On this day:
1853: The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane
1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel
2003: Ten new member states are admitted to the European Union
Born on this day:
1848: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer from Andhra Pradesh, born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
1889: Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer
Gone on this day:
1958: Rosalind Franklin, English scientist
