tin, the loonie has a loon engraved on its rear side.
May 07/1988 Moncton NB - Mila Mulroney struck in the stomach by a placard during a labor rally outside a Tory gathering; a man is arrested but no charges are laid.
May 05/1992 Calgary Alberta - William Hopper says Petro-Canada to lay off 1,200 employees by end of 1993; company lost $598 m in 1991; largest corporate loss in the history of Canada
May 03/1991 Charlottetown PEI - Brian Mulroney 1939- promises 500-job GST processing centre for Summerside to help community hard hit by closing of Canadian Forces Base.
May 02/1962 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian dollar officially pegged at US 92.5¢. 2-May-1907 Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab .2-May-1930 Riots break out in Amritsar.
May 01/1987 London England - British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine.
Apr 30/1970 Vancouver BC - First computer-controlled CP Rail coal train reaches Roberts Bank from mines in Alberta. 1950 Edmonton Alberta - Construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Lakehead.
Apr 29/1995 Kitchener Ontario - Butchers finish making the worlds longest sausage, with a length of 28.77 miles. 29-April-1639 Delhis Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646. 29
28-April-1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India. 28-April-1952 The war between Japan and India ended.
Apr 25/1940 Quebec City - Quebec women allowed to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after women were granted the federal vote. 1867 Tokyo is opened for foreign trade.1933 US & Canada drop Gold Standard .1976 India all out for 97 vs
Apr 24/1985 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada ruling allows Sunday shopping in most provinces. 1952 Sarnia Ontario - First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter. 24-April-1929 First non-stop flight from Engl
Apr 22/1980 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa to boycott 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1864 US mints 2¢ coin .1st appearance of In God We Trust .1931 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty .1969 1st human eye transplant per
Apr 18/1967 Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba imposes 5% sales tax, effective June 1.
Apr 17/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Monique Landry promises Iran $6.5 million to help Kurdish refugees; total Canadian relief of $16.6 million added to $2 million for Turkish camps. 1974 Regina Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan to provide free prescription drugs to pr
Apr 14/1997 Ottawa Ontario - Quebec City lawyer Guy Bertrand places his petition asking for a ruling on the legality of Quebec separation before the Supreme Court of Canada. 1980 Ottawa Ontario - Opening of first session of the 32nd Parliament; until July
Apr 13/1972 Ottawa Ontario -US President Richard Nixon starts two-day visit to Canada; signs Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 13-April-1699 Khalsa Panth established. 13-April-1796 The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
10-April-1875 Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore. 10-April-1930 Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay. 10-April-1993 Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow. 10-A
9-April-1783 Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. 9-April-1965 Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the Stat
Apr 09/1987 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada rules that the right to strike is not guaranteed by the constitution.
8-April-1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India .8-April-1923 Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week. 8-April-1929 Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall. 8-April-1950 Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-
Apr 07/1989 Ottawa Ontario - Gunman hijacks bus near Montreal and drives it to Parliament Hill, disarmed by police. 7-April-1920 Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India)was born in Banaras, India.
6-April-1606 Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra. 6-April-1968 Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant. 6-April-2000 The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
Apr 05/1966 China - Canada signs three-year deal to sell $550 million worth of wheat to China.
Apr 04/1917 Victoria BC - British Columbia gives women the provincial vote. 1893 Toronto Ontario - Opening of the new Ontario Legislature in Queens Park .1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England.1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000 .
Apr 03/1930 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games
Mar 27/1924 Ottawa Ontario - Canada recognizes the U.S.S.R. 1790 The shoelace invented . 1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years . 1982 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs Sri Lanka at Lahore
26-March-1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. 1942 Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
Mar 26/1995 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa passes legislation ordering 30,000 striking railway employees back to work, ending nation-wide week of chaos for travellers, commuters and shippers.
Mar 25/1668 1st horse race in America takes place .1996 Canada - Jean Chrétiens Liberal Party wins 5 federal bye-elections, the Bloc Quebecois 1.1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) .1969 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub
Mar 24/1975 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes act making the beaver the official symbol of Canada.
Mar 21/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court rules 9-0 that fetus not legal person; no guarantee to life under Criminal Code; upholds BC Court of Appeal ruling.
Mar 20/1939 Brian Mulroney 1939- lawyer, politician, born in Baie Comeau, Quebec.20-March-1920 Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio .20-March-1977 General Election (6th) of I
Nar 18/1892 LORD STANLEY DONATES A CUP Montreal Quebec - Former Governor General Lord Stanley says he will donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions; aw
Mar 15/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Solicitor General Pierre Cadieux announces that Sikhs in the RCMP can wear turbans and other religious garb while in uniform.
Mar 12/1496 Jews are expelled from Syria .1609 Bermuda becomes an English colony .1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine.1789 US Post Office established .1799 Austria declares war on France.1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria.
11-March-1971 Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament. 11-March-1990 Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
Mar 11/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings.1981 Ottawa Ontario - US President Ronald Reagan visits Ottawa; US agrees to ease social security eligibility claims, for those who have worked in both countries.11-Mar
Mar 10/1624 England declares war on Spain
Mar 10/1934 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leafs achieve longest undefeated streak in their history, winning or tying 18 games in a row.
9-March-1500 Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India. 9-March-1966 India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state
Mar 07/1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
Mar 05/1945 San Francisco California - US, China, Soviet Union and Britain invite Canada to attend founding United Nations Conference.
Mar 04/1982 WILSON FIRST WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT Ottawa Ontario - Bertha Wilson 1933- appointed first woman to sit on Supreme Court of Canada; Ontario Court of Appeal Justice; resigned Jan, 1991
Mar 03/1964 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament approves change of name of Trans-Canada Air Lines to Air Canada; to take effect January 1, 1965.
Mar 03/1982 Ottawa Ontario - Statistics Canada confirms that Canada entered a recession in 1982.
Mar 02/1976 Toronto Ontario - Time magazine puts out last Canadian edition; loses advertising after Ottawa changes tax laws.
Mar 01/1995 Toronto Ontario - Real estate developer Bramalea Inc. seeks court protection from its creditors; for the second time in the 1990s.
Feb 29/1944 Myanmar - British and Indian troops, with some Canadians, finally drive the Japanese invaders from Burma
Feb 27/1996 In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers.
Feb 27/1991 Iraq - Coalition under US General Norman Schwarzkopf proclaims victory over Iraq in the six-week Gulf War; Canadian troops start to return home after combat operations cease; Canada sent a total of 2,400 troops, 26 fighter planes, 3 warships a
Feb 26/1979 Manitoba/Saskatchewan - Total solar eclipse crosses western Canada, casting a moving shadow 250 km wide.
