Year : 1822
Events : New York Horticultural DS
Year : 1861
Events : 1st US nursing school chartered
Year : 1914
Events : World's 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins
Year : 1922
Events : British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
Year : 1935
Events : Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York)
Year : 1946
Events : 1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
Year : 1957
Events : Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian calendar.
Year : 1958
Events : USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Year : 1971
Events : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
Year : 1975
Events : Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
Year : 1977
Events : Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India
Year : 1978
Events : France performs nuclear test
Year : 1985
Events : NASA launches Intelsat VA
Year : 1992
Events : England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
Year : 1993
Events : Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+MIPS
Year : 1996
Events : STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit
Year : 1996
Events : Golden Temple renamed, Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning "abode of God").
Year : 2000
Events : India's first third-generation Insat-3B is launched.
Year : 1999
Events : India and Russia sign a defence agreement for training Indian speciallists in leading Russian military institutions.
Year : 0
Events : World Day for Water.
Year : 1999
Events : At 71st Academy Awards, Shakespeare in Love bags best picture award.
Year : 1945
Events : League of Arab States (The Arab League) created, to strengthen member ties and further promote Arab aspirations. [Head Quarters: Cairo]
Year : 1998
Events : Aparna Papat , National Champion in womens badminton, became the first woman from the country to win an International ranking tournment, French Open Championship in Paris.
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