1933: Hitler banned labor unions in Germany.
1929: Birth of Indian politician and writer Vishnu Kant Shastri.
1924: The Netherlands refused to recognize the Soviet Union.
1949: Hearing of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination case begins.
1952: The world's first jet aircraft De Havilland took the first flight between London and Johannesburg.
1986: America's 30-year-old Ann Bancroft became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
1997: Britain's Labor Party leader Tony Blair took over as Prime Minister. After 1812, he became the youngest Prime Minister of the country.