Feb 25/1982 Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates.
Feb 04/1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy),1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000.1976 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
Feb 03/1947 BBRRRRR!!! Snag Yukon - Thermometers in Snag register -64C (-83F), the lowest temperature recorded in Canada; likely the lowest temperature on record in North America.
Feb 02/1976 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa signs agreements with Newfoundland and PEI to put public employees under the federal AIB - Anti-Inflation Board.
Feb 01/1983 Canada - New channels first available on cable as pay TV launched in Canada; First Choice, Superchannel and C-Channel.
31-January-1963 Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
31-January-1960 Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
31-January-1561 Akbars Vajir-E-Ajam Bairam Khan was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
Jan 30/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Finance Minister Michael Wilson gets 7% Goods and Services Tax bill through first reading in the Commons; to start January, 1991. 1975 Toronto Ontario - Ontario starts Wintario lottery to raise money for recreation and cult
Jan 29/1996 Quebec Quebec - Lucien Bouchard sworn in as Premier of Quebec; former Bloc Quebecois Leader replaces Jacques Parizeau.
Jan 28/28-January-1846 British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
Jan 27/1994 Ottawa Ontario - Toronto area MP Jag Bhaduria quits the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent, after it was revealed he had falsified his academic background.
Jan 26/1950 India becomes a republic ceasing to be a British dominion
25-January-1914 Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa. 25-January-1995 India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
Jan 24/1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
Jan 23/1995 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Court of Appeal acquits Guy-Paul Morin of 1984 sex-slaying of his nine-year-old neighbor, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario; ruling on basis of new DNA evidence.
Jan 22/1874 Canada - Liberal Alexander Mackenzie 1822-1892 defeats John A. Macdonald in the second Canadian general election, 138 seats to 67; of a total 206 seats. Macdonald suffered from the Pacific Scandal revelations.
Jan 21/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court starts review of David Milgaard murder conviction in the death of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller; he will be freed April 16th, after 22 years in jail, when the Court finds a miscarriage of justice.
Jan 18/1896 1st demonstration of an x-ray machine in the US, New York City NY
Jan 17/1917 US pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands 1991 Iraq fires 8 SCUD missiles on Israel - 1st US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn 1995 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)
Jan 16/1970 Ottawa Ontario - Cabinet accepts federal policy paper recommendations;.appoints Commission to oversee conversion from Imperial to International (Metric) System of Units.
13-January-1849 Sikhs again lost in Chillianwala in India but British suffered heavy casualties.
13-January-1709 Bahadhur Shah I defeated his brother Kam Bakhsh at Hydrabad as the Mughal Emperor consolidated his position.
12-January-1993 Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
Jan 12/1981 Ottawa Ontario - Justice Minister Jean Chretien - rewrites the Charter of Rights in proposed constitutional package, giving the provinces more power.
Jan 11/1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
Jan 10/1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK
Jan 10/1993 Oakville Manitoba - 400 Oakville residents return home after three week exile in shelters and motels; as risk from toxic chemicals released in a train derailment.
1997 Seoul Korea - Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien starts visit to South Korea.
Jan 08/1996 Toronto Ontario - Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin announces he is quitting federal politics to run for the job of provincial Liberal leader and Premier of Newfoundland.
Jan 07/1761 Battle at Panipat India Afghan army beats Mahratten
Jan 06/1978 Montreal Quebec - Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada to move head office from Montreal to Toronto.
Jan 05/1982 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa bans hiring skilled foreign workers in several mining, manufacturing and construction sectors; to protect Canadian jobs
Jan 04/1932 British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru
Jan 03/1802 Sydney Nova Scotia - 300 Scottish Highlanders arrive in Sydney to settle.
Jan 02/1983 JOE CLARK RESIGNS Ottawa Ontario - Joe Clark 1939- resigns as Leader of the Opposition after getting support of only 2/3 of delegates at Winnipeg; Erik Neilsen interim leader; calls leadership convention.
Dec 31/1600 British East India Company chartered 1781 Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens
Dec 30/1988 Ottawa Ontario - The Senate passes the bill approving the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.
Dec 29/1967 PARLIAMENT VOTES TO END DEATH PENALTY Ottawa Ontario - Parliament drops death penalty for murder, except policemen or prison guards; for five-year trial period.
Dec 26/1862 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
Dec 25/1971 Ottawa Ontario - Justin Pierre Trudeau born; second child born to a Prime Minister while in office; Mary Macdonald the first, in 1869.
Dec 23/1966 Ottawa Ontario - Royal Canadian Mint announces that dimes, quarters and 50-cent pieces will be struck from nickel instead of the more costly silver.
Dec 22/1994.Sardar Joginder Singh Tatla (1924-1994 )passed away in Hydrabad India
Dec 21/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Jean Chrétien becomes Leader of the Opposition. 1788 Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him. 1911 Central Bank of India established.
Dec 20/1971 Pakistan President Yahya Khan resigns
Dec 19/1956 Bonn Germany - Canadian and West Germany sign agreement to train 360 West German aircrew in Canada.
Dec 18/1971 Windsor Ontario - Thieves steal over $1 million from Windsor branch of the Royal Bank; 6 arrested several days later.
Dec 17/1992 MULRONEY SIGNS FREE TRADE DEAL Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- signs North American Free Trade Accord at ceremony on Parliament Hill; George Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari sign in separate ceremonies; deal still mu
Dec 16/1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
Dec 15/1791 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
Dec 14/1901 1st table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium
Dec 13/1995 Montreal Quebec - New Montreal Forum named the Centre Molson.
Dec 12/1989 Revelstoke BC - CP Rail runs first regular freight train through 14.5 km Mount MacDonald Tunnel, the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.
Dec 10/1987 Montreal Quebec - First death from eating tainted mussels in Montreal.
Dec 07/1941 WAR WITH JAPAN Ottawa Ontario - Canada the first of the Western allies to declare war on Japan, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania; shortly after Japanese bomb US base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. US, Britain and other allied countries follow the nex
Dec 06/1921 CANADIAN WOMEN EXERCISE FIRST FEDERAL VOTE
Dec 05 /1987 Montreal Quebec - Hydro-Quebec signs a long-term $7.2 billion supply contract with the state of Vermont.
Dec 03/1917 Ste-Foy, Quebec - First train crosses the new Quebec Bridge.
2-December-1965 Border Security Force came into existence.
Dec 01/1969 Canada - Police forces bring in breathalyzer testing to take blood alcohol levels of suspected impaired drivers.
Nov 30/November-1759 Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
Nov 28/1812 BRITISH AND CANADIANS BEAT BACK AMERICANS Fort Erie Ontario - - British and Canadian militia drive back a second American attempt to cross Niagara River at Fort Erie; War of 1812.
