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Today is Wednesday, 24 April 2024. On this day in 2013, Savar's Rana Plaza collapsed, killing more than 1100 garment workers. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.
Chronology:
1061 – Halley's Comet appears in the skies over England.
1271 – Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveler and merchant, begins his historic tour of Asia.
1558 – Prince Francois of France marries Mary Stuart.
1762 – Russia and Prussia make a peace treaty.
1800 – The Library of Congress is established.
1898 – Spain declares war on the United States.
1912 – British-ruled Ireland begins a violent movement for independence and against British rule in the country.
1916 – Mass uprising in Ireland against British rule begins.
1926 – Tuberculosis vaccine BCG is discovered.
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1954 – Compram Singh, Anwar Hossain etc. 7 Rajbandis were killed by indiscriminate firing in Khapra Ward of Rajshahi Jail.
1955 – The first Bandung Conference concludes.
1970 – The Gambia is declared a democratic country.
2013 – One of the world's worst industrial accidents, the Rana Plaza tragedy occurs. The eight-storey Rana Plaza collapsed, killing more than 1100 garment workers.
Birth:
702 – Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, Shia Imam.
1897 – Benjamin Whorf, American linguist.
1973 – Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer.
Death:
1972 – Jamini Roy, painter.
2006 – Nasreen Parveen Haque, one of the human rights leaders of Bangladesh.
day:
World Intellectual Property Day.
Rana Plaza Tragedy Day (Bangladesh).
Bangladesh /FM
