1845 – On this day The rubber band was patented by Stephen Perry of London.
1920: The initial president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman, was born.
1969: The inaugural female Prime Minister of Israel was Golda Mayer.
1987: Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket.
1994: Russia decided to join NATO's peace cooperation plan
1959- Rebellion against Chinese rule started in Tibet and Dalai Lama left Lhasa and reached India.
1963- About 1900 people were killed when a volcano erupted on the island of Bali.
Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go into space, was born.