27-November-1001 Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
Nov 27/1975 Ottawa Ontario - National Defence to buy fleet of new long-range patrol aircraft for almost $1 billion; plus modern tanks for European land forces.
Nov 26/If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.
Nov 25/1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
22-November-1718 Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
Nov21/1988 Canada - Brian Mulroney 1939- wins federal election with 169 seats to 83 Liberal; 43 NDP; 0 other; ran on a platform of Free Trade with the US.
Nov 21/1989 Moscow Russia - Brian Mulroney 1939- makes an official state visit to the USSR.
Nov 19/1949 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian dollar devalued by l0%.
Nov 17/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Justice Minister Kim Campbell says Ottawa to pay up to 80 victims of brainwashing $100,000 each on compassionate grounds; experiments by Dr. Ewen Cameron at McGill in early 1960s funded by Canada, CIA.
Nov 16/1983 MARGARET CALLS IT QUITS Ottawa Ontario - Margaret Trudeau 1947- files for divorce from Prime Minister Trudeau; granted April 2, 1984.
Nov 15/1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
Nov 14/1849 TORONTO THE CAPITAL OF CANADA Toronto Ontario - Toronto, Upper Canada becomes the new seat of the Union government; after a Tory mob had burned the Montreal Parliament buildings
Nov 13/1990 Montreal Quebec - Montreal invests $15 million to save the Expos baseball team.
12-November-1969 Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
Nov 12/1975 Toronto Ontario - 8,800 Toronto teachers go on strike at 135 high schools.
Nov 09/1904 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes
Nov 08/1983 Europe - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- meets leaders of France, Holland, Belgium, West Germany, Britain, and Pope John Paul II; on 3 day European peace mission.
Nov 02/1970 Ottawa Ontario - Canada announces further bans on sale of weapons to South Africa.
Nov 01/1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
Oct 31/1950 Thunder Bay, Ontario - Completion of 1,770 km oil pipeline from Edmonton to Lake Superior.
29-October-1930 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
Oct 29/1975 Vancouver BC - Vancouver has one of its greatest one day October rainfalls, as 60.7 mm falls
26-October-1946 27 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.
24-October-1605 Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
Oct 22/1936 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
Oct 19/1987 BLACK MONDAY MARKET MELTDOWN Toronto Ontario - The Toronto Stock Exchange follows New York down, as a crashing stock market leads to global financial panic. The TSE 300 Index drops 407 points, and the Dow Jones plunges 508.32 points, or 22.62
Oct 17/1969 Ottawa Ontario - Pierre Elliot Trudeau 1919- introduces the Official Languages Act in Parliament.; legislation will require all federal departments, commissions and agencies to use both English and French in dealings with the public.
Oct 16/1848 1st US homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania
Oct 15/1992 New Delhi, India - Talwinder Singh Palmar d1992 killed in gun battle with Indian police; prime suspect in 1985 bombing of Air India jet; Sikh militant arrested in 1985 but later released.
14-October-1884 Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. 14 Oct-1989 Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
Oct 13/1943 Italy declares war on former ally Germany
Oct 12/1975 Ottawa Ontario - Canada Post workers go on strike.
11-October-1737 A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
Oct 11/1968 Washington DC - US pays Canada $52.1 million for BC flood control benefits from Columbia River project
Oct 10/1973 China - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- starts six-day visit to China, where he meets with Chairman Mao Tse-Tung; first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister.
Oct 09/1990 Montreal Quebec - Air Canada announces layoff of 2,900 employees; blames recession and rising oil prices
Oct 08/1971 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada rules Indian woman cannot be deprived of Indian status because of marriage to non-Indian; under the Bill of Rights.
Oct 07/1997 Montreal Quebec - RCMP ordered to make reparations of $2 million to former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for defamatory accusations released during the Airbus enquiry.
Oct 05/1984 Cape Canaveral Florida - Marc Garneau 1949- becomes first Canadian in space on board Space Shuttle Challenger Flight STS-41G;
Oct 04/1988 Washington DC - Nine Canadians victimized by CIA brainwashing experiments at McGill University in the 1950s reach out-of-court settlement, sharing $750,000 award.
oct 02/1980 Ottawa Ontario - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- says he will unilaterally patriate constitution, and amend it by adding Charter of Rights; debate starts in House of Commons Oct. 6.
Oct 01/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Statistics Canada says first-time bride aged 26 in 1990, 22.6 in 1971; groom 27.9, 24.9; first marriages 77%, 90% in 1971; 7.1/1000 people; 7.9 in 1921.
30-September-1981 Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
Sept 28/1993 Montreal Quebec - Bell Canada announces 5,000 job cuts.
Sept 27/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- increases the size of the Senate to 112, appointing 8 new senators: now 54 PCs, 52 Liberals; to stop Senate from blocking GST.
Sept 26/1993 Niagara Falls, Ontario - Dave Munday takes his second plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel; 53-year-old diesel mechanic from Caistor Centre, Ontario, the first person to make two trips over the Falls; previous trip in 1985.
Sept 25/1983 Ottawa Ontario - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives in Canada for 3-day state visit.
Sept 20/1984 Ottawa Ontario - Pope John Paul II holds huge outdoor mass on LeBreton flats in Ottawa before returning to Vatican; on papal visit to Canada.
Sept 18/1989 OPP ARREST BOB RAE Temagami Ontario - Ontario NDP Leader Bob Rae arrested with 15 others in Temagami Wilderness Society anti-logging blockade near a stand of old-growth white pines. An Ontario Supreme Court ruling Sept. 14 had rejected a pro
16-September-1913 Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
Sept 16/1914 CANADA GETS AN AIR FORCE Ottawa Ontario - Sir Sam Hughes sets up the first Canadian military air service, the Canadian Aviation Corps; forerunner of the RCAF.
Sept 15/1992 Somalia - Canadian planes deliver 10 loads of 150 tonnes of relief supplies to famine-ravaged Somalia; three C-130 cargo planes and 71 personnel supporting Red Cross and UN.
Sept 14/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- sends squadron of F-18 fighter jets, with 450 pilots and flight crew, to Persian Gulf"; raises to $74 million Canadian aid to Kuwaiti refugees.
Sept 13/1981 FIRST TERRY FOX RUN Canada - Eight hundred Canadian communities participate in the first Terry Fox 10k Run to raise money for cancer research. One year earlier, the 23 year old Fox was forced to end his Marathon of Hope in Thunder Bay, when
Sept 12/1983 Ottawa Ontario - Canada expels 2 Soviet diplomats for trying to obtain prohibited high technology equipment.
9-September-1812 The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denom
8-September-1935 Asha Bhosle, famous playback singer, was born.
