1891- Constitution maker Dr. Bhim Ambedkar was born on this day.
1995- India became the Asia Cup cricket champion for the fourth time.
1999-Malaysia's ousted Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced to six years imprisonment in a corruption case.
2000 - The Parliament of Russia approved the 'Start-2' nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia.
1995-Announcement of closure of Chornobyl nuclear power plant located in Ukraine by the year 2000.
2006 - First Buddhist World Conference started in China.
2005 - India and America made a historic agreement to open their respective flight areas to each other's airlines.
2010 - 123 people died in a cyclonic storm in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Orissa.