On this day:
1811: Venezuela declares independence from Spain
1975: Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal
1996: World’s first live cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, is born
Born on this day:
1995: P.V. (Pusarla Venkata) Sindhu, first Indian woman to win a silver medal in badminton, born in Hyderabad
Gone on this day:
Inayat Khan, founder of the Sufi Order in the West (especially London) in 1914
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