Sept 07/1993 Ottawa Ontario - Prime Minister Kim Campbell dissolves Parliament; will call an election the following day.
Sept 05/1990 Montreal Quebec - Mercier Bridge through the Kanawake reserve opens after 55-day Mohawk standoff.
Sept 04/1984 Also On This Day... Canada - Brian Mulroney 1939- wins the federal election in a landslide against opponents Liberal John Turner and New Democrat Ed Broadbent.His PC Party takes a record 212 of 282 seats, to 40 Liberal; 30 NDP; 1 other
Sept 03/1989 Toronto Ontario - One pilot killed as two Snowbirds jets collide during Canadian National Exhibition airshow; other pilot ejects safely over Lake Ontario.
Sep 02/1995 Toronto Ontario - British Nimrod plane plunges into Lake Ontario before horrified spectators during the annual airshow at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto; seven RAF crew members killed.
1-September-1947 Indian Standard Time was adopted.
Aug 30/1987 Rome Italy - Toronto sprinter Ben Johnson runs the 100m dash at the world track and field championships in a world record 9.83, cutting one-tenth of a second from the previous record of 9.93 set by Calvin Smith four years earlier; record later
Aug 28/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Defence Minister Marcel Masse says Canada prepared to send 750 troops to Somalia to help relieve famine and civil war.
26-August-1984 An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
25-August-1948 Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
Aug 24/1814 BRITISH TORCH WASHINGTON, AVENGE BURNING OF TORONTO Washington DC - Major-General Robert Ross leads 4,000 troops in attack on Washington; British burn the Capitol, White House, National Library and other government buildings; to retaliate fo
Aug 23/1988 Ottawa Ontario - Canada Post workers go on strike.
Aug 21/2017 Canada - The next total solar eclipse visible from Canada will happen on this day.
Aug 20/1987 Ottawa Ontario - Federal government slaps a total ban on smoking in public service offices, starting Jan. 1, 1988. Smoking by government employees at all public service counters ends immediately.
Aug 19/1992 Calgary Alberta - Petro-Canada to sell 37% stake in Westcoast Energy to finance Hibernia expenses; wants to sell 10% of Hibernia holding after Gulf share sold.
Aug 18/1960 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Aug 16/1898 Roller coaster patented
Aug 09/1988 Edmonton Alberta - Wayne Gretzky traded by Edmonton Oiler owner Peter Pocklington to Los Angeles Kings with two other players; Oilers get Jimmy Carson, top draft choice Martin Gelinas, 3 other first-round draft choices and a reputed $15-20 mil
Aug 06/1990 United Nations New York - Canada agrees to join trade embargo against Iraq ordered by UN security Council; fear of similar aggression toward Saudi Arabia
Aug 04/1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
Aug 02/1995 Ottawa Ontario - Government announces it will close 150 Canada Employment Centres
Aug 01/1971 Ottawa Ontario- Government ends censorship of letters to and from prisoners in federal institutions.
July 30/1962 DIEF OPENS TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY Rogers Pass, BC - Prime Minister John Diefenbaker officially opens the Trans-Canada Highway to traffic
July 27/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Kim Campbell unveils new firearms regulations; 60 military-type weapons banned; magazines limited to 5, 10 shot; Justice Minister; guns must be stored away from ammunition, and kept locked.
26-July-1975 Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
July 25/1982 Archambault Quebec - Bloody riot erupts at Archambault maximum-security prison near Montreal; inmates trying to escape kill three guards; two convicts commit suicide.
July 24/1984 LEADERS SPAR IN FIRST FRENCH TV DEBATE Montreal Quebec - Federal party leaders Ed Broadbent, Brian Mulroney & John Turner meet in the first French-language television debate.
23-July-1555 Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
July 23/1983 JET RUNS OUT OF GAS IN MID AIR Gimli Manitoba - Air Canada 767 runs out of fuel in midair and makes emergency glide landing at Gimli airstrip; due to metric confusion and fuel meter problems.
July 18/1991 London England - Brian Mulroney 1939- tells Mikhail Gorbachev Canada will lift freeze on $150 million in food credits imposed during Baltic crackdown; also offers $10 million technical assistance package.
July 17 1978 Washington DC - Canada and the US agree to let Canadians in American jails and Americans in Canadian prisons finish their sentences in their home countries.
16-July-1992 Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
July 15/1983 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa approves US cruise missile testing in northern Canada for early in 1984.
July 14/1976 COMMONS ABOLISHES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons abolishes the death penalty by a free vote of 132-124.
July 12/1812 - US Brigadier General William Hull 1753-1825 crosses the Detroit River with 2,500 troops and occupies the town of Sandwich; first American invasion in the War of 1812; worried about a new alliance between the British and the Indians led by
July 11/1991 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Nationair charter jet crashes in Saudi Arabia killing all 261 on board, including 14 Canadian crew members.
July 10/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Justice Minister Kim Campbell unveils draft law to extradite wanted criminals to home countries; to decrease stages of appeal from 7 to 3; also draft law on criminal insanity - insane defendants no longer indefinitely jailed.
July 08/1974 TRUDEAU WINS MAJORITY Canada - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- wins majority 141 of 264 seats in federal election; to 95 Conservative; 16 NDP; 11 Social Credit; 1 other; Andy Hogan the first Roman Catholic priest elected to the Commons.
July 05/1994 Montreal Quebec - Report of provincial inquiry says Montreal police force poorly supervised, badly trained and racist.
July 03/1991 Hagersville Ontario - Judge sentences youth to 16 months detention for setting $30 million tire fire in Hagersville, Feb. 1990; 3 others also found guilty and got shorter sentences.
July 02/1991 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Court of Appeal rules psychiatrists cannot give medication against wishes of patients; challenged by professionals and relatives of mentally ill.
June 29/1972 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court rules that motorists can seek legal counsel before taking alcohol breath tests.
June 28/1988 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes law banning tobacco advertising.
June 27/1992 Toronto Ontario - Striking printers force Toronto Star to stop the presses for the first time in 99 years;
June 26/1995 Toronto Ontario -Mike Harris sworn in as 22nd Premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae of the NDP, in power since 1990; won 82 out of 130 seats; cabinet of 19 smallest in the province in 30 years.
25-June-1658 6th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail.
June 25/1968 Canada -Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- wins 28th federal general election 155 seats to 72; 22 NDP; 14 Creditiste; 1 other; defeats Robert Stanfield with 45.5% of popular vote. Click to see an example of Trudeaumania.
24-June-1763 Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
June 24/1848 Woodstock Ontario - Incorporation of the Woodstock & Lake Erie Railroad.
