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The significant events of daily life become history in time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind.
The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for its readers.
Today is Friday, April 5, 2024. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.
event report
1046 – Nasser Khusrau begins his seven-year tour of the Middle East, which he later describes in his book 'Safamama'.
1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus' books were suppressed by Catholic Church authorities. 1753 – The British Museum is founded.
1794 – George Dutton, one of the heroes of the French Revolution, is executed by guillotine.
1880 – Shivpur Bengal Engineering College established.
1899 – South Africa are all out against England by 35 runs.
1918 – German forces officially announce the end of Operation Michael.
1931 – Agreement signed between the British Governor General and Mahatma Gandhi to free political prisoners and preserve the right to salt for the poor.
1944 – Subhash Chandra Bose established the Azad Hind Bank in Rangoon.
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1947 – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo becomes the 14th President of the Philippines.
1951 – US scientist couple Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for leaking nuclear information to the then Soviet Union.
1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Coba took the famous photo of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1964 – The first driverless automated subway is launched in London.
1971 – Etsa volcano erupts in Sicily, causing massive lava flows.
1995 – United Nations climate conference begins in Berlin.
the birth
1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher.
1827 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon and father of modern surgery.
1882 – Avinash Chandra Bhattacharya, a figure in the anti-British independence movement and revolutionary of the Agni Age.
1895 – Charlie Hallows, England batsman.
1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor.
1901 – Melvin Douglas, American actor.
1905 – Industrialist AK Khan.
1908 – Bette Davis, American actress.
1916 – Gregory Peck, American actor.
1929 – Gholam Samdani Quraishi, prominent writer, researcher and translator of Bangladesh.
1938 – Colin Bland, South African cricketer.
1947 – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines.
1955 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga illustrator and video game artist.
death
1932 – Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, Bengali writer.
1938 – West Indies wicketkeeper Kirill Christiani.
1939 – William Cooper, Australian cricketer.
1940 – Deenbandhu Charles Friar Andrews, a devoted servant of India's freedom struggle.
1975 – Chinese political and military leader Chiang Kai-shek.
2000 – Kanika Bandyopadhyay, Indian Bengali Rabindra Sangeet artist.
2007 – Leela Majumder, Indian Bengali writer.
2008 – Charlton Heston, American actor and political activist.
2009 – George Tribe, Australian cricketer.
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