1860 - The human voice was recorded for the first time.
1965 - Indo-Pak war broke out in the Rann of Kutch.
1988 - Li Peng became the Prime Minister of China.
1989 - Asia's first complete underground Sanjay hydroelectric project was started.
1998 - More than 150 passengers die in a stampede near Mina in Saudi Arabia.
2002-Women were also allowed to participate in the corporation elections in Bahrain.