June 23/1985 Atlantic - Bomb planted on Air India Boeing 747 jet out of Montreal explodes over the ocean south of the coast of Ireland; 329 dead; planted by Sikh terrorist later captured in London; greatest loss of Canadian lives in commercial flying hist
June 23/1974 Ottawa Ontario - Former PC Prime Minister John Diefenbaker sworn in as an MP for the 12th consecutive time; a record in Canadian politics.
22-June-1555 Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
June 22/1968 Toronto Ontario - 3,700 Metropolitan Toronto outside workers, including garbage collectors, go on strike.
June 21/1984 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes bill establishing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service; CSIS to replace RCMP in dealing with foreign espionage, terrorism and subversion.
June 20/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Mohamed Al-Mashat inquiry into his fast track immigration agrees on flawed and controversial processing of case; Iraqi diplomat and defector from Saddam Hussein.
June 18/1812 Washington DC - US President James Madison asks Congress to declare war on Britain due to seizure of American vessels in Napoleonic Wars, and British support of native resistance to US westward expansion; beginning of War of 1812; to Dec. 24,
17-June-1756 Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
June 14/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Michael Wilson says Free Trade tribunal ruling for Canadian pork exporters proves deal works; end of countervail pork duty; $20 million refund.
June 13/1995 Ottawa Ontario - Alan Rock gets his Gun Control Act passed in the Commons 192 votes to 63; controversial gun-control legislation calls for eventual registration of all firearms.
June 12/1986 Ontario - Ontario MDs strike to protest a government ban on extra-billing.
June 08/1995 Ontario - Mike Harris wins Ontario election for the Progressive Conservatives, defeating Bob Rae of the NDP, in power since 1990; takes 82 out of 130 seats.
5-June-1966 Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
2-June-1756 Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
June 01/1927 Government liquor stores in Ontario start selling liquor to adults with $2 permits, as prohibition ends; the province has been dry since 1921.
May 31/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- invites Premiers to Ottawa June 3 to try and save the Meech Lake Accord; refuses full First Ministers Conference; says Senate reform main obstacle
May 30/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Justice Minister Kim Campbell introduces new gun control legislation, boosting penalties for some firearms offences while exempting competition shooters.
27-May-1964 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74
27-May-1857 Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
May 27/1993 Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons passes legislation bringing Canada into the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
May 26/1887 Montreal Quebec - Canadian Pacific Railway 4,700 km main line opens for public traffic, 18 months after the last spike at Craigellachie, BC. Trains have been running across Canada for a year, but passengers can now ride directly to Vancouver
24-May-1557 Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
May 24/1918 Ottawa Ontario - Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 passes Canada Elections Act; gives all Canadian women over 21, the right to vote in federal elections only. Manitoba the first province to grant women the vote, in 1916; the other provinces follow
May 22/1974 Ottawa Ontario - Canada suspends shipments of all nuclear equipment to India after that country detonated a nuclear device using Canadian materials on May 18.
May 21/1914 Vancouver BC - Ship Komagata Maru arrives in Vancouver with 396 Sikh immigrants aboard; not allowed to land under Canadian immigration laws; sails away on July 23.
May 18/1982 BOMBARDIER WINS BIG IN NY New York City - Bombardier Inc. wins $1 billion contract to build 825 subway cars for New York; largest-ever export contract for a Canadian manufacturer.
May 17/1990 St. Andrews New Brunswick - Star-Kist Canada to close down tuna plant, throwing 250 people out of work; slumping prices to blame; plant closed due to tainted tuna scandal from 1985-88.
May 15/1992 Ottawa Ontario - Mulroney government House Leader Harvie Andre brings in bill to allow Ottawa to hold vote on constitutional reform; permits 36 day campaign; groups who spend over $5,000 must register.
May 14/1946 Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons passes the Canadian Citizenship Act; first nationality statute in Canada to define its people as Canadians; Canadian citizenship to be distinct and primary over being a British subject; to take effect January
13-May-1648 Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
May 12/1990 Toronto Ontario - Michael Mike Harris wins Ontario PC Party leadership, defeating Rookie MPP Diane Cunningham of London 7,175 to 5,825 votes; chosen by one-member, one-vote system from 33,000 PC members
May 11/1984 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes bill creating the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS); civilian security agency to replace RCMP Security Service when dealing with espionage and terrorism; Bill given Royal Assent June 21.
May 10/1980 OTTAWA BAILS OUT CHRYSLER CANADA Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa gives financially strapped Chrysler Canada $20 million in loan guarantees, and Ontario provides a $10 million grant; the US also provided $1.5 billion in loans and subsidies to bail out
May 09/1991 Ottawa Ontario - National Energy Board gives TransCanada Pipelines the green light for a $2.6 billion line into the US; plus 15 export licenses for 1.6 trillion cubic feet of gas
May 08/1987 BIRTH OF THE LOONIE Ottawa Ontario - Royal Canadian Mint unveils one-dollar coin to replace the paper dollar; made of nickel, copper and recycled tin, the loonie has a loon engraved on its rear side
7-May-1834 East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State
May 06/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Prime Minister Mulroney says tough economic measures by his government will continue to make him unpopular with the public.
May 05/1992 Calgary Alberta - William Hopper says Petro-Canada to lay off 1,200 employees by end of 1993; company lost $598 m in 1991; largest corporate loss in the history of Canada
3-May-1718 Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore.
may 03/1979 Dawson City Yukon - Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area.
2-May-1907 Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
1991 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court strikes down 190 year old law that let the Crown jail people found not guilty by reason of insanity, or commit them to a mental institution indefinitely.
May 01/1987 London England - British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine.
Apr 30/1971 Montreal Quebec - Hydro Quebec outlines plans to build $6 billion hydro-electric power project in James Bay region; largest such development ever undertaken in the western hemisphere.
28-April-1943 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar. 28-April-1952 The war between Japan and India ended.
Apr 27/1990 Montreal Quebec - Quebec women celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the vote for women in the province.
Apr 26/1983 Toronto Ontario - First flight of Skyship 500 at Toronto Airport; can carry 10 people; uses non-flammable helium; first Canadian-built airship.
Apr 25/1940 Quebec City - Quebec women allowed to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after women were granted the federal vote.
Apr 24/1985 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada ruling allows Sunday shopping in most provinces.
Apr 23/1997 Toronto Ontario - Ted England, head trader at Peters & Co. Ltd., purchases 100 shares of Bell Canada, the last trade ever made on the trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, as the TSE closes its floor after 145 years and moves to compute
Apr 21/1991 Montreal Quebec - Jean Chrétien 1934- urges a referendum in early 1992; suggests giving veto to four regions - Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and the West - and the allocation of power to the government that can handle it best.
