2017: ISRO successfully launched the South Asia satellite into space.
2009: Thousands of people in the area were moved to safer places in view of the proposed military operation to free Pakistan's Swat Valley from the occupation of Taliban militants.
2006: Music director Naushad Ali, known as the magician of music, said goodbye to the world.
1980: The Iranian Embassy in London was freed from the occupation of some attackers.
1961: America's first astronaut Commander Alan Shepard landed in the Atlantic Ocean from his spacecraft.
1916: Birth of former President of India, Giani Zail Singh.
1479: Birth of Amardas, the third Guru of the Sikhs.