19-April-1451 Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
Apr 19/1990 Simcoe Ontario - Five teenagers charged with setting massive tire fire at the Tyre King Recycling dump in Hagersville; burned for 17 days in February, forcing 500 from homes.
Apr 18/1977 Boston Massachusetts - Jerome Drayton 1945- the eighth Canadian to win the Boston Marathon. 1975 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa ends tax breaks for Canadians advertising on US border TV stations and in foreign owned Canadian magazines.
Apr 16/1995 Brussels, Belgium - Canada signs deal with the European Union, ending a bitter dispute over fishing rights in the North Atlantic; both sides say agreement will protect threatened fish stocks.
15-April-1919 British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
Apr 14/1975 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Court of Appeal rules that divorced women can sue their former husbands for damages.
Apr 13/1972 Ottawa Ontario -US President Richard Nixon starts two-day visit to Canada; signs Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
11-April-1964 Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the intern
Apr 11/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster; 80 lawsuits already settled for over $10 million.
Apr 10/1963 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs.
Apr 09/1987 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada rules that the right to strike is not guaranteed by the constitution.
8-April-1857 Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
Apr 08/1976 Halifax Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia the eighth province to sign an anti-inflation agreement with Ottawa.
7-April-1920 Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
Apr 07/1977 Toronto Ontario - The Toronto Blue Jays play their inaugural regular season game in a light snowfall at the CNE Exhibition Stadium; the expansion team beats the Chicago White Sox 9-5.
6-April-1606 Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.
Apr 06/1991 Saskatoon Saskatchewan - Preston Manning stresses Reform Party wants Quebec to stay in Canada, but not at any cost; wants strong central government, tighter spending controls.
Apr 05/1917 Victoria BC - British Columbia grants women the right to vote in provincial elections.
Apr 03/1975 Ottawa Ontario - Statistics Canada reports record $2.19 billion paid out in 1974 for unemployment insurance benefits.
Apr 01/1975 Canada - Canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius.
30-March-1929 Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London
Mar 30/1990 Quebec Quebec - Riot police in Quebec City break up demonstration by 2,000 marchers against university tuition fee increases; students also occupy Montreal Stock Exchange; over 250 arrested.
29-March-1849 Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
Mar 26/1987 Ottawa Ontario - Ontario Liberal MP Sheila Copps gives birth to a girl; first Member of Parliament to give birth.
Mar 23/1937 Toronto Ontario- Toronto Stock Exchange moves into new building at 234 Bay St.; cost $750,000; air conditioned; called the Ticker Place by the Star Weekly.
Mar 22/1955 Mississauga Ontario - Fire at Malton Airport causes $5 million in damage.
Mar 21/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court rules 9-0 that fetus not legal person; no guarantee to life under Criminal Code; upholds BC Court of Appeal ruling.
Mar 20/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Consumer and Corporate Affairs reports that personal and business bankruptcies reached their highest level ever; up 68% from 1990.
Mar 18/1929 Windsor Ontario - Engineers break ground for the Windsor-Detroit tunnel under the Detroit River.
Mar 17/1987 Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons passes motion supporting free trade with the US; opposed by Liberals and NDP.
Mar 17/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Transport Minister Doug Lewis announces random drug and alcohol testing for workers in safety-sensitive jobs; up to 250,000 workers; in air, rail, ship, bus and trucking companies.
Mar 15/1990 Ottawa Ontario - Solicitor General Pierre Cadieux announces that Sikhs in the RCMP can wear turbans and other religious garb while in uniform.
Mar 14/1974 Quebec Quebec - Quebec to make French the official language of the province
Mar 12/1993 North America - Huge blizzard batters east coast of the US and Canada; wind piles snowdrifts ran as high as four metres; over 110 deaths.
9-March-1858 Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.
Mar 07/1878 TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE FOUNDED
Mar 05/1982 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development
Mar 03/1980 Ottawa Ontario - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- succeeds Joe Clark as Prime Minister; Clark PM since June 4, 1979.
Mar 01/1995 Toronto Ontario - Real estate developer Bramalea Inc. seeks court protection from its creditors; for the second time in the 1990s. 1991 Hamilton Ontario - Maclean-Hunter sells CHCH-TV to WIC Western International Communications for $46 milli
Feb 27/1995 Ottawa Ontario - Paul Martin tables his second Budget as Finance Minister; wants to cut federal spending 8.8% and bring the deficit down to 3% of GDP
1995 Ottawa Ontario - Paul Martin tables his second Budget as Finance Minister; wants to cut federal spending 8.8% and bring the deficit down to 3% of GDP
Feb 25/1972 Pickering Ontario - Ontario Hydro opens $75 million Pickering nuclear power plant; has been the largest single producer of electricity in the world.
Feb 24/1993 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney announces he is stepping down as Prime Minister and Progressive Conservative Party leader; says his biggest disappointment was the failure of the Meech Lake Accord; Justice Minister Kim Campbell will win the Jun
Feb 20/1993 Ottawa Ontario - Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark announces he will not seek re-election; led Tories for 7 years, Prime Minister June 1979 to March 1980; MP for High River for 21 years
feb 19/1996 Ottawa Ontario - Royal Canadian Mint unveils new $2 coin design; a bimetallic Polar Bear.
Feb 18/1980 Canada - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- defeats Joe Clark in the general election 146 seats to 103, with 32 for the NDP; wins majority government after nine months out of office; there are now no Liberal MPs west of Winnipeg. Only a few weeks
Feb 17/1965 Ottawa Ontario - Lester B. Pearson 1897-1972 reduces age at which Old Age Pensions will be paid to 65 instead of 70; change to be phased in over five years.
Feb 13/1981 Ottawa Ontario - Parliamentary committee recommends 65 amendments to original constitutional package
Feb 10/1983 Washington DC - Canada signs agreement allowing US testing of military equipment in Canada, including cruise missiles.
Feb 08/1994 - Ottawa slashes tobacco taxes to reduce rampant cigarette smuggling; Quebec, Ontario and the Maritime provinces follow; failure to control smuggling.
Feb 07/1990 Halifax Nova Scotia - Donald Marshall Jr. wins apology from Nova Scotia for suffering due to 11 years false imprisonment for a murder committed in 1971; after a royal commission exonerates him; he eventually receives $270,000 in cash damages
Feb 05/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Quebec and Ottawa sign immigration accord giving Quebec exclusive responsibility for selecting immigrants who wish to live in the province.
Feb 03/1947 BBRRRRR!!! Snag Yukon - Thermometers in Snag register -64C (-83F), the lowest temperature recorded in Canada; likely the lowest temperature on record in North America.
Feb 02/1976 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa signs agreements with Newfoundland and PEI to put public employees under the federal AIB - Anti-Inflation Board.
Jan 31/1980 Toronto Ontario - Ontario to rebate up to $700 in sales tax for purchasers of 1979 model cars; effort to help slumping car sales.
Jan 30/1985 Ottawa Ontario - Federal government states that metric measurement will continue to be mandatory, but retailers can use the imperial system at the same time.
Jan 29/1967 - Terrorists bomb Yugoslav Embassy in Ottawa and Consulate in Toronto.
28-January-1846 British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
Jan 27/1994 Toronto area MP Jag Bhaduria quits the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent, after it was revealed he had falsified his academic background.
27-January-1948 Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
25-January-1914 Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
Jan 24/1958 After warming to 100,000,000º, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
Jan 24/1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
Jan 23/1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China
Jan 22/1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series & begins King Edward VII series
Jan 21/1944 447 German bombers attack London ---- 1944 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg
Jan 20/1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
Jan 19/0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet (Koran)
Jan18/1778 Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
Jan 17/1861 Flush toilet (with separate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
16 January-1681 Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
Jan 14/1863 1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal
14-January-1761 The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.
14-January-1641 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
13-January-1709 Bahadhur Shah I defeated his brother Kam Bakhsh at Hydrabad as the Mughal Emperor consolidated his position.
2 January-1924 Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
jan 11/1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
Jan 11/1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
Jan 05/1709 Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
Jan 04/1932 British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru
Jan 02/1970 US population is 205,052,174; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%)
Jan 02/1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India
Jan 01/1901 Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies
Dec 31/1492 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily
Dec 30/1861 US, banks stops payments in gold
Dec 28/1828 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
Dec 27/1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
Dec 26/1986 Hijackers take over an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 with 91 people on board during a flight from Baghdad to Amman - it lands in Arar, Saudi Arabia where it explodes, killing 62 people.
Dec 24/1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union
Dec 23/1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts
Dec 22/1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
21-December-1788 Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him
Dec 20/1780 England declares war on Netherlands
Dec 19/1842 US recognizes independence of Hawaii
18-December-1971 Indira Gandhi, PM, receives the Bharat Ratna.
18-December-1949 Joni Flynn, famous actress (Octopussy), was born in Assam, India.
Dec 01/1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
30-November-1759 Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
Nov 28/1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
27-November-1001 Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
Nov 26/1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
Nov 25/1783 Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in US
Nov 24/1863 Civil War battle for Lookout Mountain began in Tennessee
Nov 23/1904 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
22-November-1718 Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
Nov 21/1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
Nov 20/1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
Nov 19/1985 President Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time
Nov 18/1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
Nov 17/1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
Nov 16/1894 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
Nov 15/1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
Nov 14/1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC
Nov 13/1775 American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
Nov 10/1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
Nov 09/1799 Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
Nov 08/1988 900 die as earthquake hits China
Nov 05/1911 Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica
1939 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill
Nov 03/1979 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
2-November-1534 Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
Nov 01/1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
Oct 31/1984 Indira Gandhi PM of India assassinated by 2 of her Sikh bodyguards
30-October-1883 Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
28-October-1627 Jahangir, Mughal emperor, weak from asthma and no food, died at Bhimghar near Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara (Lahore) on the banks of the Ravi. During his last days, he remained in the custody of Aurangzeb. ( 28/10 or 7/11).
26-October-1814 British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
Oct 25/1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
24-October-1605 Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
Oct 23/1944 Soviet army invades Hungary
Oct 22/1979 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment
21-October-1943 Azad Hind Government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhashchandra Bose was elected as its national leader.
17-October-1979 Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Oct 16/1869 Hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing
Oct 15/1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
14-October-1989 Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
13-October-1240 Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.
Oct 12/1492 Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day
11-October-1737 A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
10-October-1964 Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York. 10-October-1964 Olympics opened at Tokyo. 10-October-1964 Gurudutt, famous film actor, died.
9-October-1992 Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
9-October-1931 India Air Force was established.
7-October-1708 Guru Govind Singh, tenth and the last Sikh Guru, was assassinated.
6-October-1949 Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
4-October-1977 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.
2-October-1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner
Oct 01/1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
30-September-1687 Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
29-September-1981 Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
29-September-1708 British East India Company and New East India company merged.
Sept 28/1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario
26-September-1923 Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.
25-September-1524 Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
23-September-1980 Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
23-September-1803 British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
22-September-1422 The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
21-September-1857 Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
Sept 20/1860 1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
19-September-1950 U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
Sep 18/1759 British capture Qu‚bec during the French & Indian War
17-September-1899 First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
16-September-1973 Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
16-September-1913 Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
15-September-1965 President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
14-September-1949 Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
13-September-1965 Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
Sept 10/1939 Canada declares war on Germany
9-September-1812 The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denom
8-September-1947 There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
8-September-1935 Asha Bhosle, famous playback singer, was born.
7-September-1906 Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered
6-September-1965 Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India.
6-September-1657 Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne.
5-September-1457 Property Tax was passed. India
4-September-1665 Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Sep 03/1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
2-September-1573 Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
1-September-1668 Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
31-August-1919 Amrita Pritam, Punjabi poet, novelist and Gyanpeeth award winner, was born.
Aug 30/1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
August-1612 Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
28-August-1904 First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
25-August-1948 Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
Aug 24/1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
23-August-1947 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
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22-August-1979 Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.
20-August-1955 Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
Aug 19/1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug 18/1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service
Aug 09/1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
8-August-1942 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
Aug 07/1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean
Aug 06/1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
Aug 05/1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
Aug 04/1916 US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million
3-August-1780 British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
Aug 01/1936 Adolph Hitler opens Berlin Olympic Games
July 31/1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
29-July-1980 India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
28-July-1914 Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
27-July-1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
26-July-1614 Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
25-July-1987 Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
July 24/1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers
23-July-1555 Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
July 22/1939 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
21-July-1658 Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.
July 20/1810 Colombia declared independence from Spain
19-July-1763 Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
18-July-1857 The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
17-July-1489 Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
16-July-1954 French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
15-July-1979 Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
14-July-1636 Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
July 12/1928 1st televised tennis match
11-July-1630 Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
10-July-1984 White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
9-July-1875 The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.
8-July-1954 Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
7-July-1799 Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers
July 06/1785 Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage
5-July-1658 Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
4-July-1985 Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
3-July-1661 Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
2-July-1757 Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
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Jun 30/1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
29-June-1757 Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.
28-June-1975 Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
Jun 27/1929 1st color TV demo (NYC)
Jun 26/1924 After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave the Domincan Republic
22-June-1555 Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
21-June-1576 Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
Jun 20/1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die
19-June-1747 Nadirshaha passed away.
18-June-1658 Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
17-June-1674 Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. 17-June-1756 Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
16-June-1605 Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhoea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. At Akbar's graveside, stood conspicious in his simplicity, Jesuit priest Father Xavier who always remained his
15-June-1659 Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
June 13/1775 US Army founded
June 13/1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
12-June-1960 783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
11-June-1984 574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
June 10/1801 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
June 09/1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
8-June-1936 Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
7-June-1539 Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
June 06/1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
5-June-1984 Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 peopl
june 04/1990 NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx areacode 917
June 03/1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands"
2-June-1756 Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1-June-1786 Madras General Post Office started functioning.
May 31/0070 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem
30-May-1826 The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
29-May-1658 Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
may 28/1674 German Parliament declares war on France
27-May-1857 Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
May 26/0961 German King Otto II crowned
may 25/1898 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves San Fransisco
24-May-1557 Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
23-May-1947 The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for
23-May-1805 Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor.
May 22/1943 1st jet fighter is tested
21-May-1991 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
19-May-1913 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born.
May 18/1642 Montréal Canada founded
17-May-1498 Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe
16-May-1932 Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay
15-May-1817 Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
14-May-1657 Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort.
13-May-1648 Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
May 12/1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
May 11/1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
May 10/1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
9-May-1540 Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
8-May-1997 India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
4-May-1799 Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
3-May-1718 Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore.
2-May-1907 Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
1-May-1886 May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
30-April-1863 Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet.
29-April-1639 Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
28-April-1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
27-April-1526 Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
26-April-1841 Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
Apr 25/1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
24-April-1858 Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
23-April-1930 Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
Apr 22/1864 US mints 2¢ coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
21-April-1526 Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his
21-April-1451 Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty.
20-April-1888 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
19-April-1451 Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
18-April-1612 Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
17-April-1926 Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
15-April-1658 Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
Apr 14/1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
13-April-1796 The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
Apr 12/1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its flag
11-April-1913 Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh
10-April-1875 Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
31-March-1663 Mir Jumla, Mughal Commander, passed away in Bihar.
30-March-1908 Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
Mar 29/1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
Mar 28/1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
Mar 25/0031 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
Mar 24/1883 1st telephone call between New York & Chicago
Mar 23/1839 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)
mar 22/1888 English Football League established
mar 21/1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
Mar 20/1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
mar 18/1965 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 minutes)
17-March-1527 Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
16-March-1527 Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra.
15-March-1901 Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
14-March-1931 First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable th
13-March-1938 Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
11-March-1784 Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty. 11-March-1795 Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. 11-March-1824 US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
Mar 10/1624 England declares war on Spain
9-March-1500 Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
8-March-1535 Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
Mar 07/1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
6-March-1508 Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul.
4-March-1939 Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia.
Mar 04/1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
Mar 03/0078 Origin of Saka Era (India)
Mar 02/1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
Mar 01/1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
Feb 28/1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
27-February-1803 Great fire in Bombay.
Feb 26/1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000
feb 24/1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain
23-February-1792 The Third Mysore War ended in Tipu Sultan's signing of Peace Treaty dictated by Lord Cornwallis & surrendering his two sons, Abdul Khaliq & Maiz - Uddin. This is known as Treaty of Seringapatam.
Feb 22/1973 Israeli fighter planes shoot down a civilian Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 killing 108
Feb 21/21-February-1952 General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
feb 20/1811 Austria declares bankruptcy
feb 19/1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
Feb 18/1927 US & Canada begin diplomatic relations
Feb 17/1817 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
16-February-1994 Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
Feb 15/1768 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
Feb 13/1991 US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
Feb 12/1502 Granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism
Feb 11/1826 London University founded
10-February-1846 British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
9-February-1991 India holds the last decennial census of the century.
8-February-1897 Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Feb 07/1900 Labour Party forms in England
6-February-1949 India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
feb 04/1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
Feb 03/1941 Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease)
1848 1st shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco
1-February-1835 East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
31-January-1561 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
Jan 30/1790 Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor
Jan 29/1788 Australia Day
28-January-1846 British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
27-January-1974 President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
Jan 26 R-Day Celebrations
25-January-1914 Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
Jn 24/1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 23/1998 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba
Jan 22/1992 Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
jan 22/1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada
Jan 20/1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
jan 19/1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
jan 18/1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
jan 17/1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
16-January-1620 Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. 16-January-1681 Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort. 16-January-1818 The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with
Jan 15/1831 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run; Mr & Mrs Pierson of Charleston SC make 1st US railroad honeymoon trip
14-January-1641 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
13-January-1709 Bahadhur Shah I defeated his brother Kam Bakhsh at Hydrabad as the Mughal Emperor consolidated his position.
12-January-1708 Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
jan 11/1569 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral
Jan 10/1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK
jan 09/1718 France declares war on Spain
Jan 08/1981 India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia
7-January-1761 Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked.
6-January-1664 Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
Jan 05/1972 West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
Jan 04/1863 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
3-January-1921 First Indian Parliament meets.
Jan 02/1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India
Jan 01/1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
dec 30/1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
29-December-1530 Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts.
dec 27/1825 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England
dec 26/1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China
Dec 25/0001 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus............ Dec 25/0337 Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th ........Dec 25/0352 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
dec 24/1798 Russia & England sign Second anti-French Coalition
dec 23/1917 3 British warships come close to Holland
dec 22/1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
21-December-1788 Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
Dec 20/1780 England declares war on Netherlands
dec 19/1891 1st Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore
18-December-1971 Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister of India.
17-December-1715 Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
dec 15/1791 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
dec 14/1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
Dec 11/1967 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
dec 10/1901 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy)
9-December-1658 Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
dec 08/1914 British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island
Dec 07/1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward)
dec 06/1756 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India
5-December-1657 Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
dec 04/1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
Dec 03/1971 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
2-December-1984 Following the Bhopal Gas disaster on the night of December 2, 1984, the ICMR initiated a series of interdisciplinary investigations on the health of the people with severe, moderate and mild exposure. A Coordinating Unit, which was later r
Dec 01/1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
30-November-1974 India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
Nov 29/1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
Nov 28/1958 Congo & Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
27-November-1001 Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
Nov 26/1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
Nov 25/1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,
Nov 24/1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
nov 23/1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia
22-November-2000 Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
nov 21/1949 The United Nations grants Libya its independence by 1952
nov 19/1906 London selected to host 1908 Olympics
nov 18/1820 US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica
Nov 17/ 1278 - 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
Nov 16/1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
Nov 15/1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
nov 14/1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
Nov 13/1970 Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
12-November-1781 Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops
Nov 11/1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
Nov 10/1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
Nov 09/1799 Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
Nov 08/1864 Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President
1962 Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around
nov 06/1913 Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa
Nov 05/1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
Nov 04/1939 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill
Nov 03/1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America